bon voyage

Among many blessings in my life I count my friendship with Dawn. We met when we were 11, the same age Skylar is now. She was new to town and new to our school. We immediately connected then and spent our teen years together -- cheerleading, playing on a softball team (she was 3rd, I was 4th batter), having endless sleepovers, doing school projects and plays together, dealing with boys, and girls....

There is nothing like a friend who has known you grow up, who knows your siblings, parents, who knew your grandparents. Dawn is a friend as close as a sister to me. She was at Skylar's birth, she lived in California when Gary and I were married, and when she told us she was going to marry Erich we were so happy.

Their presence in N.Y. has added greatly to our summer visits, and we will surely miss them. We helped them with the final packing and they moved to Florida after we had been in town a week. We wish them well and we know they will do great there.
Our children are also very close, and have known each other since they were babies. They have grown up playing together every summer.

Four Muskateers

Dawn and Tree, which was my nickname growing up
and what my siblings and her family still calls me

Awesome Dr. Dawn testing Shawn for allergies via Gary as surrogate.

She took time out of her busy schedule to do this for all of us.

Dr. Dawn removing Shawn's allergies