Nancy
January 15, 1956 - June 15, 2022
Anyone who knew Nancy or anyone who knew of Nancy knows she lived her life in superlatives.
She saw everyone through the prism of her own daily struggles and her own genius
No matter what you shared with her, from the perils of driving to work in the snow, to solving how to arrange furniture in a small space it was reflected back to you in brilliant colors of how incredible a job you'd done.
Nothing in Nancy's world was mundane. No one in Nancy's world was mundane. All of us were amazing people, brilliant in our own way and she was happy we could share our insights with her. I do not know if she knew it was not our brilliance being shared with her but her brilliance, and her resilience, being reflected back at her.
She loved her brother Philip. She loved her sister Valerie. She often told me how very ,very pleased she was that they cared so much for her and took such good care of her. She worried that they were going to exhaust themselves traveling to advocate for her as much as they did but she was glad that when she was too tired to talk to a doctor or when medical staff disregarded her input into her own care ,she could rely on them.
She was generous, always.
Generous with money when she had it, generous with time, generous with praise and generous with sharing her talents - writing resumes for 67 plus people she encountered during her years in nursing homes.
There are two things she desperately wanted to still do in this life; one was to get back to Brooklyn and see her beloved Bea again and the other was to go back to Saratoga.
I believe she will find a way to do both now that she’s not encumbered with a body that does not work.
She loved horse racing , she loved learning as much as she could about a horse and placing that bet and collecting that win. She always hoped to return to Saratoga and now she can. If you're at the track this summer don't be surprised when in the corner of your eye you catch a glimpse of Nancy , sipping a martini with a twist, . cheering her horse to that finish line
Nancy
January 15, 1956 - June 15, 2022
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