So sad to hear of her passing. I knew K mostly from online communities and consider her a good friend. She was so giving, made a special bib for my first granddaughter, embroidered with her nick name. Meant the world to me to get that from an online friend. We shared a love of quilting and we met once at a get together, the same sweet woman in person as she was online. I’m missing her.
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Aside from her family, Karen LOVED her Steelers and never hesitated for one second to rub it in when my Cardinals sucked. You had to have a thick skin around her, but she gave as good as she got, meaning she could take a joke, although she would always fire right back with another one! As cantankerous and salty as she could be sometimes, she never held back when expressing her love for her family and of course, Tom. We will miss you, Karen!
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When I was in maybe 5th/6th grade, I used to “direct” my siblings, cousins, and kids in our neighborhood in backyard plays. It started simply but grew as parents helped with scenery and costumes. When we staged Snow White, my sister Erin was cast as the Wicked Queen and her best cousin buddy Karen was the Magic Mirror. My dad rigged up a cardboard wall with a hinged aluminum foil mirror. When the Queen asked, “Who’s the fairest…” Karen could open the mirror and speak her lines. During the performance, with many parents and neighbors looking on, there had been a few comical “oopses”, especially with the Dwarves who ranged in age from about 5-8 and looked particularly funny in their beards and hats. Erin and Karen were a bit older and usually some of our better actors but, they got the giggles the first time Karen opened the mirror…and it went on for quite some time and their laughter was so infectious, everyone but the poor beleaguered, embarrassed director joined in. I was pretty unhappy with them at the time, but later this became one of my favorite memories of those days. As i said, Karen and Erin (who passed a few years ago) were close as kids and now, in some kind of way, maybe they are sharing joy again.
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This is recent, and I'll add something else later, but wanted to share a funny one. I was trying to talk to Karen on the phone in August. I kept trying, but she just couldn't hear my voice, though I could hear her clearly saying, "hello, hello" every time. The last time I tried, she still couldn't hear me, and I heard just, "dammit!" before she hung up again and it made me laugh so hard, because that was SO Karen. We texted a bit, and I tried again a few days later, but it just wouldn't work. I just love that the last time I heard her voice, it was spitfire Karen as I remember her!
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