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This will be my final post on this site. Thank you all so much for sharing sweet stories about my mom both publicly and privately. My mom is no less missed as time has gone by, but the pain is gently transferring into beautiful memories and more reasons to celebrate her. I'm so grateful for all of the beautiful times we shared. The Space X launch was amazing. For those who missed it, here is a link to watch the recording: https://videos.space.com/m/je… Vandenberg Space Station is so often fogged in in the summers, but not on Friday! We had a beautifully clear day. The sound and vibration and feel of it all was magical. And it felt like such a great celebration of my mom. Thank you all for sharing this journey. Sending lots of love and hugs and wishes for you all to share beautiful memories with your families and friends and to celebrate life to its fullest. With love...Ren

Good morning. Just wanted to update everyone about my mom's flight. We were set to go this week however the last Falcon 9 rocket that launched ended up exploding or disintegrating once in space, so the FAA grounded all of these types of rockets. As such, we are on pause. We are 2nd in line to launch once flights resume but we don't know exactly when that will be. At this point it sounds like August will be our time. I didn't want the system to keep updating and notifying you every time we change the date so I picked 12/31 just as a place holder...it will mostly likely be well before that! Once we have a more concrete time again I'll update with specifics. For now however we will wait our turn and my mom will fly when the timing is right. Enjoy your days and hopefully we'll get that send off soon. Ren

So happy to say we finally have my mom's memorial garden planted. Some of you sent money to do something in her honor and we had planned to redo the front planter bed with my mom this spring. It was something we all looked forward to. So we have done that with many of her favorite plants and some rocks that she loved. Feels good to have such a sweet memorial that we can see every day. Thank you to those who contributed to this...I know she'd love it. I'll add a picture as well.

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Just wanted to let you know that mom's space flight is getting closer to becoming a reality. Updates are always available at celestis.com. She will be on the Harmony flight which is now slated for July (they say July 1, but it is still likely to change). Mom's bio/memorial is now posted on the site as well. https://www.celestis.com/laun… (you may have to copy and paste this link to your browser). At any rate...we are excited to give my mom her send off and whatever day she takes off we'll be there. Will continue to update as we get more info. Hope you all enjoy your days to the fullest!

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I just wanted to give an update about plans for my mom's memorial.

We spent a lot of time thinking about what my mom would want and how best to honor her. With her love of books, science and space and after having many conversations about things we’d do if we could…space travel was at the top of her list. That and the northern lights. If anyone gets to see that spectacular vision, please think of my mom…soak in the moment for her and say a prayer that she’s there enjoying it with you.

As for space flights…not many get that opportunity in life, but for my mom it is possible for her now.

She loved space so much…loved reading books about space, was constantly on Nasa’s web site looking at their daily pictures and reading about discoveries. When the experiment that she was involved with went up to the ISS with NASA she was beyond thrilled as were we all.

So we are giving her a send off to space.

She will be flying on the Harmony flight with Celestis. Celestis.com. As this is a real commercial rocket with scientific payloads, the schedule will fluctuate. Right now we know that the flight won’t occur before February 2024. For those who wanted to attend the take off in California, that is possible. Tickets are $150 for the day. For those who can’t come (which we fully understand especially given that we may not know the date until several weeks prior and even those dates can change due to weather etc), the launch will be available via webcast. I will be posting the link and updates here on Everloved.com as we get closer. If you’d like me to email you directly with updates please write me at renkolar20@gmail.com and I can certainly do that. I will likely email those updates in a group email so let me know if you're not ok with that.

Once she is in space, she will continue for at least one full orbit of earth, but depending upon the payload on board, she’ll be up there for months or years. Her flight can be tracked on the satellite tracker at Celestis.com. She will orbit until the satellite re-enters the atmosphere, harmlessly vaporizing like a shooting star in final tribute.

What I know for sure is my mom would love this. And even better would be if those she loved and cherished raise a glass of champagne, kombucha or bubbly water to her in celebration of her life well lived. We will be there toasting and cheering her on and would enjoy all of you doing the same, whether on site or from afar.

I can’t imagine a better way to set her free. And for those of us who think about her often, how great that we can look to the skies, watch the stars and imagine seeing her passing over head. Please join us in this celebration in whatever manner suits you best.

With love

Ren and family.

Another option for those who wish to donate to a cause is to donate directly to the facility that my mom worked at for the past 25 years. See below. And this is just if you wish to. Kind words are always enough:

Gifts in memory of Carol Kolar may be made to the Hope Fund for Cancer Research #01107140 at the University of Nebraska Foundation by mailing to P.O. Box 82555, Lincoln, NE 68501-2555. Please make checks payable to the “NU Foundation,” include on the memo line or enclosed note the gift is in memory of Carol Kolar. Please visit nufoundation.org [nufoundation.org] to make an online gift.