Here it is 2022.   Another year has passed without your smiling face to cheer me up every day.   I still miss you so much.   I find it hard to go down to the 2nd floor, I just want to continue to the end of the hall to your place, but t's not your place anymore, and that hurts.   I still say HI every time your picture comes up on my computer, I must have 100 pictures of you. I'm not complaining at least I get to talk to you and  you don't talk back(what a surprise, huh).  Until we meet again, REST IN PEACE, Love you always.

Today would have been mum's 93rd birthday. She was determined to celebrate 100 but an aging body and a spirit broken by COVID isolation prevented that from happening. She was quite the 'gal' - generous and outgoing - full of fun - loved by so many. We all miss her so much. May 8th will always be her special day in our hearts.

Apart from my Husband and Children she was the  most important person in my life.  I was 11 years old when I met her. She taught me how to love and  be loved . My parents were never interested in my activities and if they should happen to wonder where I was they would ask Mary because they knew I always had to check in with her .Both her and her husband Daniel worked at the Community Club on my behalf so I could attend events there,  as my parents would not help. When I was 11 years old I said I was going to marry her Brother and 7 years later I did  which meant I stayed in this wonderful family  the rest of my life. After my Husband passed I moved from B.C. to Winnipeg (2012) to be with her.  In  the 70 years we knew each other  we never had an argument.  How could you get mad at someone who always had a smile on her face.  I miss her every day.