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Day: December 17, 2016

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Wonder: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

December 17, 2016December 14, 2016 Christa Avampato

American Public Media gave me the chance to wax poetic about my favorite holiday song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, the importance of gratitude, and my love for James Taylor. Here’s a 1-minute soundbite of our conversation.

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First glimpse of the smoke starting to clear and blue skies returning in upstate NY! Today New York woke up to climate change, literally. Mayor Adams walked out of Gracie Mansion, smelled the air, looked at the sky, and asked, “What the hell is this?” This, Mr. Mayor, is climate change. Just went outside to get some photos and video. I could taste and smell the smoke, and it stung my eyes. The sun is a red dot in a strange, brownish sky. The air quality alert has been extended to Wednesday at 11:59pm. Canadian wildfires are having a massive impact on NYC air quality today. Limit time outdoors and limit energy use when possible. It is in place at least until 11:59pm tomorrow, Wednesday, June 7th. At this level of air quality, human health is impacted. "Mom, are you done working yet?" Those eyes!! And we're out! Phinny and I took one last spin around one of his favorite parts of @centralparknyc, a place that is so dear to us. Now we're off to the country for two weeks while our Brooklyn apartment is being renovated. The Upper West Side's been my home for the better part of 16 years. As a kid who grew up on Sesame Street, it was my dream to live here. Now on every corner & block I have memories–joyful, tragic, & ordinary moments that felt extraordinary, then & now. An update on my sweet pup, Phineas as I share a little photoshoot we did in @centralparknyc before our move this week! He was just diagnosed with early stage kidney disease that's caused extremely high blood pressure. He has no outward symptoms, but it was picked up in his bloodwork. Though it was not ideal to start him on a new med right before going out of town for 2 weeks, his blood pressure was so high that it's shocking he has no symptoms. He's gotten a few doses of one medicine and seems okay. I stopped the second medication due to side effects. Exactly 2 years ago today, I woke up to my new life after active cancer treatment. I was nearly bald, had a baseball-sized burn from radiation in the middle of my chest over my heart, was on high-dose prednisone and a bevy of other meds to heal my lungs from a life-threatening chemo allergy, and was filled with joy and gratitude to be alive.

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