This morning I received a response from the Director of Alumni Relations at Seton Hill University. David, I am very sorry to learn of the recent death of your mother. I apologize for the delay in my response but thank you for your inquiry regarding information about your mother’s attendance at Seton Hill. I […]
Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania has — sadly — been in the news all day today. 1 It’s a strange coincidence, because for my whole life I thought mom had attended Seton Hall University. 2 It was only a few days ago that I found a few ancient copies of her student newspaper, The Setonian, […]
In early January of 2013, attorney Kelly Mathis responded to my question about how to notify attorney Steve Phillips that I was dissatisfied with his services: From: Mathis, Kelly To: Gagne, David Cc: Bechtold, Jill Subject: RE: Kathleen A. Gagne Sent: January 4, 2013 11:52 AM PT David, Simply notify Mr. Phillips that his […]
I wrote a little something about Christmas in our family on my personal website. I am so, so heartbroken this holiday, our first without mom. She should have gotten to enjoy being a grandmother and she should have gotten to have many, many more Christmases and it’s just not fair. I miss her so much. […]
Mom had incredible penmanship. (Her mother did, too, and I’ve tried to mimic their style my entire life.) She wrote me so frequently that I have — literally — boxes of cards and letters from her. She sent me a card on every holiday. She even sent me cards on Jewish holidays just to be […]
Late in the evening of September 23rd, I submitted a help ticket via the AT&T website: My mother died on August 12, 2012. She was hospitalized in late November 2011. Prior to November 2011, I had many, many, many voice mails from my mother. She would call and leave me voice messages all the time. […]
At some point towards the end of March 2001, I purchased a coffee mug for my mom as a joke. In late July of 2000, a friend of mine 1 had written a blog post titled The Best Damn Kudu He Can Be. Here is the original post: My favorite animal at the Zoo […]
A long-time friend of my mother’s sent me this email in regards to yesterday’s post about Sister Carol Mary Morrison: Dear David, Sister Carol Mary Morrison was one of 12 women, 4 being nuns, who lived at the House of Faith, part of St. Patrick’s parish in Providence. The actual house, the former convent, was […]
While I was going through my mom’s old Yahoo! email account I found several messages to someone named Carol Mary. She was clearly someone important to my mom, although the name only vaguely and barely rung a bell. I sent an email to her on Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 11:57 pm. I wrote: Hello, […]
I sent the following email to Donna Amaya of the Holly Hill Police Department on September 5th, 2012 at 10:56 am: Dear Ms. Amaya, I found your email address listed as the contact reference for the “Records Division” on the Holly Hill Police Department website. My mother, Kathleen Anne Albanese Gagne, was a dispatcher for […]