Halloween...
The boys and I had a fabulous time. No seriously. We did...
Mothers...
I stopped by the cemetery to visit my Mother. Her grave is partially under a Beautiful tree so even though it was close to noon, there was a little shade on her headstone and the cloud cover made it somewhat overcast at that spot as well. I talked to her and my Father for awhile. Then I wished my Mother a Happy Mother's Day and placed the white carnation lei onto her gravestone. When I stood back up, a Beautiful warm ray of Sunlight broke through the clouds and the tree canopy, and lit up her name. I stood motionless and emotions welled up inside. It was such a simple, yet profound sign, of her presence and her acknowledgement. But most of all, her Love. I remembered when I was about six years old. My Mother and I were at an airport in between flights somewhere on the continent. Just her and I. We stopped to get something to eat in a small airport cafeteria. I remember we both were ravenous and we both ordered a breakfast. Scrambled eggs and toast. I ended up pouring ...
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But from what some of the Facebook people said, Manoa sucked royal, all the houses were closed up and dark. People were pretty tight and unfriendly, hiding. Most of the FB people bailed on Manoa and such places and instead went to the Hawaiian areas -- Papakolea was supposed to be one big rockin' block party! Try it next year...of course they will still think the ipu would be a sign of a kumu hula!