On the day after the BIRTH of my MOTHER...

MY Grandpa and Grandma.
My Mommies Parents.

For my Grandmother and Grandfather,

Thank you for giving birth to the best woman I know, MY MOM. She is a shining, supportive and loving light in my life and I would be nothing without her.

Seriously.

I could not have been born without my MOM. So, THANK YOU.

GRANDPA, thank you for the woman who gave me your BEAUTIFUL, HARDWORKING HEART and LOVING SMILE.

And... GRANDMA, thank you for the woman who gave me your STRONG HEART and CARING, CREATIVE SOUL.

GRANDPA.

Aloha e, GRANDPA. I was just thinking that shortly after I was born you must have looked down and me and smiled. It was a SMILE so HUGE and GOOFY that it has encompassed my life with such love and happiness that is and will forever be impossible to forget. I get many compliments on the SMILE that you gave me GRANDPA. Anytime I SMILE... and I mean REALLY SMILE... I smile with my HEART. I learned that from you.

GrandFADDAH

GrandDATAH

Thank you for your beautiful heart, MY GRANDPA. Thank you for teaching me to heal. Thank you for teaching me how to LOMILOMI, the art of Massage. Thank you for teaching me to listen to my body and to the bodies of others. Thank you for teaching me to use my hands to heal.

You have ALWAYS WORKED HARD, Grandpa. You do not seek praise. Thank you for instilling that in me. You work without complaint. You face hardship and come out at the end... SMILING. This comes from that beautiful heart of yours, GRANDPA. Thank you for your heart, MY GRANDFADDAH!!!

GRANDMA!!!

My Grandma.

You know you had to work HARDER! Sorry Grandpa. GRANDMA actually had to GIVE BIRTH to your Daughters and I'm sure, being the FIRST, my MOM was the HARDEST! Thank you GRANDMA for giving birth to my MOM!!

My Mom.
Grandma made all the hula skirts...

Thank you for your Creativity. Thank you for teaching me how to cook. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOKBOOK!!! Thank you for teaching me how to use my hands to create. I learned lei-making and crocheting from you GRANDMA. I learned how to use my hands to CREATE beautiful things and FEED beautiful people. Thank you for your MANA'O, your KNOWLEDGE and the ability to CARE FOR OTHERS.

GRANDMOTHER.

GRANDDAUGHTER.

Grandma, YOU ARE STRONG. Thank you for your strength. Some might call it stubbornness. And I THANK YOU FOR THAT TOO!!! I NEED TO BE STRONGER!!! You ask me to be a better STRONGER WOMAN everyday. I am HONORED to follow in the footsteps of such a STRONG WOMAN. I will continue to grow with STRENGTH because of you, GRANDMA.

So... MOM... Thanks for having such GREAT PARENTS that created such a wonderful woman in YOU. A WONDERFULLY STRONG, CREATIVE, HEALING, HARD-WORKING, KNOWLEDGEABLE and BEAUTIFUL SOUL.

I love you Grandpa and Grandma. I love you Mom.

Happy Birthday, Mommie.

Love your Daughtie,

Pili