MattCavallo.com https://mattcavallo.com/ Matt Cavallo Inspires with Stories of Faith, Hope, and Resilience. Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:14:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 MattCavallo.com false podcast MattCavallo.com https://mattcavallo.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg https://mattcavallo.com/blog/ My Twenty Years with MS: A Lesson in Perseverance https://mattcavallo.com/my-twenty-years-with-ms-a-lesson-in-perseverance/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:43:42 +0000 https://mattcavallo.com/?p=2840 On June 10, 2005, I heard the words, “You have MS.” I was twenty-eight years old, numb from the waist down, terrified, and completely unprepared for what came next. I remember the fear most of all. The way it wrapped around everything. I was afraid I’d never walk again, afraid that I’d end up in […]

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]]> Manifestation Above the Clouds https://mattcavallo.com/manifestation-haleakala-summit/ Fri, 30 May 2025 16:19:08 +0000 https://mattcavallo.com/?p=2833 I’ll be honest. We weren’t exactly excited about another long, winding drive the day after doing the Road to Hana. But our time in Maui was running out, and every local we talked to said the same thing: “You can’t leave without seeing Haleakalā.” So we looked at each other, sighed, and got in the […]

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]]> Uncle Joe’s Last Drink https://mattcavallo.com/uncle-joes-last-drink/ https://mattcavallo.com/uncle-joes-last-drink/#comments Tue, 13 May 2025 16:01:05 +0000 https://mattcavallo.com/?p=2822 In Weymouth, they called him Joe Horse. His real name was Joseph Cavallo, but nobody called him that. Not at Denly’s, not on Lake Street, not at the Water Department where he worked. You see, Cavallo means horse in Italian, and Joe wore that name like a crown. He was a local legend. The kind […]

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]]> https://mattcavallo.com/uncle-joes-last-drink/feed/ 1 The Breakfast of a Lifetime https://mattcavallo.com/the-breakfast-of-a-lifetime/ Thu, 08 May 2025 15:11:44 +0000 https://mattcavallo.com/?p=2818 We were sitting around a small table at my mom’s favorite spot, Cupz and Crepes, when something hit me. It was just the five of us: Pete, Rosie, Michael, Nicole, and me. No spouses. No kids. Just my family. The original crew. I couldn’t remember the last time that had happened. Maybe we were teenagers. […]

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]]> The Story Deserves to Be Told https://mattcavallo.com/the-story-deserves-to-be-told/ https://mattcavallo.com/the-story-deserves-to-be-told/#comments Thu, 01 May 2025 19:44:37 +0000 https://mattcavallo.com/?p=2805 I almost quit. After months of writing, editing, sharing vulnerable stories from my life, and getting nothing but silence from literary agents, I sat at my desk and thought, Maybe this is it. Maybe no one cares. But that’s not the whole story. I’ve done everything they say you’re supposed to do. I broke through […]

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]]> https://mattcavallo.com/the-story-deserves-to-be-told/feed/ 1 The Day the Music Died https://mattcavallo.com/the-day-the-music-died/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:02:42 +0000 https://mattcavallo.com/?p=2791 The Day My Son Discovered MF DOOM Slept on My Couch Part Two Mason sat there staring at me, still stunned. “Wait… you’re serious?” I nodded. I had just said it out loud for the first time: MF DOOM slept on my couch. And the moment I told Mason that truth, something cracked open inside […]

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]]> The Day My Son Discovered MF DOOM Slept on My Couch https://mattcavallo.com/mf-doom/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:14:03 +0000 https://mattcavallo.com/?p=2785 It started with a sound. A familiar bassline drifted from my son Mason’s room, low and looped, laid-back but haunting. I was across the hall in my bedroom, scrolling through Netflix, when it caught my ear and pulled me back three decades like a hook in a song. I walked into his room and asked, […]

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]]> The Road to Hana and the Aloha Mindset https://mattcavallo.com/the-road-to-hana-and-the-aloha-mindset/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:08:55 +0000 https://mattcavallo.com/?p=2775 Some stories don’t need embellishment. They write themselves through the rawness of the moment, the stress, the beauty, the kindness of strangers, and the unforgettable turns (both literal and emotional) along the way. This is one of those stories. We left the Hilton Grand Wailea right after breakfast, full bellies and high hopes, packed into […]

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]]> Cheating Death at Fearing Pond https://mattcavallo.com/cheating-death-at-fearing-pond/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:09:48 +0000 https://mattcavallo.com/?p=2771 In June 2024, I flew back to Massachusetts with my sons, Mason and Colby, for a 72-hour whirlwind trip to celebrate the Boston Celtics’ NBA Championship. We made the most of every minute, cheering at the parade, climbing rocks and jumping into the ocean from my cousin Stevie’s boat near World’s End, and laughing with […]

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]]> Where She Lives Now https://mattcavallo.com/where-she-lives-now/ https://mattcavallo.com/where-she-lives-now/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:48:30 +0000 https://mattcavallo.com/?p=2764 When I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, my mind drifted back to a memory I hadn’t thought about in years. It was the spring of 1980, and I was just four years old. That was the year my Aunt Loretta passed away, she was the first person I ever lost. Loretta Cavallo was born on […]

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