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2 KAUA‘I MIDWEEK MAY 10, 2023 Saying
Goodbye
“Where words fail, music speaks.” —
Hans Christian Anderson
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Transitions are pivotal moments in music. Complicated and ardu- ous to compose, these precious few bars connect one melody to the next tune, progressing mu- sic to develop a new chapter of its story. Transitions in life are equally difficult.
On a Sunday October after- noon, his eyes gazed upward one last time. At his bedside, he looked asleep; tears in the way, I couldn’t bring myself to say “goodbye,” but I had done so every day with my violin for the past month and a half.
Summer ended early with an afternoon rain hitting the as- phalt of Grandpa’s Maunalani Heights driveway. The sweet aroma of the gardenia bushes permeated the living room. I was 10 years old and picked up the violin for the first time. Scratchy tones from the metal strings resonated in the house. Grandpa didn’t mind my noise.
I was too young to know it then, but the violin offered me a way to heal, comfort and say goodbye, a transition leading to the next chapter of my life with music. Grandpa’s passing was my first experience with death, but not the last. While study- ing music in college, my aunt neared the end of her life. Tak- ing my violin to her bedside at a Kailua hospice, I performed Massenet’s Meditation from Thais. Like so many years ago, when words fail, music speaks.
Laid in a hospital cot set up in the living room, he lived his final days at home. He was in constant pain, but my out-of- tune violin delighted him. I learned a new melody each day, and he listened to my new tune when he woke.
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through the music books, skip- ping to the advanced sections. There was no more time.
Eating and drinking became painful. Talking turned to grunts and eye blinks. Soon, the cancer stopped even that. Only music provided painless nour- ishment. Feverishly, I practiced
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