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Those who’ve gotten wind of Indy Dough, a locally-owned doughnut business whose owner, Amanda Gibson, is based in midtown, have likely also heard how quickly she typically sells out of artisan doughnuts at her morning pop-up sales events at Studio C on East 54th Street.
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Indiana School for the Blind & Visually Impaired Trains Students in Broad Ripple Neighborhood New Broad Ripple Park Family Center Coming In 2021
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Indiana School for the Blind & Visually Impaired Trains Students in Broad Ripple Neighborhood Writer / Seth Johnson Photography Provided
On an average day in Broad Ripple, it’s likely to see blind and visually impaired youths roaming the sidewalks with an accompanying instructor. This is because the nearby Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ISBVI) often uses the neighborhood to train its students on how to navigate the world both safely and successfully. As part of the ISBVI’s teaching curriculum, almost all blind and visually impaired students are trained in what’s called orientation and mobility, which ISBVI orientation and mobility specialist Megan DeWester describes as “travel-based independent skills for people with a visual impairment.” “Basically, what that means is we teach navigation skills to the kids at the school,” says Jessica Hunt, another orientation and mobility specialist at ISBVI. “We teach them how to use a cane. We teach them how to cross streets. We teach them how to be independent in getting items from a shopping list.”
As part of the school’s orientation and mobility training, the instructors teach students ages three through 22 in a variety of different public environments. According to the orientation and mobility specialists at ISBVI, Broad Ripple is a great place for both “residential” and “semibusiness” lessons, which usually begin around the age of 7. “Broad Ripple is nice because it’s a neighborhood,” DeWester says. “With traffic patterns in the neighborhood, you get enough traffic that you know the kids will learn whether there’s a car coming or not. But at the same time, there are breaks, so it’s not constant traffic where they’ll never get a chance to cross the street.” Along with things like crossing the street and safely walking along a sidewalk, orientation and mobility also helps blind and visually impaired individuals learn how to shop in a store. For this reason, the Broad Ripple area’s many street-side businesses also come in handy with the training. “It’s very helpful that the employees at a business say hello when students enter,” Hunt says as a suggestion to Broad Ripple shop employees. “Because a lot of times, we teach them to go request assistance inside businesses.”
Because the students are learning to navigate everyday life, it’s also important that drivers and other people go about their days ordinarily too. “I always tell people to just remember that they’re people just like you,” DeWester says. “Just because they have a cane doesn’t mean they’re any different at all. The only difference would maybe just be to announce yourself more often.” All in all, however, the ISBVI orientation and mobility specialists have found that Broad Ripple residents and business owners are both friendly and helpful. “One thing that I really enjoy when going out into Broad Ripple with my students is that the people in the neighborhood are really nice,” says ISBVI orientation and mobility specialist Jill Pangle. “They’ll even come out and greet some of the kids.” The Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is located at 7725 North College Avenue. To learn more about their other programs and curriculum, you can visit in.gov/isbvi/ or call 317253-1481.
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New Broad Ripple Park Family Center Coming In 2021 Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing Photography Provided by Indy Parks
Broad Ripple Park, one of Indy Park’s signature destination parks, sees well over 300,000 visitors a year. In the past 16 years, they have offered 250 fitness & gymnastics classes and special programs per year through their family center, engaging 60,000 participants. So, it should come as no surprise that the family center, which was originally erected in 1983 as a library, is no longer able to serve the public in the way it once did. “With the variety of programming we offer, the family center is bursting at the seams. We’ve simply outgrown the space,” says Linda Broadfoot, director of Indy Parks. Therefore, they decided to start some conversations with the public to determine what community members would like to change about the park or see in a new park.
back of the park. Others wanted to keep as much of the natural space as possible. The renovation of the dog park was also a key item that the public insisted upon. “The Broad Ripple dog park was the oldest, busiest and smallest dog park in our system,” Broadfoot says. “It was incredibly well loved but definitely was showing the wear and tear of that love so we were thrilled to renovate it and reopen it this past summer to much fanfare.” It now features an artificial turf infield, large hexagon shelter, new drinking fountain and a dog wash station. Community members requested that Broad Ripple Park enhance aquatic experiences, offering both indoor and outdoor swimming options. People were also interested in event space.
