Saturday, July 28, 2018
Your mother had a remarkable ability to love - she was such a special friend to my mother in her final years. Their shared interest in the National Gallery and art was the foundation but she assisted my mother on her physical and spiritual end of life journey. Taking her to medical appointments or to visit an Anglican priest, sewing outfits for her to hide the mastectomy, baking cakes and custards, phoning her every day.
After Mom died, she became a special fairy godmother to me and my siblings. She sewed a dress for my 21st birthday and when Ted and I were engaged took me to the Room at Simpsons in Toronto to select a going away outfit and my trousseau. She helped me bake a wedding cake for my sister Issie - and the two of us continued that tradition through her various moves in Ottawa, to Gananoque and Kingston.
