tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:19:40 +0000A collection of life memories by his familyhttp://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)Blogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-7173446137530519478Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:26:00 +00002009-10-16T18:32:55.479-07:00Okay the next group of photos I have is when Chris went to Diamond Springs when I went to Hawaii for a week with my friend in Stickton. Chris spent a week with his grandpa and DeeDee in 1993... the first 2 photos is when I am handing him off to grandpa, and he is scared to leave me. Davidhttp://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2009/10/pictures-of-christopher-kiers-visit-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-953452893043128520Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:19:00 +00002009-10-16T18:26:22.955-07:00Sarah when she was one week old, then one year old, and an even older photo of Christmas time at Grannie and Grandpa's before Sarah was born.http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-pictures-from-david.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-309488436003873865Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:17:00 +00002009-10-16T18:19:14.693-07:00Here are photos when Bill arrived at our home upon his return from Mexico being a teacher in Chihuahua... His damaged Rav4, which we got fixed by my friend in Tijuana... We met Amy and her boyfriend one night. Then photos when his Toyota was all fixed (new hood and windshield, etc.) on the day he left... a last photo of him and I ... the last time I saw him, alive.Please put in the blog with the http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2009/10/pictures-from-dave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-9080513404729314764Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:30:00 +00002009-01-27T12:35:02.289-08:00Today is Abba's birthday- the first since his death. It's been a really hard year. I've really missed him. I broke down just before the wedding ceremony started about him not being there. Someone got Auntie Laurie to come see me. It really helped me dry my eyes and move forward. People talk about the giant Blue Heron that flew over the crowd just as we spoke our vows (I didn't see it- I only http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-birthday-abba.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-7118945070007081803Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:45:00 +00002009-01-27T11:46:13.989-08:00Happy birthday dad. We all miss you down here. Hope granny baked you anice cake and grandpa is bouncing you on his knee.We all gotta go sometime but I still can't believe you're gone.I love you. I'm sure you know that now. Thanks for being the best dadever in spite of all your challenges I'm only just becoming aware ofas a dad myself. You were really amazing.XoxoRobhttp://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2009/01/birthday-message-from-rob.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-3890050532661372475Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:34:00 +00002009-01-27T12:39:03.064-08:00It's been awhile since I posted. Preoccupied with the wedding, I suppose. I've been meaning for awhile to write about a dream I had of Abba on Nov 4, where I woke up with my arms around my self, crying. In my dream, I was at a home with stairs going up and pictures along the wall of family. Near the foot of the stairs was a place to sit and grandpa Gallagher and my dad was there. I think my http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2009/01/grandpa-gallagher.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-3313515831238123974Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:45:00 +00002008-09-19T16:49:59.458-07:00A friend of Abba and Tom sent an email in Germany saying she was sorry for our loss.Hi Tommy,ich habe Heute von Manu erfahren, das dein Vater (Abba) gestorben ist.Ich wollte Dir nur sagen das es mir sehr leid tut und ich in Gedanken bei dir und Deiner Familie bin. Es ist immer schwer wenn man einen Elternteil verliert aber im Herzen leben die Eltern weiter. War dein Vater krank oder hatte er http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/09/letter-from-kerstin-in-germany.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-3181832959922468759Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:19:00 +00002008-09-09T18:19:30.731-07:00Sachiko called me and played me a song in Japanese based on the poem "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep." She played it in the background and interpreted it. It was really sweet and I really appreciated it. I found a video of the song on You Tube with English subtitles: A Thousand Winds My rational mind really fights with this- but more and more I've been having experiences that have left me http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/09/thousand-winds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-3602059441443124647Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:36:00 +00002008-08-20T09:41:13.664-07:00Dear Sara Hello. How are you? We are doing good.I hope you are doing everything O.K. Congratulations! for your wedding. Also thank you for sending your wedding invitation card which is very beautiful of youand handsome young man. I was in Kakogawa where is near Osaka for our business trip since Aug 11th.I came back home on 18th night.On the 18th morning I saw a dream. You and Bill (your father) http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/08/sachikos-dream-e-mailed-today-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-4144394918471604535Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:21:00 +00002008-08-03T18:23:04.052-07:00Found this email today written by Abba in 2006. I can still hear his voice singing it-FYI, with love... It's a Samoan song that I sang to your mother when we were courting; in particular, driving her to summer school from Las Vegas, in 1962: Sau vali vali means go for a walkTau tala tala means too much talk,Alofa ia te oe means I love you,Take it easy, sai sai le mu! Love, --Abbahttp://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/08/sau-vali-vali.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-4825096893508725945Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:42:00 +00002008-06-15T13:53:09.065-07:00How I wish you were here today Abba. I've been thinking of all the things I still want to do with you and share with you. Every time I use my tool set you gave me when I moved into my house, I see the note you wrote on it. I remember coming home to see it on my doorstep, near the mazuza you put on my door post (so thoughtfully matching the paint on my house). When I go to golden gate park, I http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/06/happy-fathers-day-abba.