Hi, Mom. It's been just over one month since we laid you to rest. For some unknown reason I feel like I always need to tell you how much time has passed. It doesn't make sense, I know, but it makes me feel less crazy without you. When we were getting ready for your memorial service almost all of the things we needed were delivered here. It was a furious flurry - some parts of me are still left behind in that time and space - and all the things in boxes that filled our tiny ap

Tomorrow marks the one month anniversary of Mom passing. Which means, one month ago today, I was sitting on my little cot next to her bedside and it was nearing midnight. It was my birthday ~ always an emotionally complicated day for me. It was such. a. long. day. I can still feel the weight of it. I think it stained me somehow. Every year since 1992 I spend the previous day bracing myself for whatever maelstrom of disappointment that would, inevitably, be happening on August

My Mother, Fa'aleo Li Davis, passed away August 18, 2026 - exactly 2.5 hours after the last of my birthdays we would ever share together. She was the one who gave me my first breath and I was the one who was present for her last. As my family and I began preparations to best honor her life and legacy it came to me to write her eulogy. Impossible task. Eulogies are, traditionally, facts and anecdotes presented in a chronological form for the transference of information from t

You and I have had a strained relationship. Mostly my fault. Okay, okay - all my fault. But I thought I'd like to tell you that I have changed. Am changing. I just wanted to let you know that I think I'm ready. So much has happened that I want to tell you about. Most of it ~ just images and colors and emotions - but I'm so excited about that. I'm scared. I'm exhilarated. I'm nervous about who I'll be on the other side, but I am so grateful that whoever that is, it will be the

In the Beginning, there was Music Long before I came along, it was already in motion. Hello. Welcome to my site. Don't worry if this is your first time here - this is my first time writing a blog. About anything. S0, we'll get through this together. I want to start with beginnings. Seems reasonable, right? In life there is a beginning and an end. In music, beginnings and endings. Rambling paragraphs... you guessed it, beginnings and endings. Anyhow - back to the ___ (do I nee