"Remembrance"

                                                                       


This commissioned piece was for my sweet friend, Rebecca Biggers. Her father died several years back, and this was in his memory.

The story goes that when Betsy, Rebecca's mother, visited Carl's grave shortly after his death, there was a Mourning Dove near it. It interacted in such a way that Betsy believed it to be some sort of communication from her late husband. She finally gave into both her feelings of insanity and connection, and asked Carl to move on. When she spoke her wishes, the bird flew away from the grave site. She accepted with peace that she had given Carl permission to explore the next plane.

The song “Beautiful Dreamer” was one that Rebecca remembered hearing her father play. From what I knew of Carl or “Buddy”, he was a beautiful dreamer and so much more.