And since they recognize that not everyone can attend public meetings, the planning team ventured out to the library, farmers market, dog park and more.
“We’d like the plan to accommodate a farmer’s market or performance venue with perhaps a possibility of a reception area for weddings and other events that people could rent out,” says Julee Jacobs, senior planner of Indy Parks. “This beautiful new multipurpose space will overlook the river.” And this was a key element — enhancing the connection to the river because, according to Broadfoot, a lot of people go to Broad Ripple Park and don’t even think about being on the river.
“We tried to find people where they were to get their input about what the future of their park should look like,” Broadfoot says. What they heard was that people wanted a good mix of active and passive recreation. Some expressed that they would like to see improvement in the athletics facilities in the
Indy Parks partnered with Community Health Network to build the $20M, twolevel family center because they want to be a leader in health & wellness in the area. The facility, which is set to begin construction this spring, will offer a plethora of classes and programs and also
“Knowing that we had a large park with a ton of different user groups, each with their own expectations for what they wanted to see, we entered into a robust public input and master planning process over the course of 2018,” Broadfoot adds.
include a gymnasium, group meeting space, children’s play area, and 15,000 sq. ft. health center. The new family center is scheduled to open by mid-summer 2021. The facility will afford the community with additional and more comprehensive programs. “Just having a gym alone opens up such a wealth of multipurpose opportunities we haven’t had in that space,” says Don Colvin, deputy director of Indy Parks. “Basketball, volleyball and pickleball, not to mention dance and Zumba classes. Plus, we’ll have the indoor walking track around the top of the gym.” Broadfoot maintains that the partnership with Community Health Network is going to be spectacular. “Having a subordinate health care partner as a tenant in this space will help us support the creation and ongoing programming of this family center,” Broadfoot says. “It will
allow us to serve our community and our neighbors in bigger and better ways. I’m excited to see what kind of programmatic elements come out of it.” She makes clear, however, that the presence of Community Health Network does not mean that the park is now privatized.
“The proposed plan provides larger and more versatile programming space and the opportunity for expanded class offerings, while its restored riverbank, outdoor plaza and increased green space allow greater access to river views,” McCain says. “Hundreds of community members, both online and during several public meetings, asked for a new center during the 2018 Broad Ripple Park Master Plan, so this fulfills a wish voiced by many residents.” Broadfoot, too, says she’s incredibly proud of this plan.
“The land is park land and will always be park land,” she says. “It’s owned by the city and will always be owned by the city. I don’t want folks to worry that the introduction of a partner like Community Health means that the ethic of the park or the public access of the park is suddenly eroded. In fact, we’re “Not everyone will love every element of the plan, but we have seen tremendous trying to enhance how we serve.” public support from a variety of places,” she says. Tom McCain, President of the Friends of Broad Ripple Park, notes that the new Indy Parks & Recreation is located at 1720 family center will be a place where people, young and old, go to have fun, learn and get Burdsal Parkway, Indianapolis, IN 46202. For more information, call at 317-327-7275 healthier. or email at IndyParksCS@indy.gov.
