NOTE TO TOM GARRISON REMEMBERING

NOTE TO TOM GARRISON REMEMBERING KAREN

We were young, and we were the Davis Idea.

You and Karen are in so many places besides the classroom.

You were Math and Home Ec teachers.

You were on the field and in the booth.

You were Tom and Karen and Greg

and here you are in the Lolomi a family

while being one. These old photos

from the yearbook. Greg on drums,

home now for you, for Karen.

We were young and you are the Davis Idea,

why we gather in the Cafeteria to remember Karen,

remembering how this came to be

taking on a life of its own, how

it became a different thing

than what people think about

when they think about school,

and if they don’t think family

they won’t get it. Remembering

Karen is partly all those superior ribbons

of drill team—I know there were nine years

in a row, that’s documented—Karen

was the first principle of the Davis Family.

You showed us how to open the computer.

This is a drum roll, and Greg is on drums.

Love from us all, Jim, Karen and all of the Bodeens

crossing decades of the Davis High School experience.

Jim

22 November 2025