• Family,  Los Sánchez,  Nature

    Thank you very much for your support

    Dear friends and family, Thank you so much for your support in these last two weeks. It was wonderful seeing so many of you at the open house and the memorial service. Thank you to Suzanne and the rest of the Delbancos for their help coordinating the food and the programs, to Sue Jenkins for the beautiful flower arrangements, to…

  • Family,  Los Sánchez

    Update on my Mom

    Dear friends and family, Elke made it through the holidays wonderfully. She enjoyed spending time with the family and nephew Peter and family. We took some photos of the family on New Years eve which we will upload shortly. For those of you who haven’t heard, she has been having an extensive amount of fluid building up in her abdomen.…

  • Family,  Los Sánchez

    Art show for my mom

    Thank you to all of you who came to Elke’s art show! It was so nice to see your faces and feel your support. It is in these moments when we realize how much love is around us. Some people were not able to attend but were with us in spirit. And thanks to Jennie Delbanco and family for sending…

  • Family

    An Update on Mom and a new Website just for her

    This post was written back in November when we set up Mutti’s new site but it was not published because we did not want Chando to see it… Now that she’s home and she’s aware of Mutti’s current situation, I will go ahead and share it with all of you here. I will also include in this post the other…

  • Family,  Los Sánchez

    Las últimas noticias sobre Chando desde Ruanda

    Hello friends and family, As many of you already know, Chando made it safe and sound to Rwanda after a very long journey that included two overnight flights and a one night layover in London. Although she has internet access near her house, they do not have much time to use the computer so we have only recieved limited amounts…

  • Elke Behrens during a trip to Germany in 2007
    Family,  Los Sánchez

    Mutti takes a break from chemo…

    Hello friends and family, Well, we’ve had quite a setback in the past few days. As my mom’s symptoms went from bad to worse we made an urgent appointment with the doctor. After reviewing last week’s CT Scan again, the doctor noticed that there was some air around her intestine which could signify a perforated intestine. This is the assumption…