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C.E. Albanese started his career in law enforcement as a state investigator with the New Jersey Attorney General’s office in 2000, joining the ranks of the Secret Service in 2004 as a special agent.  He spent time in the Newark and New York City Field offices, splitting his duties between investigating financial crimes and conducting protective advances for some of the world’s most influential leaders before being transferred to Washington DC.  During his tenure with the Secret Service, he was given the opportunity to protect five U.S. Presidents (and two vice presidents), travel the world, and work alongside some of the very best men and woman the United States of America has to offer.  He is a graduate of Rutgers University and currently lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, who is a special agent with the Secret Service, and their two children.

Prayer of Complete Surrender

A Prayer I Had to Learn to Mean Father, Whatever plan You have ordained for me, whatever trials and tribulations You have set before me, whatever rewards You have deemed me worthy to receive—I submit to them all. I submit to You completely, for all good things flow from Your hand. I reject the fear […]

What Do I Really Own?

The Only Thing That’s Truly Ours Everything I see in the world, everything I own (or rather think I own: artistic skill, athletic ability, intelligence, health, wealth, power, life itself), none of it is truly mine. It’s all a gift, given to me because I need it, or someone else needs me to have it. […]

The Silent Father

On faith, fatherhood, and the lessons we teach without words. As the father of two children, I know I have to speak to them, guide them with my voice and counsel. But I’ve learned that words can fall on deaf ears, especially with teenagers — or worse, they can ring hollow when they don’t align […]

THE GREATEST GENERATION

HIS FRIENDS CALLED HIM ‘ACE’ I spent this past Father’s Day (2019) in New Jersey with my father and brother. It had been long time since we saw each other. We went outside by the pool, around the newly constructed fire pit, and with drinks in hand sat and talked. At first, we joked (the […]