We spent a lot of time talking together, sharing great food and even their friends from nearby Pahrump, Nevada were there. What is really wonderful is the immediate connection one feels to people from Hawaii, even though we'd never met before. We call it the Aloha Spirit.
Rocky retired this year and it was great to see her....because every time I visited Hawaii, Rocky was at work and we never got to connect for some reason or another. But we finally had our visit and there was just so much to catch up on. We laughed about when we were younger and the sleepovers we had at her family home. We also shared cooking recipes for our favorite Korean dishes, family secrets we didn't know about each other and of course those "back in the day" reminiscences...you know the ones!
In the course of our busy lives....we forget what is most important....and that is family. Being an expatriate of Hawaii...you don't realize what you are missing until you hear people from back home speak. The local twang and pidgin phrases just draws you in and we revert back to that colorful way of speaking just because we are together.
The hugging and kissing that goes on when one meets people from back home is something that is not done enough here in Las Vegas. Luckily enough, we will meet again in October with even more family coming up from Hawaii.
In the meantime.....I want to share this video of my favorite Hawaiian song by Keali'i Reichel, called E O Mai. The video shows the beauty of Hawaii that I truly miss.
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