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My name is Lilia R. Gamble. In this day and age, when everybody is going about his busy lifestyle, there isn't enough time to know a person better. I established my personal web site because it serves as my cyber alter ego. I like graphics and pictures and I find this place virtually fitting to chronicle pictures and events that I cherish. Moreover, pictures that I upload would not fade with the times and they would be as clear as the day they were taken.

Likewise, my alter ego will always be alive and won't die with me. She's a testament of a life with cornucopia of happiness, suffering, struggles, loses and victories. Although risky, it is fun to write from my innermost thoughts. I have a chance to say something or forever be silent.

I wish I have plenty of free time in my hand so I could write at my leisure but building a business is a 24/7 task. Discovering ebay store is wonderful and amazing. I have so much interaction with people that I never experienced in my other online store. People like my products and I'm proud of that.

".....The people who walked in
darkness have seen a great light; ....."
-Asaiah 9:1-6(14ABC)

EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

".....no one sews a piece of
unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If
he does, its fullness pulls away, the
new from the old, and then the tear
gets worse. Likewise, no one pours
new wine into old wineskins.
Otherwise, the wine will burst the
skins, and both the wine and the
skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins."

Updated October 5, 2008, 9:29 PM

Thanks for visiting!

Goodbye Bustamante!!!

He passed away last November 10, 2008, while his children were visiting him in Chicago. He just married Nennen 2 years ago and I was one of their wedding guest. He was a member of Our Lady of Mercy church.

Hey! Sleepy Heads! Wake up and
chase the sun! Smile and face the
glorious day. If the sun doesn't
show up, just wait for the rainbow.
He'll always show up after a rainy
day. If you're still blue, buy some
flowers from that flower girl in
"Oliver Twist." "Who will buy this
wonderful feeling? I am high, I
think I could fly! Who will wrap it
up with a ribbon? Who will buy?"

I will! I will buy a few for me and
others. Would you?

July 9, 1935 - October 28, 2008

Erwin Conrad died on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 at his residence in Springfield, IL after a 13 year battle with cancer. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, on July 9, 1935, to Otto Paul Fritz and Karoline Margarethe Boege Conrad. Erwin married Agnes Sese on Sept. 1, 1978. Erwin is survived by his wife, Agnes; two daughters, Katherine Ann (Kievan) Walters of Wadsworth and Linda Luz Conrad of Springfield; and a son, Alfred (Migdalia) of Chicago; grandchildren, Karoline, Justina, Andrew, Janessa, Sara, Jaylene, Alfred Jr. and Jaclyn; sisters, Erika Mete of Chicago and Erma, Linda and Gerda, all of Germany. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Shirley Ann; son, Paul Erwin; his parents; and two brothers. Mr. Conrad served in the US Army and was stationed in Germany. He retired as the buildings and grounds supervisor for Rush Presbyterian St. Luke Medical Center in Chicago after 22 years of service. A Memorial Mass will be held at St. Andrews Church, 3546 N. Paulina, Chicago, IL 60657, Nov. 24, 2008 at 5 p.m.

Published in the Chicago Tribune on 11/14/2008