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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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