Monday, June 26, 2023
When I was fresh out of high school, Margie owned and operated a flower/gift shop in Sioux Lookout Ontario. She hired me , and in conjunction with Confederation College, trained me to become a floral designer. She taught me to design with abandon..no stuffy floral arrangements! We made beautiful things, and spent many an hour during special holidays designing, but most memorably , joking and laughing. LOTS OF LAUGHING, and, not gonna lie, every now and then, there may have been our good hairdresser friend Mervyn, and some wine involved. I claim responsibility for Melina being born on Valentine's day..the doctors wanted this baby girl to make her scheduled arrival the day before..but I convinced Margie to rebel and insist she have a Valentine's baby ! Voila!! A beautiful baby girl, followed by a beautiful baby boy! You two babies were suddenly Margie's reason for exsisting, she loved her bundles of joy so very very much.
As the years flew by, we lost touch, but as I grew and became an artist , I always credit my friend Margie for embedding in me to 'colour outside the lines'. Godspeed my friend. You will be very missed by all who knew you.
