The word in a word in Hawaii that sw=means fmailiy and tha means family. People scoff. But if I were to say that world means "ssssssx" in Italian" or x in russian they might be okay.
But no, a third world country owned by the United States???
Hanai, means family you choose. Not because your cousin married someone. Or married someone. Or because someone you have known and loved someone one since you, who cares since when.
My daughter. was here today. She made she choice to wake up early and wake up her boyfriend and come paddle with me and my canoe club.
That's the beautiful thing about those we invite into our "hanai" and to those " hanai" in which we become. We never feel it is happening. We become.
She was there. With her boyfriend at 6am, at Keauhou Bay to go paddling. Only one person - so who is Lily? We just smile. My teenage daughter I reply. Jim, across the boat replies, "Are they teenagers?". They will always be in my mind.
Lily and I swim. We paddle back.
As we get the boats in and walk to the club. Jeff is there.
Not what I was expecting.
Lily wasn't either. She had asked me earlier if he had paddled, I relieplied no. He captains late night manta dives. William, her boyfriend, had been caught up in old time "rowing" conversation.
As, my former, and also younger self walked up to greet him. Along with my duaghter.
Everything, everything, going to be all right.
