8/14/2023 0 Comments Harvest cafe delavan illinoisI visited often and tried about everything on the menu whether on the dinner, lunch or brunch menus. Over a lot of visits, I got to know Kevin. On top of the great local food they were pouring craft beers and the staff was very friendly. When Harvest Cafe was just getting started in Delavan… The Beer Report was really getting into local food. That’s a lot of setup for me to talk about my friend Kevin. Kyle was super nice about talking me down off my “mental cliff” of missing an opportunity to talk and change Kevin’s mind. He said he had been talking to Kevin’s ex-wife Amie and that Kevin had taken his life the night before. Kevin and Kyle have been friends forever… I figured he could illuminate this. I decided to come inside and reached out to Kyle Wilkinson. Should I just stay here and deal with this in the driveway? I could have, my knee about buckled and I started shaking. I looked at the message and leaned hard on my car. I was (and am now as I think about it) overcome with confusion and horror. I am not trying to make drama here… But I was not ready for what Josh sent. He has been on top of Summer’s journey and I figured his message was something about that. Jude and had decided to ACTUALLY come home! I looked down at my phone while unloading the car and saw an Instagram message from Josh Lanning. Thursday night I got home from a dinner meeting with a friend and was very excited because I knew that Summer was coming home from St. They would be the last words we would ever speak to each other. I wish I had a recording to remember what our last words were. We DID spend some time talking about Aiden going to college and more about Summer and St. In hindsight, it seems like a completely meaningless few minutes of talk. He told me something about Autozone and said clean the battery. When I saw him in the shop… We immediately started talking about the car and we went out to his Nissan and popped the hood. He was sure it was a starter or alternator… I told him to jump it and check the battery. He had called me last week when his car would not start. Kevin and I normally hang out after work or make plans to meet somewhere. I literally was in a hair-pulling moment when I turned around to see my friend Kevin standing in the service department looking at me. It seems like we end up doing all the work that could not get into the shop over the next few days after a holiday like Labor Day. Last week I was at work in the throws of another busy day managing the controlled chaos of a week shortened by a holiday Monday.
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