My heartfelt condolences to Yolanta’s family and her numerous friends.
I met Yolie in the 6th grade when she arrived from Poland. She sat behind me in class and before I realized it she mastered the English language! She had me in stitches with her fantastical stories about her grandmother’s “walking fish.” Oh what tales she spun!
From then on, Yolie was a part of my life: high school, college, and for a period of time we even worked together at Dawson College.
After Yolie met Derrick in college (with his motorcycle) and falling for each other, they eventually married and moved to Calgary where they made an interesting and full life together. Yolie and I lost contact around this time but we reconnected years later as mature adults and resumed our friendship where we left off.
Yolie, I’ll miss our marathon chats together, our drives in those quaint towns outside Ottawa when we both lived there, our walks in the dog park, and our shopping!
Dear friend, you were a thoughtful, honest, caring, sensitive, and creative woman and you will forever be in my thoughts.
