Margaret remembered

The second of my aunts on my father's side died yesterday morning at 12:50am. This follows Margaret's long and brave battle with complications from diabetes. During this struggle over many months, she was resuscitated at least twice and at the end had developed gangrene in one of her legs and while amputation was being considered, the family and medicos didn't get to make a final decision as Margaret's kidneys started to fail and then ... she was gone.
It's hard to imagine that someone so full of life over the years of my childhood (and beyond) is no longer with us, except in spirit. She was willing - and able - to grab the world with both hands even though sometimes it had seemed as if she had been dealt one of life's not quite so impressive hands.
Among her many achievements, but one that hold a special place for our family, she was the one who, as my mother's friend more than 50 years ago, introduced her to her brother John - and thus our immediate family became possible.
On a lighter note, I will always treasure the memory of us doing the rounds of the Christmas lights in Toowoomba a few years back, with Margaret belting out carol after carol.
Vale Margaret.