Harry Reese GillespieJune 27, 1905 - March 30, 2011My grandfather Harry passed away this week and I am devastated. He was 105 years old and while I know this is the normal course of life, this is an enormous loss for me and anyone who knew him. He was kin ...
Firstly, thank you all so much for the many birthday wishes. You really made me feel special and cared for -- and your messages, cards, and Facebook posts meant a lot to me (although Bill said I was clogging up his fb feed )!!! I have to say that this m ...
We have been spending lots of time with our wonderful friends. We've gone to visit, we've had visits, and we are loving every single minute! I drove down to L.A. to spend the day with one of my dearest childhood friends, Theresa. Theresa is so c ...
I can't believe it has been a week since Valentine's Day and I haven't posted about the many, many good things. Bottom line -- Gwendolyn loved all of it! Valentine Party. Our Valentine fun began with a party hosted by our friend Marina a fe ...
Not unlike the connection I have with my Mom, Gwendolyn and her Gramma have an extremely unique and special bond, too. We've written about it before, but Gramma happily drives 80 miles each way from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara every week to spend ti ...
Gwendolyn and Little Star have an awesome connection. He is her buddy for sure, but what I am coming to realize is that Little Star loves Gwendolyn just as much as she loves him. He is so gentle with her and so eager to be by her side. She loves to feed h ...
Our sweet butterfly is napping right now. I'm sitting next to her listening to the rhythmic pattern of her bipap helping her to breathe and I can't not be right by her side. I'm so, so glad to be feeling better just so I can be near my littl ...
This past weekend I went on a surprise getaway with four of my girlfriends (Laurie, Ronda, Marina and Sarah) for Sarah's birthday. It was planned, organized and orchestrated by her amazing husband, Mike, and it was all a surprise until Saturday morni ...
This was supposed to be a good things post and there are lots of "Good Things For Gwendolyn" for me to post about -- she started preschool again this week, she held a salamander yesterday, she did a little bit of gardening (not really her thing), she swun ...
We had a full weekend -- mostly really good...but we had a scare with Gwendolyn on Sunday afternoon and, well, those always leave their mark. On Friday we had an extra special treat. One of Bill's very best friends, Matt, sent us a lobster dinner: tw ...
