Condolence: I called her Mom. When I joined the greater Brown family in the late 1980's, she welcomed me in with warmth and sincere affection. During many, many years, when my relationship with my own mother was, shall we say, fraught, I was happy and comforted to have her as my main maternal figure. When I produced her twin grandchildren, we became closer, and I was heartwarmed by how well our connection survived my divorce from, and later death of, her oldest son. I am glad that the twins are old enough now that they will remember her too. She will be missed.