Simply put:

After months of ridiculous hard work and training and FAITH, I won a fight tonight in the Bronx at The Paradise Theater.  It was a New York Golden Gloves quarterfinals fight- a step in making it to the finals in Madison Square Garden to reclaim my past title!!   I had taken some time off due to my Mother's passing and business- now I am back in the fight game, so insanely full of gratitude for this and for being strong enough to do it.  I am so lucky to have a great team of strong independent women behind me that make everyday at the gym fun, if that is possible:) We basically punch the shit out of one another and love each other for it, for bringing out the best in one another. Plus I have a trainer that pushes me.  I have a great family and an Aunt Jeanne who love me, and friends and loved ones and a dog who make me smile everyday.  And finally I have: MY GOD, who manifests in me, and makes me strong enough to go on everyday, to pick up my chin and JUST DO IT, whatever it may be:)

I am so excited for tomorrow and the rest of my life, and everything- easy or hard- that goes along with it. Tomorrow- celebration thin crust pizza.....then a family funeral:(    The next day- bust my sore ass at the gym to get ready for my next fight in three weeks, then go to a beautiful wedding here on Long Island in my favorite green dress.  WOW, that is life, so crazy up and down, and good and bad, and insanely joyful and petrifingly sad, so DELICATE therefore SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL.  I tell myself to live every great moment, like I intend to tomorrow at my favorite pizzaria when I take the first bite of my hot out of the stove pizza pie and just FEEL the flavors explode in my mouth....I'm serious, I have been waiting for after the fight and sacrificing long enough to feel that much genuine JOY from a single bite of food- perfect fresh Italian thin crust pepperoni pizza (I like when the pepperoni circles form little crispy cups and hold the hot drippy yummy oil!!!!)  If you know what I mean, I know you dig it:)

If you have any genuine positive energy to share, I very much welcome it in any form, whether it be a quote you love, a prayer, or a story.  Thanks, and today....have the best day EVER that is possible for you at this time in your life and under your given circumstances:)  That is all you can ask for, and fight for it.

Cara XOXO