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Krystine Bordenabe: A Whiz in the Kitchen

 

Krystine Bordenabe was on the brink of an exciting life change she'd been waiting for since she had become a mother for the first time 13 years ago: she was eight months pregnant with her second child, and was counting the weeks until she could resign from her job as a sales assistant at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods and become a stay-at-home mom and full-time homemaker. That was, for her, the noblest profession, and one she felt compelled to excel at. She was a whiz in the kitchen, loved to cook and bake, and while she was not much of a clothes hound, she occasionally indulged her passion for stylish shoes.

''She loved her shoes,'' said her sister-in-law, Danielle Bordenabe. ''But mostly she just cared about other people, about helping out; she was my best friend.'' A Jersey City girl, Krystine also enjoyed taking trips to the shore each summer with her extended family. She was 33, and lived in Old Bridge, N.J., with her husband, Alfredo, and son Andrew.

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From "Profiles in Grief" of The New York Times