Amara Rose Davis was full of life, empathy, and curiosity.

She loved making new friends, smelling flowers, dancing, creating art, and spending time with her family.

Amara believed in kindness in its simplest form—smiles, conversations, and small moments that make someone feel seen.

Amara loved her family deeply. At home, she was rarely more than inches apart from her parents, and requested frequent video calls and visits with her cousins, aunts and uncles, papa, nana, and nanu. Her favorite part of each day was at dinner, where her family would ask questions to each other about their days. Her love language was quality time, and she always insisted that family not only do things together, but engage in conversation as well.

Amara’s nursery was an “around the world” theme. This may or may not have led to her love for exploration. She was not one to be content with staying idle, and always asked to go on little adventures, whether to the store or a local playplace. She loved taking “tiger family trips”, both across Michigan and throughout the country. While Amara loved going anywhere, she was especially excited to go someplace new - a new restaurant, a new children’s museum, or a new physical activity. She paid attention to every detail, and would ask dozens of questions about each activity or exhibit. She would always say, “help me understand.” It was through these activities that Amara’s parents started to see her preferences and interests, and hear about her goals for future activities.

Amara loved engaging with her community. She had a natural way of bringing people together and making everyone feel included. She would smile and wave to anybody she passed. She enjoyed riding her bike around downtown Saline, greeting people, and looking at the fairy homes and little libraries in neighborhood yards. Amara was known to ask strangers questions when meeting them. Whether it was about their favorite color or animal, or what they do for work, Amara just wanted to learn about those around her. Whenever she made a new friend at a local playplace, she made sure to introduce the parents and encourage the exchanging of phone numbers. She was known for complimenting people she passed, and Amara’s parents were routinely told how kind and sweet she was by complete strangers. Amara wanted to feel close to her neighbors, and more importantly, wanted others to feel connected to each other.