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Farewell to Frank Hatch

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Suzanne Loebl

On Sunday, January 10th, my computer screen flashed. Caring Bridges, a site that provides health news to family and friends, let me know that Frank had died. I had spoken to Frank a few weeks earlier on his birthday. He had … Continue reading →

Posted in family stories | Tagged aids, AIDS epidemic, david, family, family stories, family story, gay, gay children, gay community, HIV, hiv/aids, lgbt, lgbtq, parents of gay children, parents of lgbt children, straight allies | 6 Comments

Golden Gate Park and My Son’s Birthday

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Suzanne Loebl

This week a San Francisco friend sent me a picture of a visit he paid to the bench my husband and I donated to Golden Gate Park in memory of our child. The inscription reads: David Albert Loebl 2-19-56 to … Continue reading →

Posted in family stories | Tagged aids, birthdays, david, family, family stories, Golden Gate Park, grief, loss, san francisco | Leave a comment

Ebola, Dr. Craig Spencer and American Hysteria

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Suzanne Loebl

Dr. Craig Spencer, who bravely put himself in harm’s way to fight a deadly epidemic, represents the best of American medicine. So why is the American public vilifying him? Continue reading →

Posted in politics | Tagged aids, AIDS epidemic, bubonic plague, craig spencer, current events, diseases, ebola, ebola virus, epidemics, health, healthcare, HIV, hiv/aids, hysteria, panic, public health, spanish flu, west africa, world health organization | 5 Comments

Letter to My Son

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Suzanne Loebl

David, it is your birthday. If you had not died of HIV/AIDS I would have prepared to visit you in San Francisco or elsewhere, organized a party, and baked you a Linzer Torte or a Sacher Torte chocolate cake. You were … Continue reading →

Posted in family stories | Tagged aids, birthdays, david, family, family stories, grief, hiv/aids, losing a child | 5 Comments

Wishing Upon A Star

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Suzanne Loebl

The eve before his birthday, my son David and I would imagine him flying to a magic star where every wish of a four, five, or six-year-old…would be granted. As appropriate the star would be stocked with favorite foods, limitless … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aids, birthday, birthdays, compassionatefriends, david, family stories, pneumocystis pneumonia, prejudice, son, star, the mothers' group, wish, wishes, wishing | Leave a comment

Happy Birthday David!

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Suzanne Loebl

On February 19th my son would have been fifty-five years old. I can’t believe that by now he would be a middle-aged man. Eighteen years ago when we celebrated his thirty-seventh birthday he was a strikingly handsome man, trying to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aids, birthdays, david, david kato, family, gay allies, gay children, gay rights, grief, homophobia, lgbt rights, losing a child, parents of gay children, san francisco, the mothers' group, uganda | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: aids

Farewell to Frank Hatch

Golden Gate Park and My Son’s Birthday

Ebola, Dr. Craig Spencer and American Hysteria

Letter to My Son

Wishing Upon A Star

Happy Birthday David!

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