Friday, December 28, 2018
I was just informed of Cindy passing yesterday and it came as a bit of a shock. While we lost touch the last several years as a result of professional matters that neither she nor I had anything to do with, I always believed that Cindy was looking out for me and made sure I was treated fairly in connection with what caused the discord between us -- which I was. In the time we worked together with Cindy as the client contact in charge of the show, it was always a team effort with hearty intellectual exchange to achieve the common goal we had set. She spurred me to get involved with the Banking Law Section of the N.J. Bar Association, kicked my butt to do some seminars and next year I will chair the section following in her footsteps. Cindy was no nonsense, no BS, readily put her opinion out there open for debate and a straight talker. I surmise that, because I am pretty much the same way, is why we got along well. For Joe, I may have only met you once but can say your Mom was very proud you went to Harvard -- although I thought you should have given University of Chicago (my alma mater) a chance. All I can offer you by way of some comfort is the following: Whatever it was that made up your Mom was part of the universe before she took form here and remains part of the universe now that she has passed from here to the next reality such that she is not really gone, she is just elsewhere and lives on here in the memories of those who knew her. My heartfelt condolences.
