- Started a new job!
- Saw Billy Joel in concert at Madison Square Garden with my sister
- Made several visits to the Met
- Went skiing in the Poconos
- Celebrated Liz’s engagement and helped her with wedding planning

- Went on two retreats at Villa Maria Guadalupe
- Attended Women Speak for Themselves Media Training in Washington, DC, and met lots of amazing women
- Visited the National Basilica while in DC
- Watched Villanova win the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden
- Went to a friend’s bachelorette in Cape Cod
- Went to Easter Vigil Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer and had Easter brunch with my family
- Celebrated Bacon Friday (aka the first Friday after Easter, when we can eat meat again after Lent) with Liz’s masterpiece bacon piñata and a group sing-along of “Gift of Finest Meat”
- Saw my CCD students receive the Sacrament of Confirmation
- Went to my sister’s graduation from Penn
- Went to a friend’s wedding in May
- Visited Governor’s Island and Roosevelt Island for the first time
- Saw Hamilton in June! Also saw two other Broadway shows this year: Anastasia and Waitress
- Spent some lunch hours in Central Park when the weather was nice
- Continued babysitting for the Sisters of Life

- Went to my first Mets game, as well as a Yankee game
- Explored South Street Seaport with my sister and a high school friend
- Visited the Museum of Natural History with my family
- Designed Liz’s wedding invitations

- Saw the solar eclipse
- Became “Aunt Erin” when my friends’ baby was born in September

- Got a new roommate (who is also an old roommate!) when Mandy moved in
- Went out to Notre Dame for the Miami (OH) game and to meet baby John
- Spent an afternoon in Chicago on my way back from Indiana
- Was a bridesmaid in Liz’s wedding
- Started volunteering with Read Ahead NYC
- Met my sister’s new puppy, Aughie
- Started teaching a new CCD class
- Celebrated my 30th birthday
- Published an op-ed at MercatorNet
- Spent Christmas with family
- Read 45 books over the course of the year (not counting the ones I had to read for work)
- Rang in the new year (and celebrated Mandy’s birthday) with friends at home

Onward to 2018!
Happy new year. This was a great recap. Seems like an awesome 2017.
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Amazing year for an amazing You! May 2018 bring you as many – even more – wonderful moments to create wonderful memories for you to smile and reflect upon for many years to come! ❤️
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