Joyce

I think it was around 1975 when my friend Pam’s Dad came to live with her after her Mom had passed. I remember vividly the first day I met Gil. I showed up at Pam’s house after school one day (we did that a lot) and was introduced to this very handsome Latin man. He had longest hair and seemed extra cool. In the living room he had moved in this sound system unlike anything I had ever seen before. How amazing I thought. You see Pam and I were really into music back then and we still are. Clearly Gil was too. I think he realized how excited I was, and he said, Do you want to hear something?” God do I ever I thought. He carefully put on an album of a band called Chicago. Wow! I had never even heard of them. Horns on a Rock album? What? The whole house was filled with this amazing music. I will never forget that magical day hearing Chicago with Pam for the first time. To this day, whenever I hear any song by Chicago, I think of my dear friend Pam and her cool Dad Gil.

These are the kind of memories that make life so sweet.