Lucy Maud was also a poet.  In honour of her birthday, here is a poem that she herself wrote about the legacy of a friend.  We think the words apply to her as well.

My Legacy

My friend has gone away from me,
From shadow into perfect light,
But leaving a sweet legacy.

My heart shall hold it long in fee –
A grand ideal calm and bright,
A song of hope for ministry,

A faith of unstained purity,
A thought of beauty for delight –
These did my friend bequeath to me;

And more than even these can be,
The worthy pattern of a white
Unmarred life lived most graciously.

Dear comrade, loyal thanks to thee
Who now hath fared beyond my sight,
My friend has gone away from me,
But leaving a sweet legacy.

Source: The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery