On mom’s old computer hard drive I found a Word document named Northwood Oaks Letter.doc dated June 21st, 2005. I assume she gave this to her vet just before leaving to visit my sister in Chicago. June 22, 2005 Northwood Oaks Veterinary Hospital 5331 NW 34th Street Gainesville, Florida 32653 Dear Dr. Weurz and […]
From: Gagne, Kathleen To: Gagne, David Subject: Florida Sent: May 1, 2005 11:51 PM ET Dear David, I know I talk to you a lot about coming to Florida. You always say you don’t have the time, but then you seem to plan lots of trips with [redacted] and her family. I think it’s […]
Mom sent me this email in early April of 2005. I have to assume I emailed to ask her what Nana’s phone number was and this was her reply. At the time I thought it was odd that she signed it with “Mommy” because she almost always signed everything with “Mom”. I imagine I called […]
On October 24, 2004 mom sent this letter to the Northwood Family YMCA: Dear Membership Director, Due to circumstances beyond my control, I must cancel my YMCA membership at this time. Please stop my direct billing as soon as possible. (I am paying $27.00 per month at this time.) Should my situation change, I […]
On October 15, 2004, I sent a letter to my mom shortly after she had come to visit me in Los Angeles. I wrote: Mom, I just wanted to write you to say that I really had a good time while you were here visiting. It was so much fun to get to show you […]
Mom came to Los Angeles to visit me in October of 2004. I took her to Disneyland and, because the Red Sox were in the hunt for the AL pennant, we spent some time at the ESPNZone in Downtown Disney to watch the game. (The Sox beat the Angels 8 to 6 to clinch a […]
The Independent Florida Alligator, the student newspaper at the University of Florida, ran an article on September 1, 2004, which quoted mom and talked about her work with Americorps. She was so very proud of the work she did there. She sent me a copy of the issue, of course.