We have shown over a half-dozen of Melody's documentaries over the years, and this is by far the most personal of her films. In 1981, knowing her life was slipping away, Melody's mother Judy started recording her thoughts on cassette tape. For 39 years, Melody faithfully took the tape with her on each of her moves around the country and the world, but could never bring herself to listen to it. In 2020, she finally pressed "play." What she heard was deeply moving and shockingly intimate. Melody's film is her attempt to reach across the decades to partner with her mother in a moving meditation on living and dying. For her services to the Twin Cities documentary community and to the Big Water Film Festival, Big Water created its "Doyenne of Documentaries" award, which was given to Melody in 2017.