I hope this does not offend anyone

Dear friends
I am sending this card to all those of you, who regularly send my darling late wife, good wishes at Christmastide or on her birthday.
Our son Julian has kindly sent me these lovely cards to use as Greeting and thank-you cards as I will probably not be sending Christmas cards to you all this year. Margaret died on 11th February as you all know and you have sent to me your memories of a kind, sweet lady, together with condolences for me as an unwelcome widower, and my family who have lost a mother. So many of you have lovely memories of her and I thank you for sharing them with me. She always said she was having a happy life and we had many wonderful visits to our widespread family. I can tell you all that in my farewell to the Chinnor Operatic Society in 1998, I said that Margaret was the wind beneath my wings. She was my inspiration. On behalf of my fabulous family, who are now my support I bid you all farewell and send you all God's Blessing. Hugh
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Hugh Merrow-Smith