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hose who’ve gotten wind of Indy Dough, a locally-owned doughnut business whose owner, Amanda Gibson, is based in midtown, have likely also heard how quickly she typically sells out of artisan doughnuts at her morning pop-up sales events at Studio C on East 54th Street. “I’m selling out within an hour and sometimes within 30 minutes, and I’m putting a two-per-person limit on my sales now,” Gibson says. “The response has been great, and it’s humbling to see customers line up at 6:30 in the morning. I’m thankful for the partnership with Studio C. It’s been great to have a presence there.” Gibson’s doughnuts are fried, not baked, with all-natural ingredients and no artificial dyes. She typically starts prepping her products the night before her Saturday morning pop-up events and then fires up the fryer at 2 a.m. in anticipation of the arrival of customers later that morning. She makes brioche doughnuts that consist of a yeast dough high in fat and egg content, as well as old fashioned and crullers - the latter made from choux pastry (a dough made with butter, eggs and flour). “When people think doughnuts they probably think of Krispy Kreme or Dunkin’ Donuts, and there’s nothing wrong with those but it’s not the type of doughnuts I’m making,” Gibson says. “Mine are more dense - they’re still fluffy though.” Gibson tends to change up the flavors she uses, to keep things fresh for herself and her customers - although she says she’ll likely always include her cardamom vanilla sugar flavor. She’s offered lavender fennel glaze, roasted pumpkin with rosemary streusel, and blood orange poppy seed glaze among other selections at past pop-up events. “At the last pop-up, I did more than I’ve ever done before, but it’s just me and I want to keep the focus on quality,” Gibson says. “I’m ok with selling out each time.” Originally from Rensselaer, Indiana, Gibson lived in Jacksonville, Florida, for 10 years before relocating to the Hoosier state with her husband and son in the summer of 2019.
“My husband works from home, and as a stayat-home mom I thought it would make sense to move back closer to my parents, who live in Monon, Indiana,” Gibson says. Gibson was attracted to Indy as a mid-sized city like Jacksonville and was eager to immerse herself in a diverse, growing food scene. “I always appreciated small businesses growing up — when my mom and I would go out to eat she would find those kinds of places to go to instead of the chains,” she recalls. “Also, I grew up on five acres and we made a lot of things from scratch and when going out to eat I would sometimes think, ‘I can probably do this by myself and maybe even make it better.’”
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Gibson’s Indy Dough products are indeed made completely from scratch, and she certainly doesn’t sacrifice quality for the sake of quantity. So far she’s held six pop-up events on Saturday mornings at Studio C and has sold out relatively quickly every time. “I got into baking while working in the restaurant industry and wanted more of a creative outlet so I started baking on my own,” Gibson explains. “I was contacted through social media in the fall of 2016 to open a doughnut shop for a place in Jacksonville called Good Dough. I did the majority of their recipes and did that up until we moved to Indy.” After relocating, Gibson realized there weren’t any establishments around Indy that did doughnuts the way she was making them in Florida and saw an opportunity to fill a unique niche. She set to work revamping a few recipes and launched Indy Dough last fall. “I might bring my capacity up in the future, but it’s nice doing it all on my own for now,” Gibson says. “It’s a good amount of work getting up at 2 a.m. and getting things ready for the pop-ups, but there’s something satisfying in doing it my way and seeing people enjoy what I’m making.” For updates on Indy Dough products and pop-up events, visit their Instagram page at instagram.com/indydough. 12 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2020 / atBRip.com
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Foundation Coffee Company is serving the local community in a few different ways. As you’d probably expect from the name, Foundation Coffee, which officially opened on November 25, serves up a full coffee and tea menu for patrons, as well as pastries, sandwiches, soups and sandwiches. In addition, the shop also helps to feed underserved kids throughout the Indianapolis public school system. Along with Public Greens, another eatery under the umbrella of Indy-based Patachou, Inc., Foundation Coffee Company allocates its profits towards the Patachou Foundation, founded in 2013. The Foundation was started by Patachou, Inc. owner Martha Hoover to prepare and deliver made-from-scratch, after-school meals for food-insecure children attending Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS). Store Supervisor Korie Pickett says all Foundation Coffee Company funds aside from staff payroll costs go directly toward the Patachou Foundation’s operations.
