Jean Grubb Eagleston

Posted on: Dec 16, 2024 at 5:07 PM

Janet Redding and I met the first day of our sophomore year at LAHS. Due to the careers
of our fathers--hers, an aerospace engineer; mine, an officer in the Civil Engineer Corps of the
U.S. Navy--Janet and I had both moved many times and started school years in new places.
We had an immediate bond as a couple of "transfer students".

Janet and I both became members of the Youth Group at the Presbyterian Church in Los Altos.
Our friendship deepened, and by junior year, most nights (after we had finished our homework),
we talked on the phone until it was bedtime. That tradition of phone calls continued throughout
the next 60 years. We discussed relationships, careers, grandparent joy, politics, and world-wide
current events.

After Janet was diagnosed with ALS*, our conversations often took place on Sunday mornings
for 2-3 hours and covered the same wide range of topics. However, the content also included discussion of morbidity, mortality, and the meaning of life. Janet's response to her diagnosis was the same way she approached all the other problems in her personal and professional lives--with competence, compassion, and courage.

I will greatly miss her thoughtful examination of issues, non-judgemental stance, articulate expression of ideas, and wise advice. Janet was one of my "chosen sisters" and her friendship, support, and caring have truly been a blessing in my life.

* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal disease that
attacks the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscles throughout the body. Muscle weakness spreads and progresses to difficulties with walking, swallowing, talking, and breathing.

Posted on: Sep 18, 2020 at 3:01 PM

I think we are at the right distance, sooooooooooooo

Happy Birthday.

Be well and stay safe. Best of luck in your coming Craftsman adventure.

Posted on: Sep 17, 2019 at 3:40 PM

Happy birthday.

Posted on: Nov 09, 2018 at 10:00 AM

Some of you may remember my dear friend Ginny Gilmore who was a member of the LAHS Class of '68. Ginny and her husband Lee live in Paradise, California. Yesterday the "Camp Fire" in Butte County CA hit suddenly and spread quickly, massively. Ginny, her husband, and adult daughter were able to leave safely and are staying with friends in Chico. News reports are that the town of Paradise is destroyed. It is extremely unlikely that their house is still standing. Their community is asking: Pray for Paradise. Crushing sadness...

Posted on: Sep 18, 2018 at 5:56 AM

Happy birthday!