My best friend called me a couple of days ago to let me know her partner of nearly 20 years, had died very suddenly.
To say it was a shock for her is putting it mildly. He's much older (71 to her 57) and had been at his home in Florida without her when he got ill. Was put in the hospital and never came out. She was not even able to get down to Florida to see him one last time. I'm unclear about the details as she was not really with it when she called - either from shock or from drinking (sadly, she has a problem with alcohol).
Anyway, I want to send something to acknowledge her loss but being as I don't know the details I'm not sure what to do. Usually I make donations to a charity (or directly to a fundraiser for instance; another friend of mine died recently and a Go Fund Me was created to help his widow pay for funeral expenses); but in this instance I'm not sure which one would be the most appropriate. I'd send flowers but, she is working 2 jobs and not home a lot so not sure if she'll even receive them.
I'm debating if making a donation to one of the local pet rescues in her area might be a good idea - both her and her partner were/are huge dog lovers and all of their dogs were adopted/rescued.
Any other ideas?
To say it was a shock for her is putting it mildly. He's much older (71 to her 57) and had been at his home in Florida without her when he got ill. Was put in the hospital and never came out. She was not even able to get down to Florida to see him one last time. I'm unclear about the details as she was not really with it when she called - either from shock or from drinking (sadly, she has a problem with alcohol).
Anyway, I want to send something to acknowledge her loss but being as I don't know the details I'm not sure what to do. Usually I make donations to a charity (or directly to a fundraiser for instance; another friend of mine died recently and a Go Fund Me was created to help his widow pay for funeral expenses); but in this instance I'm not sure which one would be the most appropriate. I'd send flowers but, she is working 2 jobs and not home a lot so not sure if she'll even receive them.
I'm debating if making a donation to one of the local pet rescues in her area might be a good idea - both her and her partner were/are huge dog lovers and all of their dogs were adopted/rescued.
Any other ideas?