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“The Patachou foundation has served so many kids in the city, and I think the coffee shop is just another great step in that mission,” Pickett says. “It’s a win-win because we serve great coffee and food, and the people that come here are getting a great product and then serving a good cause just by buying a cup of coffee or a pastry.” According to statistics provided on the Patachou Foundation website, more than 80% of children enrolled in IPS qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. Since its inception in 2013, the Patachou Foundation has provided more than 100,000 afterschool and school-break meals to food-insecure kids throughout Indy's public schools. “The Patachou Foundation has tried to feed kids that need a hand of course but also teach healthy eating habits to kids for the long term,” Pickett adds. This summer Patachou Foundation leaders will begin a food fellowship program, through which six high school students will work for six-weeks in various capacities including the coffee shop and Patachou Inc.’s kitchen headquarters space, where the Patachou Foundation’s after-school meals are made for IPS kids. The 4,000-square-foot kitchen space opened in the summer of 2019, and Pickett says Patachou Foundation officials hope that having the dedicated space, combined with additional funds coming in from the coffee business, will increase after-school meal production. “In the fellowship program we’ll be teaching the kids customer service and barista skills, and they’ll also be working at our kitchen and our onsite farm,” Pickett explains, adding that a micro-farm at Foundation Coffee is projected to be complete by late spring and will include leafy greens and root vegetables. “It’s really teaching them all kinds of skills, including cooking skills, and helping them to be more food literate.” Foundation’s coffee selection comes from Hubbard & Cravens, featuring a special house blend called the Foundation Blend as well as espressos, cortados, macchiatos, cappuccinos and lattes. Iced and hot teas, hot chocolate, kombucha and sodas round out the beverage menu. Foundation Coffee Company’s food is prepared in Patachou Inc.’s production kitchen, and its locallysourced menu currently features sweet and savory danishes, pumpkin bread, pound cake and cinnamon rolls as well as paninis, a vegan salad, a grilled cheese and more. The shop’s modestly-scaled interior consists of five tables and three individual study areas. 16 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2020 / atBRip.com
“It’s been really steady so far and there’s been great support for the coffee shop,” Pickett says, adding that the shop currently has a staff of five. “We have a lot of foot traffic from Marcy Village (apartments). The whole concept is very community driven. From using locally-sourced food and then making everything in house, and then also the mission of the business itself — it’s all happening with a focus on community and enables us to be in close touch with everyone around us.” Foundation Coffee Company is located at 4565 Marcy Lane in Indianapolis (at the intersection of 46th Street and Marcy Lane). Hours of operation are Mon. through Fri. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sat. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, including full food and beverage menus, call 317-932-3737 or visit foundationcoffeecompany.org. For more on the Patachou Foundation, including details on upcoming events, a shop and a donation page, explore thepatachoufoundation.org.
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Former Colts Player Joe Staysniak Talks Family, Football & Life On the Airwaves “Our whole family started swimming at a young age,” Staysniak says. “On weekends, we were up at three in the morning to travel to Though he stood 6' 5" and weighed 240 lbs. all-day swim meets. We didn’t have big, fancy by the end of his freshman year of high school, vacations together. We had swim meets.” Joe Staysniak says playing pro football was never on his radar. Though he adored basketball, football seemed Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing Photographer / Amy Payne
“I recognized the small percentage of kids who make it at a professional level so I never saw that dream on the horizon,” says Staysniak, who grew up the middle child in a family with four siblings. His mom, a school teacher, and his dad, a police officer, instilled in their children the importance of maintaining a good work ethic. “They were both incredibly hard workers, and we all wanted to make them proud,” Staysniak says. That they did. He and his brothers and sisters all thrived academically and athletically in swimming, football and volleyball. In fact, four of the five kids received a college scholarship.
