Sonnie and I were not only cousins, we were good friends. We were born in the same year. I remember when we were young the family would visit us in Connecticut and we would go to Rocky Neck Beach. Later on my mother and I would take the train to Woodbury to visit Aunt Geneva and Sonnie. Sonnie and I slept upstairs and we could hear the train as it went by. Later on in life my husband and I would drive to New Jersey to visit with them. I remember Cape May, the rodeo, a wedding Sonnie and I once attended, visiting all the relatives, picking peaches and blueberries. The one memory I remember most was when Sonnie took my husband and I on a canoe ride down some river while she was leading us in her kayak. There were fallen trees in the river and sometimes you had to duck down so as not to be hit. After a while it was really tough going ( and we are not experienced in this) and of course our canoe tipped over and I was yelling. Of course Sonnie came to our rescue to see a side of me she did't know. Believe me, I was very upset that I was soaking wet and I wanted to go back. I looked like a drowned rat but my hair did not get wet. Sonnie said we can't go back, we have to go forward. So I gradually calmed down and we got out into the wide part of the river or whatever that was and it was really sunny and lovely the rest of the day. Of course, we have laughed over that many times now. My heart goes out to all of the family. Thank the Lord she is in her heavenly body and relieved of all her pain. Again, my sympathy is with you all, Alma Falvey
