Reflections - Joyce

 

Whoops-a-Daisy Shasta Daisy

Margaret Joyce Brown

April 16, 1930 - April 29, 2021 

Super welcoming Joyce rescued Spence and me when roundabouts thoroughly confused us, and we ended up miles away from her house in England. We telephone from an inn. She drove, leading us in our rental car, to a place we’d been within a block of earlier. Over lunch, which resembled a Thanksgiving feast, we chatted with Joyce and her husband Joseph. Puzzled about groundhogs, she quizzed us about the critters. We corresponded for years. She always asked about groundhogs. And Joyce introduced us to her neighbors Chris and John, who continue corresponding—especially on February 2, Groundhog Day and Candlemas.

Gracious, engaged, kind. Joyce will be missed. 

With Jennifer W., Spence and I planted a Whoops-a-Daisy Shasta Daisy for Joyce. The daisy graces the house number sign.