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...December brought the memory of myriad traditions--the lighting of the tree in Rockefeller Center, the annual Avon hayride, the Aon party at the World Trade Center--that Hilary used to share with her father. As with everything else, she insisted things proceed as usual, even if a male cousin or a friend's father had to act as an understudy, and then regretted it the second the event started. One of Hilary's favorite parts about Christmas was her father's ineptitude with gifts. Ginny was in charge of the present buying, but George usually made a token purchase...
...actually had to think and feel. The summer had always been her favorite part of the year. It was when she and George had met and fallen in love. And during July and August, they inhabited what Ginny calls an "expandable house," the weekend destination for every last cousin or friend seeking refuge from the sweltering city. Hilary would expect the same this year. Could they possibly...
...their own senses of identity have drifted, wavered since that day. Having cheated death, they aren't certain how to live. Genelle has put on a brave face for friends--and for the many reporters who have called. But in June, on a trip to Macy's with her cousin Gail LaFortune, a caterer for New York City's Oxford Cafe, Genelle confessed that she wasn't sure what life was about anymore. She wasn't sure if she had ever really known...
...Judy," says Gail, using her cousin's middle name, as do those who grew up with Genelle in Trinidad, "there's a sense of...of misplaced things, of misplaced parts of her life." If that's true, how does Genelle Guzman-McMillan find herself again? It turns out there is no shortage of people who want to help create a carefree, well-centered version of Genelle--and an inspirational Sept. 11 tale for the rest of us: Victim miraculously lives, turns to God, finds true love (in July, she and longtime boyfriend Roger McMillan had a free "dream wedding" arranged...
...such a pretty day. Genelle has gold braids woven into her hair. Her cousin Lauren Lavin did them the previous Saturday, one of their "special hair days" when some girlfriends get together to try different hairdos, makeup and outfits. The braids remind them of their native Trinidad...