Wednesday, December 13, 2023
I believe the word “generous” describes Jackie. She had generous energy—always going, willing to drive someone, willing to run errands, and resiliency after receiving a Lupus diagnosis in her 20s.
She was generous with including people. As her cousins, she took my sister and me to many Philadelphia Freedom tennis matches, many Phillies’ games, the Flyers’ Stanley Cup parade, delivering newspapers for extra summer cash, and Jungle Habitat!
Generous with her belongings—her bicycle, her baseball glove, her tennis racquet…”no problem Pat,” she would say. One summer when I was home from college I secured a full time job and was figuring out my transportation. Jackie loaned me her car for the summer even without my asking. “No problem, Pat. I’ll ride back and forth to work with my neighbor.”
Jackie’s generosity was never tied to expected return favors or special acknowledgement. It was Jackie’s core.
Thank you, Jackie. RIP,
Pat
