America is hope

This past Monday was the Memorial Day.
And it made the weekend much better than many others we’ve had for a while.
The usual, “normal” bickering seemed to be at a much lower level.

It was good to see Americans from different backgrounds and political affiliations — all united in honoring the Memorial Day.

Memorial Day
It started out in the 1860’s as the Decoration Day — a day to honor the fallen soldiers of the Civil War.
A day when soldiers’ graves were decorated with flowers.

In 1971 the day became Memorial Day.
(Through a law passed by Congress Memorial Day was declared a national holiday.)

Hope
A day like this brings us together.
And it gives us hope.
Hope that we’ll soon heal our deep divide.
A deep divide which seem so prevalent anymore…

“America is hope.
It is compassion.
It is excellence.
It is valor.”
Paul Tsongas

Mariana Fieraru

Mariana Fieraru, an Eastern European transplant, fell in love with her new home shortly after landing in New York. She "discovered" pizza! Years later she still loves pizza. And so do her two feathered-kids, Sunny and Flipper

Mariana worked on both, the east and the west coast.
Big or small, each project she worked on helped define the importance of gaining and sustaining a competitive edge in an increasingly complex business environment.

Business know-how, love of teaching and writing – all combined in 2006 to form OBI.
Its mission: to make learning fun! And easy.

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