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5/9/2014

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Dave Goodman

5/9/2014 04:58:44 am

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I met Meraki at a music festival in Eugene, OR when she and I and a guitarist began a music jam. None of us knew each other, but it worked. Meraki and I continued to play music together after the festival, and became close friends. I miss her terribly, but I still feel her with me, and her love and lessons continue to shine a light on my life, and the things she taught me influences how I interact with other people. She will always have a place in my heart.

Anika May

10/15/2017 05:47:49 pm

Meraki was an inspiration to me. I remember the first time I heard her voice on stage. She was the artist I wanted to become. It wasn't that I wanted to copy her sound or her style. I wanted her confidence, her magnetism, her commitment to music.
To this day she inspires me. Although I didn't know her well, her beauty (in so many senses of the word) struck me and still does. I still aspire to be like the artist she was... a writer and music-maker committed to her soul's calling. As I write music, I often think of her. I still thank her for inspiring me, years after she left. She never knew.

Sarah Baxter

2/1/2019 10:37:37 am

I first met Meraki though a friend, and of course, music was made at that first meeting. Although we only saw each other sporadically, I was always stopped in my tracks by her fierceness, her tenderness, her creativity, her fire (sometimes literally!) and her love for her son. Marshall and I became buddies, too, and I have a deep respect for Meraki as a human and as a mother. The last time I saw her -and Marshall-was when I was pregnant with my son, but had not told anyone yet. It was at a show I co-produced, and she was honoring Rae. A little later, I invited Meraki to my baby shower, and we spoke on the phone about earth mothering, and she was so encouraging...and then she told me she was in the hospital..I wrote back to see if I could visit..and never received a message again. Only later did someone tell me she had passed. I was floored. How could someone SO ALIVE be snuffed out so rapidly, so permanently? I had not known Rae as well, and had been shocked by her passing- to lose both of these bright lights... for Marshall to lose his mama... it has never made any sense to me, and never will. They are both loved and missed, and I do strive to honor them both by living more courageously, speaking my truth more loudly and lovingly, by loving fiercely, and by creating fire and beauty wherever I can. Neither of these bright souls will be forgotten, their names will be spoken and written, for always.

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