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Dear Hanie and Suri,It was incredible and wonderful to meet you and your family, although after reading the book dedicated to Nancy I felt as if I did know you. I have been thinking about our visit, and I wanted to share a few more thoughts and memories about Nancy. My own experience has been that for any person in mourning, no detail or remembrance is too small; all are precious and to be treasured. So, in that spirit, here are a few, small or not.Nancy was so alive, so feisty, and so present, that everyone in the bike club knew her, whether they KNEW her or not. The first year she showed up to race was perhaps my second year, and I remember hearing about, and noticing myself, the new girl" (and the only girl) on the Renaissance team. When the racing year starts in the spring it is... Read more
Dear Hanie and Suri,It was incredible and wonderful to meet you and your family, although after reading the book dedicated to Nancy I felt as if I did know you. I have been thinking about our visit, and I wanted to share a few more thoughts and memories about Nancy. My own experience has been that for any person in mourning, no detail or remembrance is too small; all are precious and to be treasured. So, in that spirit, here are a few, small or not.Nancy was so alive, so feisty, and so present, that everyone in the bike club knew her, whether they KNEW her or not. The first year she showed up to race was perhaps my second year, and I remember hearing about, and noticing myself, the new girl" (and the only girl) on the Renaissance team. When the racing year starts in the spring it is still bitter cold outside everyone arrives to race bundled in extra clothing and most leave right away afterwards to get home and get warm. So it usually takes until the weather warms up for people to talk to each other much and truly meet if they haven't the year before. If I am remembering correctly though I knew who Nancy was had met her and talked to her and had heard her laugh many times long before that. There was something so comfortable about her.I am a bit of a tomboy and a bit of a slob at heart. Often after an exhausting race I am happy to pull on a clean T shirt and shorts. Nancy always impressed me...she would have a skirt a nice top would have fixed her hair etc. and she was pretty much always smiling. She would have loved Rob Gray's email to you and the place (in Italy) where he put her photograph could not be more perfect. Fausto Coppi was a multiple-time phenomenal charismatic champion cyclist and is a sort of deity unto himself in Italy. I love the idea of Nancy's smiling face in amongst all of the cycling legends and cycling love. Like many people I read "Nancy's book" in one sitting mostly with tears streaming down my face but with many laughs as well. And I am struck again reading the letters now on the web site with how many of us remember her laughing smiling giggling and generally seeing the fun in almost anything. She had the most beautiful eyes and they were almost always laughing too.As a parent myself I am in awe of the daughter you created and nurtured....and I am full of unanswerable and only somewhat rhetorical questions. How did you instill such confidence and strength? What made her so naturally empathetic and generous and kind? What did you feed her for breakfast growing up? (OK I mean that one metaphorically as well) Thank you for having us in your home and for giving us the chance to remember Nancy with you and to see her in your faces. I hope that we do have a chance to see you again soon.LoveSarah Chubb"... Collapse