My mother’s photo albums are full of pictures of her and Jeannine, one of her cousins. Jeannine was her best friend. Even if I have never met her, I know that my mother adored her and found her so funny. After their respective marriages, they lost track of each other but my mother always spoke of her with nostalgia and deep affection. I will never forget that phone call that my mother received in July 1975 announcing her Jeannine’s death. She was shaken up. I thought it was so sad they haven’t seen each other in more than a decade.

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