VOICE

A week before Val died we went into Boston for a procedure and got the word she likely only had a few days to live. I asked her to sing some of the songs she sang when I was little. She didn’t like being recorded and was self-conscious about the way her voice sounded as her body was failing but was willing to let me record a little.

These little clips are from a few years ago when Val was playing around with a friend’s recording equipment.

A kid who attended one of Val’s school programs at the Berkshire Botanical Gardens drew this likeness of her in his thank you note. Val used it as official picture in the Garden’s directory and on the door to her office.

A kid who attended one of Val’s school programs at the Berkshire Botanical Gardens drew this likeness of her in his thank you note. Val used it as official picture in the Garden’s directory and on the door to her office.