Caryn Leigh Sacharov

1972 – 2022

 

Caryn Leigh Sacharov, of Langhorne, PA died May 13, 2022. She was 49.

Private funeral services and burial were held at B’nai Abraham Memorial Park, Union, NJ.

CARYN WAS A DETERMINED, COMPASSIONATE, CARING….STRONG BUT SWEET WOMAN.

CARYN WAS A “TOMBOY”.  SHE DIDN’T WANT TO SIT STILL…ALWAYS ON THE MOVE, FEARLESS.

WHEN SHE TOOK GYMNASTICS , WITH THE HELP OF HER “COACH” FATHER, AND HER DETERMINATION, SHE TOOK 5TH PLACE IN STATE COMPETITION ON THE BALANCE BEAM.

EVEN WHEN SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES, THE VERY FIRST TIME SHE LEARNED HOW TO FILL  A SYRINGE, SHE JUST JABBED IT INTO HER THIGH WITH NOT SO MUCH AS A FLINCH.

THEN CAME BEAUTY SCHOOL.  SHE WAS DETERMINED TO BECOME A HAIR DRESSER, WHICH SHE DID, SWENT ON TO OPEN A NEW SALON IN ANOTHER LOCATION.

SHE WAS THE LIASION BETWEEN HER STAFF AND THE OWNERS.  HER STAFF RESPECTED AND LOVED HER.  SHE REMAINED IN TOUCH WITH A FEW, WHO HAVE SINCE BECOME LIKE FAMILY.  UP UNTIL HER RECENT HOSPITALIZATION, HER FRIENDS WOULD CALL TO ASK CARYN’S OPINION OF WHATEVER PROBLEM THEY COULDN’T SOLVE ON THEIR OWN.  AND SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO LISTEN…

SHE WAS LIVING IN HER OWN APARTMENT, KEPT HER TIPS IN HER “TIP JAR”.  SHE LOVED HER INDEPENDENCE.  BUT SHE WANTED COMPANY….IN THE FORM OF A DOG.  SHE HAD PICKED ONE OUT AND SHE WANTED HIM SO BADLY, BUT WAS AFRAID OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HIM IF SHE GOT SICK.  SHE HAD GOTTEN SO SICK, SHE AND GUNNER HAD TO MOVE IN WITH US.

LIFE HADN’T BEEN EASY FOR CARYN, BUT HER SPUNK AND DETERMINED SPIRIT HELPED HER THROUGH SOME TOUGH TIMES.  WHEN SHE LOST HER LEGS, HER PROTHETIST DIDN’T THINK SHE WOULD EVER WALK.  BUT SHE DID.  WITH THE HELP OF HER PHYSICAL THERAPIST, SHE WALKED WITH CANES AND EVEN WENT UP AND DOWN STAIRS.  SHE HAD GRIT.

FOR ALMOST 11 YEARS, CARYN’S HEALTH HAD BEEN RELATIVELY GOOD…WITH THE HELP OF HER GREAT DOCTORS.

HER LOSS OF INDEPENDENCE BOTHERED CARYN GREATLY.  ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO GET HER DRIVER’S LICENSE.  SHE TOOK SOME LESSONS, AND WITH HER WONDERFUL INSTRUCTOR, ONCE AGAIN CARYN’S DETERMINATION PAID OFF. THERE WAS NEVER A BIGGER SMILE ON HER FACE, THAN ON THAT DAY, EXCEPT MAYBE WHEN GUNNER CAME TO LIVE WITH HER.

ON FEBRUARY 25TH GUNNER DIED.  IT WAS A PEACEFUL DEATH.

THERE’S A STORY ABOUT THE “RAINBOW BRIDGE”…WHEN A BELOVED PET DIES, THEY CROSS OVER THE “RAINBOW BRIDGE” AND THERE THEY MEET NEW FRIENDS, AND THEY ALL PLAY TOGETHER IN THE GRASSY MEADOWS.  BUT THEN…ONE DAY…A DOG WILL STOP AND TURN AROUND AND SEE THEIR “HUMAN”.

THE FAMILY FINDS PEACE IN SEEING SWEET CARYN, SPOTTING GUNNER, AS THE TWO OF THEM GO RUNNING TOWARDS EACH OTHER.

UNTIL WE ARE TOGETHER AGAIN CARYN…..143