Nicole Carr

I just didn't feel like she would leave that many people worried about her.

I just didn't feel like she would leave that many people worried about her.

It wouldn't be strange for her to go off because if she was sick, she wouldn't have wanted to make anyone else sick. But for her to just leave people with no way of contacting her and knowing if she was alive or dead was strange to me.

It wouldn't be strange for her to go off because if she was sick, she wouldn't have wanted to make anyone else sick. But for her to just leave people with no way of contacting her and knowing if she was alive or dead was strange to me.

It was love at first, get together. She was the kind of friend that you could call at 3 a.m., knowing that she would answer with equal part concern and humor to cheer you up. Her kitchen was her happy place, and she always had the aroma of something simmering or cooking or frying. And if not, she was planning something to simmer, cook or fry.

It was love at first, get together. She was the kind of friend that you could call at 3 a.m., knowing that she would answer with equal part concern and humor to cheer you up. Her kitchen was her happy place, and she always had the aroma of something simmering or cooking or frying. And if not, she was planning something to simmer, cook or fry.

Sharing a meal with her was really like being wrapped up in love. She lived with her heart wide open, and you couldn't help but just feel lucky that she was in your life.

Sharing a meal with her was really like being wrapped up in love. She lived with her heart wide open, and you couldn't help but just feel lucky that she was in your life.

We did text a lot and talked on the phone and then also through Facebook a lot, sharing memes. trying to make each other laugh.

We did text a lot and talked on the phone and then also through Facebook a lot, sharing memes. trying to make each other laugh.

She came and spent three days with me. We, of course, cooked and played video games and watched TV and talked and cried and laughed. And we really had a great visit. And it was right before they asked everybody, you know, to go home and stay.

She came and spent three days with me. We, of course, cooked and played video games and watched TV and talked and cried and laughed. And we really had a great visit. And it was right before they asked everybody, you know, to go home and stay.

She wanted me to come visit her, and I really wasn't comfortable in traveling at that point. All of my family, we have... Stuff wrong with us, you know, they were really concerned about people like us having COVID. So I declined the offer. And, you know, I'll never know what would have happened if I'd gone.

She wanted me to come visit her, and I really wasn't comfortable in traveling at that point. All of my family, we have... Stuff wrong with us, you know, they were really concerned about people like us having COVID. So I declined the offer. And, you know, I'll never know what would have happened if I'd gone.

Talena would occasionally, about once a year, go on a sabbatical where she didn't talk to anybody and she's pretty strict about it. She would let everybody know if I don't answer my phone, this is why. And I'm just going to go off somewhere for a couple of days and be with myself. It was just a spiritual time for her to get herself together and kind of reconnect with herself.

Talena would occasionally, about once a year, go on a sabbatical where she didn't talk to anybody and she's pretty strict about it. She would let everybody know if I don't answer my phone, this is why. And I'm just going to go off somewhere for a couple of days and be with myself. It was just a spiritual time for her to get herself together and kind of reconnect with herself.

She's a very giving person. So I think people that give to a lot of people need that little bit of downtime.

She's a very giving person. So I think people that give to a lot of people need that little bit of downtime.

At the time, I was laid off from work, so I didn't have that much to preoccupy myself with. I wasn't leaving the house because of COVID. Every morning, I would wake up and check Facebook and check the phone and text her and call her, and I didn't hear anything.

At the time, I was laid off from work, so I didn't have that much to preoccupy myself with. I wasn't leaving the house because of COVID. Every morning, I would wake up and check Facebook and check the phone and text her and call her, and I didn't hear anything.