Start by starting….
Reads the inspirational saying in a deck of many. start... stop… pause… relax…. the long journey begins here….
It is quiet, deafening silence in the midst of the music that gently fills this room. And the easy laughter that used to swirl about every day traveling from room to room only visits on occasion now, but is always welcomed with open arms.
We all start by starting to wipe the sleep from our eyes, looking around us to see our new reality. And I know that we are starting from a place much further along than many will ever reach; a place of understanding, of God’s love, of Aloha.
We all start by starting to wipe the sleep from our eyes, looking around us to see our new reality. And I know that we are starting from a place much further along than many will ever reach; a place of understanding, of God’s love, of Aloha.
I close my eyes as an instrumental version of Stairway to Heaven floats towards me and imagine we are back on the beaches of Hawaii. The waves lightly crash upon the shore reaching for our feet, then pulling back to the ocean as if beckoning us to join in the spirit filled waters. And we throw our leis into the ocean as a promise that we will return one day to the land of your childhood, the land your soul longs for.
And I will continue to write myDarlin’ Robert Kenui Pope, of the stories you shared with me, of the love you had for our children, our Ohana, of our love, of music, of laughter, of traditions old and new, of fishing and swimming in the ocean, of late nights talking until we fell asleep in each other’s arms. (Well, OK – I fell asleep and you were still playing Candy Crush and watching the history channel)
In the small hours of the darkness that fills the night, I am filled with gratitude as His love and light fills my soul. Aloha myDarlin’.
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