It’s been a long week.
Two days ago, I was working late and I had a call from my Aunt Kathy, my dad’s oldest sister in the mainland. A long-distance call during the middle of the day. I was hesitant to pick up.
My grandpa passed away this past Wednesday morning in his sleep. He was my...
Monthly Archives: January 2010
I’m a Big Island girl. You can take the girl off the Big Island but you can’t make her throw away her high school soccer shorts and long-sleeve flannel shirts. It just ain’t never going happen. With the insane prices of airline tickets and the demise of the unloved Super-ferry, I manage to visit home...
My sister has five girls and I adore my nieces. My 3 year old niece, Lauren, has two little twin sisters who since turning a year and half and learning to walk have been promoted to official twisters. Scott and I made a goal of trying to watch Lauren once a week to let her...
December was chock full of holiday fun but it also marked other momentous events. I met Chrystie when we were both in the Master’s Program in Cell and Molecular Biology at University of Hawaii-Manoa. We both obtained our Master’s Degree but she continued on in her graduate studies in the PhD Program while I joined...
I may be college educated but I, for the life of me, can never remember whether I should be wishing people “Happy New Year!” or “Happy New Years!” I promise to google it before the end of this post.
I am in love with 2010. I’ve read that 2009 was a tough year for most and...