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-3476087455778716984Sat, 17 May 2008 00:36:00 +00002008-08-27T18:41:01.476-07:00http://www.mtdemocrat.com/story.php?id=901.11William K. Gallagher, Ph.D., 68, died April 4, 2008, in Alameda, Calif. A speaker and an author, William was a 15-year member of the community in Diamond Springs.Born Jan. 27, 1940, in Los Angeles, to his parents Leonard W. Gallagher and Sally Roberts Gallagher, William “Bill” Gallagher spent his early years in Los Angeles and graduated from Santa http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/05/mountain-democrat-news-obituary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-7109670477438393010Thu, 08 May 2008 08:10:00 +00002008-05-08T01:33:58.620-07:00Today I was thinking about the song Abba taught us at Granny and Grandpa's 50th wedding anniversary. I thought maybe I could find a version of it on the internet, but now I'm wondering if he didn't make it up?I remember gathering for our family luau in Big Bear, where we all did something to entertain each other. I remember directing Nate, Alison and Amy to do this dance to "I Heard it Through http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/05/take-it-easy-fi-fi-lae-mu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-2114360589069727395Tue, 06 May 2008 06:51:00 +00002008-09-09T01:50:31.203-07:00Today's song of the day is "You Are My Sunshine." It's one of the first songs I remember him singing to me as a little girl. I remember being in a small row boat with him while he sang to me. I believe we were in a park or zoo (I think I was around 3 or 4). This song continued to be a special song for me throughout my life and has always made me think of Abba. -Sara<!-- This is a default link http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/05/you-are-my-sunshine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-7228377646494743323Sun, 04 May 2008 19:17:00 +00002008-05-04T12:19:43.278-07:00"When I think of him in my mind, this is what he always looks like, because I carried this photo of him with me for decades now.Which is why I was always surprised when I saw him in person at how much he aged! :)"-Rob Gallagherhttp://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/05/robs-favorite-photo-of-dad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nate Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-5490152963402737385Fri, 02 May 2008 03:08:00 +00002008-05-01T23:38:44.019-07:00Dear Gallagher Family: I wanted to send flowers to Bill Gallagher's grave, but found out that he was placed into the San Francisco Bay. Moki told me a story that his father told him when they were together in Frankfurt, Germany in 1992. Bill told Moki that the Main River in Frankfurt Germany where they were standing connected to the Rheine River that connected to the sea, then to the Atlantic http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/05/honoring-bill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-6976012956855015998Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:29:00 +00002008-04-27T11:32:34.946-07:004/27/08 6:04:36 AMDear Bobby Thank you very much for your mail. It's good to hear from you.I'm sad to hear the news which Bill Gallagher passed away.It is difficult to believe it.But I believe we can meet him in the next world. Bobby Could you give me a favor?Moki taught me the Pauline's phone number, but it didn't work.The operator said this number isn't available. If you know her phone number, http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/04/letter-from-sachiko-to-rob.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-7065739409685376191Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:41:00 +00002008-04-25T11:48:04.612-07:00From: Sachiko Sota Sent: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:57 am Thank you for sending me the mail. I'm sorry when you called me, I wasn't home.I had been in OKINAWA for our business trip. I came back home last night. I read your mail. It was so sad to know the news. It made me so sad. It's hard to believe this news. It is too young to go to the spiritual world. He is only only 68 years old. I can't believe http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/04/letter-from-sachiko.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-8130860065207194801Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:37:00 +00002008-04-25T17:39:34.031-07:00 This was a brief video I shot on my camera of Abba speaking in Istanbul, Turkey. I didn't capture the whole talk because I wanted to take some stills as well. -Sarahttp://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/04/international-marketing-conference-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-7272745792263202455Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:39:00 +00002008-04-23T17:01:05.351-07:00Found on: http://www.gmarketing.com/authors/bgallagher.htmlBill Gallagher, Ph.D.Over 500,000 business and salespeople have invested in Bill "Guerrilla" Gallagher's Guerrilla Selling: (Unconventional Weapons & Tactics for Increasing Your Sales) because they are serious about doing a lot more business with less hassle and frustration.Since 1983, Bill Gallagher, Ph.D., has been in demand as one of http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/04/business-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-6585005493190580847Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:53:00 +00002008-04-21T18:56:26.029-07:00Another family friend, Sandy Danziger wrote to Bill today:Dear Bill, Thank you very much for being in contact. For your family blog I would like to say, which you may choose to use, not use, edit etc. This very morning, before before receiving news of Bill's death, a profound lesson about right spiritual conduct that he taught me came to mind--at exactly the time when it needed to be heard. It http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/04/letter-from-sandy-danziger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-7356957268976965691Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:34:00 +00002008-04-25T11:56:59.245-07:00Auntie Laurie called this week saying she just met Fred in Santa Cruz, while out looking at the sunset. This man told her he knew our family in Hawaii, when we lived in Laie. He said our dad was extremely influential in his life. Mom confirmed that she remembered him coming over to the house and thought he was a student of dad's. Such an interesting coincidence. Fred said he regretted not http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/04/old-friends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-507174485043763438Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:20:00 +00002008-09-09T02:00:53.189-07:00Passover has been strange without Abba. This morning I woke up thinking I wanted to call him to wish him a happy passover. At Bill's house we used the Haggadah that Abba made, with pictures of Jack and Sophie. I kept thinking how sweetly he put it together, like so many of the projects he's done for us over the years. It was hard to have him absent from the tableRob sent out this song http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/04/first-passover-without-abba.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-7407559315988932035Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:35:00 +00002008-09-09T01:58:59.305-07:00The words to this song was posted on email today.I found it very beautiful and think it echoes my feelings as I mourn.It also reminded me of my mom, who planted a tree in Abba's honorbecause he planted trees all over the world.I think today I will plant a tree. -Sara<!-- This is a default link to the mp3 for those with browsers that can't use the music player below, change the song name both herehttp://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/04/down-to-river-by-connie-kaldor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867877622348381564.post-3324694815589511012Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:19:00 +00002008-04-23T14:29:43.437-07:00Our father was a sailor. It was clear to us that we should take him sailing one last time in one of the bays he loved. We placed his ashes in the water at 14:48 on April 11 2008.Bill writes: We scattered him to the bay and committed his remains to the currents.Bay currents carry water in and out of the bay daily and the currents outside the bay run down the coast and around the world. He http://abbagallagher.blogspot.com/2008/04/burial-at-sea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gallagher)0