The week before she died, I received a heartfelt e-mail and was surprised when Margo didn’t respond back to my e-mail. That was so unlike Margo not to respond. I received the call from her husband the following Monday that Margo had passed away the previous day. Through our tears, we relayed how much she had meant to us. Margo had left a list of all the people she wanted notified upon her death. She wanted no funeral and a simple cremation. Not knowing what to do, I sent her husband some money to create something that would honor Margo. He built a sitting area dedicated to her and her beloved dogs.
When Margo’s husband came to visit, he had a pair of silver earrings Margo wanted me to have. The gesture overwhelmed me. She had wanted to give me something that would always remind me of her. She also knew how much I liked silver.
Not a day goes by that I don’t think of Margo. My only regret is that I didn’t see her one last time before she died and that she never met my husband. I know she would have liked him and he would have liked her. I am grateful that we said all the things you regret not saying when someone dies and I’m grateful to have had such a wonderful friend in my life for so many years. Over the course of time, I discovered how much Margo and I had in common. Margo taught me how to see the good in life and not let the bad things bring me down. She truly left me a gift that will stay with me forever.
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