Aloha

I'm sure there are plenty of shopping opportunities - among amusements - to be had in downtown Honolulu. Of course there are!

Here is the grocery store I used to shop at when I lived on an Island in WA long long long ago. Look at those trees! The Northwest has huge trees.
Here's an old view (how do I know? The Kingdome is in the background and it's no longer, sad to say) of the city I was finally allowed to steal off to in my mid-teens. Seattle was really getting off the Island then.

Oahu's beaches are like a dream, aren't they? Look at it. Soak that in.

Of course, I'm happy about the beaches in Hawaii. Look at this one I grew up with:

I like maps. This one shows in the top corner how tiny Oahu really is. Still, it is bigger than the one I grew up on in the middle of the Puget Sound. I was young and unable to "escape" (just by my age alone and then my paranoid mum) for years . . . but I didn't feel trapped until I was a teenager. I think Oahu has so much to offer I won't have cabin fever or feel claustrophobic in any way. It's good for the soul to slow down.

A map of the Island I grew up on. 23 years, folks, I lived there. I ache in my heart and miss it when I think about the "old days", but the place has changed so much since I grew up, married, and moved away. It was a good life. It is a privilege to be a part of any community for a spell. This Navy life has been extraordinary and blessed.

So, my blogging friends, I bid you a loving 'Aloha'. I shall write again if and when I can (my husband is looking to buy a laptop so it may not be a long parting after all). In any case, you all have my prayers and promise to check in when given the chance. Now I'm up to my nose in this moving business.

Off to another adventure.


BTW: I will draw a winner (booklet, rosary, car rosary) tonight and post results tomorrow so I can mail it out after the movers come and go Monday afternoon. Providing I get the winner to email me their address at Sarahs.Journey@yahoo.com pretty quickly. Thanks!