As a kid, I was a DREAMER. And I still am. Some dreams I've managed to achieve; others I'm still chasing.........

I had a sandbox as a kid, and a small toy excavator I'd sit on and use to dig up everything around me. Of course, I always wanted to sit in a real excavator. My dad would take me to construction sites around town, and whenever I found an unlocked excavator, or backhoe, or front loader, or bulldozer, I'd sit in the operator's seat and move the levers, pretending to dig up the dirt and move mountains. Well, I never thought I'd experience my childhood dream of operating a real excavator. Until I found Diggerland. Yes, that's me in those photos playing in a very big sandbox in a very real excavator. 

Another childhood dream? Being a fire fighter. Some people told me I could never do that, because I was a diabetic. Well, I proved them wrong.

Police officer? Same thing. People said I was diabetic, I could never do that. How could I make it through the police academy? Well, not only did I graduate, I graduated first in my class with the highest academic average. I went on to serve as a volunteer deputy sheriff with Essex County for about two years before working as a Class II police officer with Union City, NJ in March 2015.

I still have a few dreams leftover from childhood. Like getting a novel on the New York Times Bestseller list, flying a helicopter, traveling to space, owning a summer home in the Hamptons, or becoming an actual knight. Who knows, those could happen, right?