MG was born in Irvine on April 15, 1958. She is much loved and will always be remembered by me, all her family and friends. From the day i saw Margaret I new I was falling in love with her, she was quite loopy. I have spent just over two years with my MG and it has been the best, I love her an awful lot and thats a lot,(that was our catch phrase) we had a perfect time so in love and so happy together. Margaret was so good for me, she was my life and I will be her guy for the rest of my life, this is what I always told her, right to the end. We enjoyed movies, meals out, trips both overseas and locally, we sometimes called them mystery tours,also going to Glasgow or various shopping centres and watching the Bokke,(Springboks rugby team) but ultimately we were happy just being together in our wee house, I miss her every day and cry most days at some point,(& still after 3years i cry) she looked out for me, kept me safe and loved me. We got engaged after only 7 weeks which raised eyebrows and with some caused problems, it was a committment we had to show how much in love we were. we had just over two years together as a couple but had indirectly known each other for some months previously, enjoying the getting to know you chats which looking back were magical. Margaret was blessed with two great kids, Lauren and Steven who she loved so much, Lauren still keeps an eye on me (as Margaret said she would)and Steven is well,Steven.
She had good friends from her work and also outwith the work environment.
To all accounts Margaret did not have the best of lives and I believe but hope that her time with me showed her how much she was loved and how important she was not just to me but to many others also, her ex apparantly called her a 'plain jane' this she was not and it took me some time to convince her otherwise, to his eternal shame for this.
I think its fair to say Margaret loved life, she loved her pals and could do a 12hr shift at work then still once home talk on the phone for an hour about work to her workmates, must be a woman thing. She talked about her kids and pals often and cared deeply for them.
The house now is so quiet without her, i know a song called 'this place is empty (without you)' that is what its like, so hard.
She so desperately wanted to make it to Lauren's wedding, it was not to be, we were going to go to Milan for an outfit for her and if that failed she was going to trail some friends up to Edinburgh and I think was planning an overnight stay, Margaret was so desperate not to have the typical Mother of the bride outfit.
I missed her so much at the wedding 'which went very well',I thought my heart was going to explode.
It is now 3 years and still not unknown for me to burst into tears at some point, I want to be with my Margaret but know I must wait my turn, Margaret died and went to Heaven, that day I died and stayed here.
I still cry and not ashamed of that, it is hard and my comfort is knowing Margaret is never far from me, Oh how I wish.
I often ask why? Its not fair.
It was said to me two and a half years is long enough to mourn, its time now. I say there is no time on love, on missing and mourning the one you love, I am not ashamed to be sad, I dont do it on purpose, I waited so long and found and lost Margaret, I was blessed to have her and cherish our time together and also long to be with her again.