“Reading books is immortality backwards” -Umberto Eco

S adly, I arrived too late to know my grandparents. They were all gone before I came along. Luckily for me, my mother’s sister and one of her two brothers immediately stepped in, attempting to fill the huge void created by the loss of their parents. Their love and generosity provided two very special people in my life besides my parents. Others of Mom’s first cousins also played very large roles…