My Guardian Angel, Nancy

Who could imagine that being arrested and on the brink of death could actually have been what had eventually saved me? Nancy taught me that I was worth something. That I had a brain in my head and I wasn’t just nothing. Being in New Paltz taught me so many things that it would take pages and pages to share with you. One of the best moments that I will share is my high school graduation. Of course my mother didn’t show. But my father did. He told me I could pick anywhere I wanted for a special dinner after my graduation. So I chose the Mohonk Mountain house. I had spent much of my free time there, and I was in love with it. It was one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been to in my entire life, and I still love it to this very day. I danced with my father that night. It was the first time I had ever done so. There is nothing I could possibly change that would make that night any better than it was. It was beyond perfect for me. I am so grateful to Nancy and all that she did for me and with me. If there was ever a guardian angel, indeed Nancy was mine. She helped me get through some pretty tough times enduring what I had endured with my mother. I have her to thank for not only my physical well being, but my emotional state of being as well. Only because of Nancy can I sit here today and share such accomplishments of my life with you readers. Only because of Nancy can I say that my life is complete. I’m old and gray now my patient readers, and my own children know all about the story of Nancy and how she saved my life. I never ever had to go back to my mother’s after that summer of 1976 – sharing this story has been very hard because as you all know, you really must relive such events completely in order to totally share them with others. Nancy was only in my life for a little over a year, but changed it more than anyone has ever done. To this day she is a part of who I am, and how I came to be me.