My son is finally born the evening of January 10, 2006 He will go by the name Marcel Frederich Trenchard. Weighing 7.7 lbs., he has brown hair and eyes with soft, fair skin and a strong handshake. He's amazing.
His mother and I had trouble agreeing on a name so we just decided to give him his dad's name. We feel so blessed with this incredible new life.
We recently laid to rest, our old and dear friend, Glenn Rambo in the decimated city of Chalmette. It was difficult for all of us to say goodbye. The horrific nature of his death is so shocking that it almost foreshadows, in one's mind, who he was in life. Those of us who were lucky enough to call him a friend, need to focus on who he was in life. He had a rough life but it never turned him sour. We need to take from this, that we need to value each other more as members of a significant musical culture if not as human beings and neighbors. It's profound, to me, that 2005 ending on such a tragic note and 2006 began with something as wonderful as the arrival of my first son. The arrival of this new life has given me hope and inspiration.
