Today is World Kindness Day and today is Grandpa's second heavenly birthday in heaven. Today is a big day because if he had not moved to heaven, we'd be celebrating his birthday with 100 candles. Okay, that might cause a fire, but there would be a celebration for sure because 100 is a big birthday. When you divorce you often find yourself drifting away from the family that raised your spouse. The Hahn family were gracious and loving to me and welcomed me as one of their own. I thought they would hate me when things did not work out as planned. I figured that they would never want to see me again. But we are family by virtue of shared experiences, my two sons and three grandsons. And so I came to Christmas and Thanksgiving and other family events along with my new husband. I'm grateful that forgiveness is [...]

I posted a memory last week from 2016. This has been a brutal election season. This year I decided not to have discussions about politics. It was a horrible year for me on so many levels and I could not take losing friends or family over the presidential election. When this memory popped up I could picture their faces. It was a bucket list trip that left me in tears. A brother and sister from Kent, near London, came to my Expedia desk in Hawaii along with his wife. She had moved to Florida, he to Brisbane. He had pancreatic cancer and would likely be dead in four months. The reason they were there was to tour Pearl Harbor. He wanted the full day which his wife said was too long. He would get tired. Could he really navigate the steps on the submarine? But he was adamant. It had [...]