Who am I? And why should you care?

Jill Marie Gunardson-Johnston — Medford, NJ

Many of you might have known that my dad, Hal Gunardson, was quite a story teller. But you might not have known that prior to his passing last November, he wrote a collection of stories about his life experiences. A few years ago while he was recovering from a medical issue, I urged him to write these wild and terrific stories down. I had no idea that he did until one of his closest friend, Lonnie Smith, had told me after he died. It is collection of over 400+ pages.

It has almost been a year since he passed away and it’s about time that I start this project – it has just has been so hard. I decided to start a blog – Long Story Short – to post these stories as I read and edit them. I’ve never done anything like this before, so please bear with me.

If you are interested, please follow this page and share with others who might have known him. I will add to it whenever I can and plan to do so as we head into the last part of the year.

The first blog was actually never part of his initial story – but I found it hand written in one of the dozens of notebooks he kept. Reading his unique style of handwriting brought back lots of memories and quite a few tears. I honestly, hope you enjoy it – the stories are not always PC, but neither was he. So, there you go!

Enjoy….

…goodbye, good luck, and have a nice day!