April 8, 2016
As I was looking through the mail a short time after my husband passed away, I came across this envelope addressed to me that had on the outside “Let Gilbert know how much you love him”. I said to myself, “It is a little late for that” and threw it back on the table. It was several days before I could open that envelope to see what was in it. When I did finally open it, to my surprise it was an advertisement for a beautiful oval shaped necklace and on the back of it had my name at the top and Gilbert's name on the bottom with I LOVE YOU in between. I didn't order the $100 necklace, but I did cut out the sample pictures of it from the advertisement and put it on my mirror and my computer desk as reminders of that love. What started out as hurtful turned into being a lovely reminder of the love that we had for each other.
I didn't think of writing about it until I read a widow's story about a similar necklace.