a better fit for his physique and once he set his mind to playing, his only goal was to be offered a college scholarship. Ultimately, he landed one with Ohio State, starting all four years as an offensive lineman. He was part of the 1986-87 Ohio State Big Ten championship team that defeated Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl Classic. During his NFL career, he played for the San Diego Chargers (1990), the Buffalo Bills (1991), Kansas City Chiefs (1992), the Indianapolis Colts (1992-1995), the Green Bay Packers (1996) and the Arizona Cardinals (1996). Staysniak has fond memories of playing with the Colts due to the camaraderie he built with his teammates. They bonded over intense
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workouts in the weight room and taking the field during crazy snowstorms or blinding rain. And, of course, there was the 1995 AFC Championship game against the Steelers with Jim Harbaugh as quarterback where the Colts came close to winning, which would have advanced them to the Super Bowl. But it’s the everyday things that Staysniak treasures most. “Honestly, some of my favorite memories involve lunchtime, just before going out to practice,” says Staysniak with a chuckle. “The guys would sit around the equipment room watching the financial channel and discussing stocks.” In 1994, sportscaster Bob Lamey invited Staysniak to join him every Monday morning to talk about the game. “I said, ‘I’m just a no-name offensive lineman. Why me?’” Staysniak recalls. “Because you’re trustworthy and I can depend on you to show up every Monday at 7 a.m.,” Lamey told him.
“I ended up having a lot of fun doing it,” says Staysniak, who parlayed the gig into a 25-year radio career. He’s now a weekday morning sports radio talk show host for WIBC and WFNI in Indianapolis. You can hear him between 7-10 a.m. on 1070 the Fan and 93.5 FM on “The Jeff & Big Joe Show.” “Getting up at 4:30 a.m. isn’t easy, but it leaves afternoons open to spend with my kids,” Staysniak says.
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“I have a hard time crying that $5.6M isn’t enough for you to play a kids game for half a year,” Staysniak says.
“It used to be a big deal back in the day when you got written up in the paper,” he says. “Now everyone’s got their own YouTube channel. Parents and kids think they are better than they are.”
He notes that while some owners are more willing to pay out the money than others, that doesn’t make it right.
“They went to a salary cap to save themselves because they were spending so much money He likes the variety of topics he and his cohost, on quarterbacks, drafting them and signing Jeff Rickard, cover. million-dollar contracts as unproven rookies,” Staysniak says. “But now they are right back “No day is ever the same, and you never know to paying gobs of money for high-profile how it’s going to unfold,” he says. positions like that. At some point, there’s not going to be any more money to go around.” In interviews, he likes when they hit on issues that spark conversation — like social justice or Another topic Staysniak feels passionate about topics that make people uncomfortable. is parents behaving badly. “You wouldn’t think that sitting behind a microphone jabbering about sports would make a difference but it does,” Staysniak says. “It gives people a release from everyday problems and provides a forum to talk that’s not political.” As for today’s generation of entitled athletes who seek fame and fortune above all else, Staysniak has no patience for them. He gets perturbed with guys like running back Ezekiel Elliott, who wanted to break his contract due to money disputes. “Being greedy and wanting more money before your time comes takes away from somebody else,” Staysniak says. “I have a problem with that.” And running back Melvin Gordan claiming that he wasn’t getting paid enough makes
“Parents are screwing up high school athletics because they feel they can yell and scream and be jerks at games,” he says. Officials are dropping like flies as hot-headed parents hurl insults at the field or on the court in every sport — basketball, football, wrestling, etc. “Refs are dwindling, and if you don’t have refs, you don’t have games,” says Staysniak, who suggested to Bobby Cox, commissioner of the IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletics Association), that any parent who is thrown out of a game should be forced to enroll in the referee course. “At the very least, they’d learn something and appreciate what the officials do a bit more,” he says. He suspects a big part of the problem is the 19 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2020 / atBRip.com
Staysniak and his wife, Pam, have been residents of Brownsburg since 1995. He regularly emcees local fundraising events such as Habit of the Heart, an organization that provides emergency assistance to families of Hendricks County. “It may be children who struggle in school because they need hearing aids or dental work,” Staysniak says. “It may be a family who is displaced due to fire or a woman escaping domestic violence.” He also donates time to Seeds of Hope, Inc., a nonprofit that offers transitional housing for women recovering from alcohol or drug addiction. The annual Seeds of Hope fundraiser will take place November 23 at the new Colts complex on W. 56th Street. In addition, Staysniak helps the Rotary Club raise money for veterans to go on Honor Flights. “Anything in Hendricks County I can do, I try to help because that’s home,” Staysniak says. In his free time, he likes to fish, boat, camp and mow his 20-acre lawn with his Dixie Chopper. He’s got a woodworking shop that he set up when he first married but never devoted time to. Once he’s an empty nester, however, he plans to dive in. He, Pam, and their two sons, Nathan (20) and Lucas (15), take regular camping trips to Gatlinburg and enjoy family reunions
at his brother’s cabin in Wisconsin. They’ve also made trips to Hershey and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania — combining their love of chocolate and history. And in the spring, they try to get away to an all-inclusive resort in Cancun. Though Staysniak spends three hours a day talking on the radio, he’s a private, unassuming person. “I tire of the Antonio Browns who like to brag on themselves,” he says.
