Obituary: Kali ""Doodles"" Glynn Breisch

1989 ~ 2005

Our dear, loving, wise jokester, friend, daughter, sister, and teacher to so many, surrendered to the incredible power of her beloved ocean. Kali recently wrote in a school essay in November, about her "Tsunami of Tears" after realizing her mother was really dead when she was 2 years old. We believe she has been reunited with her birth mother Karen Glynn in the light.

Kali was an incredible human being who cherished life and was just beginning to recognize her creative potential. She was an old soul with wisdom far beyond her 15 years. This was obvious when she shared her profound insights in challenging situations. She was a beautiful, intuitive young woman. She was not only physically beautiful, with gorgeous naturally curly hair that she insisted upon straightening each day before school, but her heart warming smile freely shared her joy of living with others. Her often irreverent wit and humor, never failed to crack up even the most guarded people around her. She loved to laugh; her smile and joyous giggle will be deeply missed in our home and in our lives. Her sweet hugs at just the right moment will be irreplaceable.

December 26, 2004 10:30 am, Khao Lak Emerald Beach Resort, Khao Lak, Thailand. People screaming outside. "Is this a bad dream?".. Jai. Jai! Wake up Jai! You gotta see this!! Opening curtains, Jai beside her now half asleep. "OH MY GOD!! WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW, KALI.".. Back door opens. Too late. CRASH CRUNCH.. PEACE LIGHT OF A MILLION SUNS. MUKTANANDA (Sanskrit = Bliss of Freedom). Jai, swept away, looks back, "Where is Kali?" He never sees Kali alive again.

Kali's transition was one part of a gargantuan loss of human lives that day on beaches surrounding the Andean Sea and Indian Ocean. Kali's body remains nameless in a sea of thousands of dead Thai and foreign visitor's bodies awaiting forensic exams for positive identification. When found, Kali's remains will be cremated and the ashes returned to her beloved family in Utah. Kali is our direct connection to the catastrophic earthquake and Tsunami that have wrought unprecedented loss and pain into the lives of peoples all over the world.

Kali was born November 8, 1989, underwater in our family backyard hot tub. She was a water baby. She is miraculously survived by her father, Dr. Stu Breisch, her mother, Dr. Sally Nelson, and her beloved siblings, Jai and Shonti and many family in the USA and Thailand.

A memorial celebration will be held on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at 3 p.m. at Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah campus to honor our dear Kali and the hundreds of thousands of other Tsunami victims from all over the planet whose lives were also abruptly ended on that fateful day. Bright colors welcomed. This is a celebration of life.

Information and donation pledges are available online at www.4KALI.org or at any Zion's Bank under the name of Breisch Thailand donation fund. All monies donated will be directed to assist victims in the hardest hit Khao Lak area of Thailand.