Ghost

Rissi Palmer's mother was larger than life. She only became more so when she died when Rissi was just a child. How did that loss affect her going forward? Without the chance to define her own identity, different from her mother's, and mature in her sense of who she was with her mother present, how could she find her way? The loss of a mother affects their children throughout all the landmarks and experiences they have throughout a lifetime. As a musician, Rissi has given voice to the loss and applied her creativity to a wrestling with what has been missing. Now an adult with children of her own, how does that loss weave itself through the rest of her life? We'll be talking about becoming herself, separate from the incomplete picture she has of her mother and how she has navigated grief over her lifetime. And we'll explore how her creative expression has supported her. She'll share some music too!