Dear Family and Friends, Many of you have asked about Gary’s health. Here is an update from Gary himself. Thank you for your Love, Concern and most of all for your Prayers. May Blessings of Peace and Perseverance Abound, Takouhi *************************************************************** From Gary: I have spent less and less time on FB recently as I just found that seeing the important things through all the ads and videos was getting more and more difficult. That being said I felt it necessary to share an update. I saw my neurologist yesterday and my prognosis is the same as it was when … Read more

Dear Reader, Whenever I officiate weddings, I share with people that the reason we are gathered together is because the couple has invited them, so that the two people may proclaim their love to each other in front of God and in front of them. Today, Sept. 3, 2020, marks the 20th anniversary of my covenant of marriage with Gary, and I want to share a letter from my heart to him, but also proclaim to the entire world, what this journey with Gary means to me – actually means to us. Most often, people express their love for their … Read more

Have you ever looked at something and asked, “What purpose does this have?” After dinner, about two weeks ago, Gary and I sat outside on the front deck and looked at one of the trees closest to our house and I asked, “Seriously, what is this tree good for?” It blossoms for only a few weeks in late May and early June, and after that it seems to become “boring”, unlike the Maple tree right next to it, where the leaves seem to smile and almost speak to you with their beauty. We both remembered how two years ago, this … Read more

On this Father’s Day, I am grateful for the man named,  Vramshabouh Demirdjian, my father. Vramshabouh was the name of a king in Armenia, whose reign is most noted over the creation of the Armenian alphabet in 405 to 406. My father may not have been a king himself, but he was a survivor of The Armenian Genocide. Who worked 24/7 as a photographer, to feed six children – and was barely in any pictures as he was always working/ taking the pictures himself. So, I literally have three physical pictures of us in an album (included here – pictures … Read more