Oh, Auntie Juju, how dearly you will be missed. I wish I could be there with all of those who so fiercely love you, but know this: You will live in my heart forever. Without specific acknowledging it on either end, I know you understood that after my own mother died 10 years ago, you became by default "my mom." We didn't talk often, but when we did, we talked long and we laughed a lot. I'll miss that. And for the rest of your children, the real ones -- Chrissie, Lou, Jeff, Robbie and Denise -- please get in touch to talk anytime. There are few passages in life more keenly felt than the death of a mother. Yours was very, very special. One day? Yes, I believe we'll all meet again. Somehow, some way. And then we'll celebrate the times we spent together on earth while we're spending new times in some other place. My deepest sympathies all around.