Mark Gartner

I was writing the details of a particular memory when i got tonight’s thread.

Let me share it….

I’m not sure of the year, but I was probably about 8 or 9 years old. It was summer, and we were at our bay house in San Leon. I was at the ping-pong table, and through the window, I saw a car pull into the driveway. “Are we expecting visitors?” I shouted out. My mom replied “Not that I know of . . . Who’s here?”  I watched people getting out of the car, and payed particular attention to the big teenage boy in the lead. I replied to mom: I don’t know who they are, but that first guy MUST BE a relative!

Turns out, that “first guy” was Gary.  It had been years since I had seen him, but I could tell he was a Gartner!

Over the years, as I introduced Gary to my friends, most would comment: “Well you two are definitely from the same family!”  I always took pride in the fact that I “had that Gartner look!”

Every time I was with Gary, my heart was warmed to witness our similarities!