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Posts: Thanks to everyone who is posting and sending me stuff. I'm doing my best to get it on the page within a couple of hours of receiving it. Tomorrow, I start my day with a six hour flight, and finish it with a six hour drive, so my internet access is going to be limited. Please bear with me. I'll post everything you send as soon as I get where I'm going. In the meantime, you are, of course, welcome to post things. If you need me to send you an invitation to join the blog, please send me your email address.
Photos: I'm traveling with a laptop that doesn't have photoediting software. I know that some of the pictures are sideways. I'll fix them when I get home.
Thanks everyone for you emails and phone calls, text messages and IM's. They mean a lot to me.
To clear up a couple of frequently asked questions:
Who am I? Gretchen's friend Megan from high school. Yes, you may have met me in Long Island on one of a few of occasions, possibly at the wedding. I was one of the three high school friends, but not the one who wound up leading the Horah. That was Christine.
How am I doing? I'm okay, thanks. Honestly, I don't think it's hit me yet. I left for a business trip eight hours after hearing the news, and so I haven't had a chance to go through my own yearbooks, notes, photo albums. I'm sure that there will be some tearful posts later on, once I'm home.
What are the various memorial services and events taking place to remember Gretchen? To my understanding, the family memorial service is private. Gretchen will be buried next to her mom in Alabama. I think that's very appropriate and would make her happy. Amy is coordinating the Leukemia walk at Hofstra. Read the previous post about it. Dave and several of Gretchen's Long Island friends are planning to get together this Sunday. I don't know the details, but if someone sends me info, I'll post it. I would like to do something in Philadelphia for Gretchen's high school friends. Is anyone already working on something? I'm thinking a benefit dinner for us to get together, remember Gretchen and raise money for Light the Night, the charity she volunteered for when she lived in New York, probably sometime around Thanksgiving (which is also the weekend of our ten-year high school reunion- no, I'm not going) or Christmas, because people will be in town. If anyone has thoughts, or wants to communicate information about any other events, please email me, or go ahead and post.
Again, thanks everyone.
Photos: I'm traveling with a laptop that doesn't have photoediting software. I know that some of the pictures are sideways. I'll fix them when I get home.
Thanks everyone for you emails and phone calls, text messages and IM's. They mean a lot to me.
To clear up a couple of frequently asked questions:
Who am I? Gretchen's friend Megan from high school. Yes, you may have met me in Long Island on one of a few of occasions, possibly at the wedding. I was one of the three high school friends, but not the one who wound up leading the Horah. That was Christine.
How am I doing? I'm okay, thanks. Honestly, I don't think it's hit me yet. I left for a business trip eight hours after hearing the news, and so I haven't had a chance to go through my own yearbooks, notes, photo albums. I'm sure that there will be some tearful posts later on, once I'm home.
What are the various memorial services and events taking place to remember Gretchen? To my understanding, the family memorial service is private. Gretchen will be buried next to her mom in Alabama. I think that's very appropriate and would make her happy. Amy is coordinating the Leukemia walk at Hofstra. Read the previous post about it. Dave and several of Gretchen's Long Island friends are planning to get together this Sunday. I don't know the details, but if someone sends me info, I'll post it. I would like to do something in Philadelphia for Gretchen's high school friends. Is anyone already working on something? I'm thinking a benefit dinner for us to get together, remember Gretchen and raise money for Light the Night, the charity she volunteered for when she lived in New York, probably sometime around Thanksgiving (which is also the weekend of our ten-year high school reunion- no, I'm not going) or Christmas, because people will be in town. If anyone has thoughts, or wants to communicate information about any other events, please email me, or go ahead and post.
Again, thanks everyone.
posted by Megan @ 5:35 PM
2 Comments:
At 11:42 PM,
Aimee said…
Megan,
Thank you for doing this. Seeing these pictures and reading this has brought back so many warm memories.
And to everyone on here, I want to offer my heartfelt condolences.
-Aimee Harris
At 4:06 AM,
Megan said…
Hi, Aimee,
Of course. If you would like access to post on the blog, just send me your email address. I'll be posting more when I get home. Thanks,
-Megan
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