Circle of Life — Honoring Mom

Melody
6 min readAug 8, 2018
Yaquina Head Lighthouse — Newport, Oregon.

Last Saturday, I went to the Relay for Life event in Newport. I hadn’t been to one since a group of us played Ukuleles at Relay for Life in Newark California. I wanted to make a luminary for my mom who passed away in Newport 21 years ago and was honored at the first relay for life here 20 years ago. Also, I knew there would be some great live music including a classic rock band I like, Bucket List. I stopped close by Jump Off Joe’s on…

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Melody

Writer of Creative Nonfiction and Fiction; Ukulele Player; Lover of the Beatles, rock n’ roll, and the 1960s. Mom & Grandma; lives in Eugene, OR with BF & cat.