Keolalani...

Aloha no e Keolalani. Who would have known. Not long after this picture was taken. You would enter the long sleep. Mahalo no to you, sister, for your vigilance in preserving and protecting Ka'u for our mo'opuna and their mo'opuna. All your efforts at education, sharing, testifying, protesting, listening, speaking, crying, struggling, revealing, connecting and giving of your kino, your 'uhane. Your aloha. To preserve the gem of Ka'u. Punalu'u. Here you survey majestic Makanau. The pu`u which rises into the lewa of Ke Akua. Who would have known you would be leaving us. The Ka'u sky seemed to know. White and overcast. Devoid of color that day. Waiting for your rainbow of aloha. Miss you sister. Love you...