You...
Such Soft Beauty... Smoldering Embers... Of Desire Ignited... In my Fragile Heart... Simply Beholden... Deliriously Enraptured... By Sacred You...
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Ahonui...
It has been just over 100 years... Since you Departed this World... Still Guiding... Still Witnessing... Still Supporting... Still Loving... Waiting Patiently... For Us to Rise... To Unite... To Save Precious Beloved Hawai'i... And the World... So Here We Are... And So We Shall... Rise and Unite... Love you... To the Ends of the Earth... And Far Beyond...
Welo...
This past week I had the humble Honor once again to attend Fern Elementary's Founder's Day celebration honoring Joseph Fern. The first Mayor of Honolulu who successfully ran and was elected on multiple occasions, he was a kanaka who was well-loved and a great example of Aloha and diplomacy. Born in Kohala in 1872, he eventually succumbed to the ravages of Diabetes where he passed at Queen's Hospital in 1920. Joseph lived during the most tumultuous times in the islands and through drastic changes in the political landscape. He was so well-loved that he was granted a state funeral and his body laid in the Throne Room at 'Iolani Palace. I, as well as many others, were moved to tears to bear witness to the children of Fern Elementary pay tribute to this Beautiful Kanaka. With the Royal Hawaiian Band providing powerful performances, the children sang Hawaiian songs and danced hula in a Beautiful Tribute. To see so many Beautiful little faces. Hawaiian, Fili...
Chewiewok...
I made a new friend the other day walking past a telephone pole. His father is Chewbacca and his mother is an Ewok. His name is Little Chewiewok...
Breathe...
So Captivated... And Enraptured... By Beautiful You... As Heaven and Earth... Stand Still... I Remind Myself... To Simply Breathe... Yet Once Again...
Crime and Punishment...
I remember telling my boys, Elliott and Koa, not to jump on the bed. I entered their bedroom because of raucous laughter. I took a photo of their disobedience not to encourage them, but to capture evidence for their eventual prosecution and trial. They both pled guilty and were sentenced to one week of no Teletubbies, and one week of eating Oreos only with Dad. That meant I broke the cookie apart and ate the half with the white cream. They got to eat the bare chocolate wafer half....
Partake...
Remembering Uncle Henry Chang Wo, Jr... Who Departed this World four years ago... Here Offering a Ho'okupu and his Love to Lono... In the time of Makahiki... Now he sits with Lono... And partakes of 'awa... With Michael Kumukauoha Lee... And Uncle Walter Kamana... And Many Others... Who Patiently Await our Sweet Reunions... After Our Work Here is Done... And Our Lessons Learned... And Our Love Shared... With Each Other...