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The solution? For starters, he suggests people — particularly young folks —put down their phones and look up at their families who love them. “I always had my brothers and sisters to come home to,” he says. “We were tight, so when negativity came at me, my siblings rallied around and instilled confidence in me.” He hopes to instill the same values in his boys. “The goal for everyone should always be to make the world a better place,” he says. “I want my kids to be leaders of the next generation.”
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5 Tips to Help Keep Your New Year's Resolutions Writer / Abigail Hake Photography Provided
It’s that time of year again — the time when we all start thinking about what we’d like to do more of or be better at in the coming year. Did you know people have been setting New Year's resolutions for more than 4,000 years! It’s assumed almost everyone has made a New Year’s resolution — and then broken it. It’s crazy, I know, but if you think about it, even if you fail, it’s a great way to kick off a new year. A resolution is technically something we choose to do, or not to do, but here are a few tips for how you can choose to keep those resolutions in 2020. 1. Make a List Many people make lists on the daily. Whether it’s a to-do list or shopping list, we like to see things we need to do and what we’ve completed. It’s a visual thing. Sometimes just having something written down on paper helps you stick to it. It also makes it more real. So write out your 21 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2020 / atBRip.com
2. Choose The Right Resolutions The top three resolutions most years are related to health and fitness, but does that work for you? It might, but it might not. Don’t feel like you have to pick a resolution based on what everyone else is doing or usually does. Be original. Stay true to you and choose a resolution that really matters to you. If you can really get behind something, you’ll have better success with accomplishing it! 3. Try Mini-Goals Mini goals or mini resolutions are a great way to reach a big goal with baby steps! It alleviates the making of a larger, terrifying and daunting resolution and instead breaks it up to make it more manageable. Mini goals are easier and typically require less time. Try to set a smaller goal for each month and by the time you complete all 12 months, you’ll have achieved that giant goal you weren’t quite sure you could take on in January. Setting mini-goals will help you accomplish resolutions in a more
incremental way and stay on track all year long! 4. Have a Buddy Accountability is a huge part of forging through tough times and keeping our resolutions in the New Year. Doing it on your own can be hard. But you don’t have to do it all by yourself. Find a friend who has the same goals for the year or similar ones who can keep you motivated when times get tough. Even telling someone your resolutions can keep you accountable. They can ask you how things are going and understand when you need a little pick me up or break. It’s always more fun to do things with friends, and New Year's resolutions are no different.
if you can get through two weeks of staying on track. Perhaps if you resolved to journal every day, once you’ve done it for a month, treat yourself with a cool new pen! If you were trying to give up those coffee shop visits to save more money, treat yourself to one cup of coffee if you stuck to it for 15 days in a row! Once you’ve completed a resolution, no matter how big or small, rewards can continue to help us move towards our goals. It keeps us motivated and reminds us that we are doing a good job. No matter how it goes this coming year, just do your best. Do what works for you
5. Reward Yourself Everyone does better with a reward dangling in front of them. Rewards make us all feel good. Maybe if you are working on your food intake, you have a cheat day
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and if you need help sticking to something, make sure to ask for help. Just choosing to embrace change or taking on new challenges in the New Year is a huge step for a lot of people and we believe in you! Wishing you the best success in your resolutions and a wonderful 2020!
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