Happy Holidays
The past year has been a busy one both professionally and personally, and with the Holiday Season upon us I wanted to take a moment to share some personal reflections as well as wish you and yours the best this Christmastime.
2006 began with a bang as we were successful in settling some significant cases and receiving a large jury award. My family and I enjoyed spending time in March and May in France, England and Scotland, but the rest was short-lived as the Kiddie Kollege day care poisoning fiasco was just around the corner. In fact, I was enjoying my annual Ocean City, N.J. vacation in August when the cell phone began ringing off the hook as the Kiddie Kollege situation came to light.
Since then, I have proudly led the charge in implementing legislative reforms which are awaiting the Governor's signature and which should prevent a Kiddie Kollege-type disaster from occurring in New Jersey again. It is a case like this which motivated me to become a lawyer in the first place.
My family and I just returned from a week in Walt Disney World in Florida, and during our trip we were treated to watching the Space Shuttle Discovery take off from Cape Canaveral. I'll never forget the look on my 5 year old son Alex's face as he stood in front of Cinderella's castle, looking at the sky over Tomorrowland, and watched Discovery rocket to the heavens. If my boy ends up being an astronaut, that'll be why.
The combination of our European travels and watching the amazing feat of space travel remind me of the fact that, despite all the cultural and linguistic differences, the people of the world are much more alike than they are different. This is especially important to remember during this time of war, and I think a philosopher said it best: "To end wars, all we have to do is choose to love our children more than we hate our enemies".
Last, but certainly not least, I'm so happy to share with you the wonderful news that, around May 29, 2007, my wife Laura and I will be welcoming identical twin Manganello's to the world. World, look out!
My wish for you and your family is that the coming year brings good health and many blessings.
Happy Holidays,
Chris
"If you ever look down on a man, it should be to give him a hand"
2006 began with a bang as we were successful in settling some significant cases and receiving a large jury award. My family and I enjoyed spending time in March and May in France, England and Scotland, but the rest was short-lived as the Kiddie Kollege day care poisoning fiasco was just around the corner. In fact, I was enjoying my annual Ocean City, N.J. vacation in August when the cell phone began ringing off the hook as the Kiddie Kollege situation came to light.
Since then, I have proudly led the charge in implementing legislative reforms which are awaiting the Governor's signature and which should prevent a Kiddie Kollege-type disaster from occurring in New Jersey again. It is a case like this which motivated me to become a lawyer in the first place.
My family and I just returned from a week in Walt Disney World in Florida, and during our trip we were treated to watching the Space Shuttle Discovery take off from Cape Canaveral. I'll never forget the look on my 5 year old son Alex's face as he stood in front of Cinderella's castle, looking at the sky over Tomorrowland, and watched Discovery rocket to the heavens. If my boy ends up being an astronaut, that'll be why.
The combination of our European travels and watching the amazing feat of space travel remind me of the fact that, despite all the cultural and linguistic differences, the people of the world are much more alike than they are different. This is especially important to remember during this time of war, and I think a philosopher said it best: "To end wars, all we have to do is choose to love our children more than we hate our enemies".
Last, but certainly not least, I'm so happy to share with you the wonderful news that, around May 29, 2007, my wife Laura and I will be welcoming identical twin Manganello's to the world. World, look out!
My wish for you and your family is that the coming year brings good health and many blessings.
Happy Holidays,
Chris
"If you ever look down on a man, it should be to give him a hand"
posted by chrismanganello at 6:31 PM
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