Cookie Jar Stories is a collection of vignettes from the rich and varied life of Sylvia Greenway. The book’s first part, “Cookie Jar Stories,” collects memories of family life—such as “The First Time I Met My Son-in-Law”—written over many years. Many of these vignettes were previously published in the Cuba, New York newspaper, The Cuba Patriot. Part Two, “Inside the Operating Room: From Ether to Propofol,” shares secrets from the wee hours and fascinating operating room experiences from Sylvia’s forty-year career as a nurse anesthetist, mostly in Olean and Dansville, New York hospitals.

Sylvia Greenway was born in New Castle, PA into a large and loving Italian family. She married Bill, her college sweetheart. He became an English professor at Houghton University in Houghton, NY, and she became a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist), giving anesthesia in many hospitals. They lived there for over 40 years, and had a son, Bill, and a daughter, Tara. Now she is blessed with 4 grandchildren. Always active in community theater, she now directs and acts in a Readers Theater. She enjoys watching all sports, except hockey, and loves to read, write, and play the piano where she currently lives in Austin, Texas. But she remains a passionate Buffalo Bills Fan!