Adrienne Dawn Smith

Cookie and I were cousins, but, as only children of mothers who were sisters, we thought of ourselves as sisters. To this day, Shari and Lori call me aunt Cynci (they could not say Cynthia when they were little) just as Cookie always called my mother aunt Della because she could not say Evelyn when she was little. I loved her as an older sister and, as we grew older, on every birthday I reminded her that she was growing older while I remained younger. I will miss doing that and miss her.

Cynthia Cohen