Kolu
was like a sister to me. Growing up, we saw her just about every
weekend. There were many Sundays at our grandparents with board games,
popcorn, and Murder She Wrote. When Maggie and Kolu came to visit,
Carrie and Maggie would often do their own thing, and Kolu and I would
hang out. Kolu was about 4 years older than me, so I felt very
privileged to be hanging out with her! That also meant she could drive
me around places as we got older, and I remember a fun drive home from
the Pike Fair Tractor Pull one year.
I remember one summer she
spent with us helping my dad on the farm. I don't remember a lot from
that summer, but I do remember one time when we were walking home from
town with Kolu and my dad pulled up in his truck and yelled at us for
walking on the wrong side of the road. We, of course, blamed that on
Kolu (we had to - she was our parents' favorite kid that summer lol).
But I'm sure it was our fault just as much. And one day Carrie and I
decided to prank Kolu and convinced her there was a spider in her hair.
You can imagine her reaction!
I remember Peace Child concerts,
Gleason Circle, swimming at grandma and grandpa's, Kolu's School of the
Arts graduation, and eating at Spaghetti Factory afterwards. Her voice
was always such a gift to hear.
We didn't keep in contact as
much when she moved to North Carolina, except by email, but she did
bring Emmon and Allasha to visit us on the farm, and we visited her a
couple of times. But when we were together, it was like no time at all
had passed.
She was the family photographer and family
Thanksgiving Day coordinator. I hosted Thanksgiving at my house one year
when Ethan was about 10 months old, and she was MORE than happy to take
over preparations. :)
We only visited her farm once, but I'm so
glad we did. My kids have such fond memories of hunting for chicken
eggs, playing with Owen, and swinging on her tire swing.
She
will be missed more than I can describe with words. But I have such warm
loving memories of her. She will be in my heart forever.
- by Susan Menkes, Kolu's cousin
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