Sunday, February 14, 2010

Dear Hawai`i

You are my home and in my heart, you will probably always be home. You have surrounded me with wonderful people that have supported me and help me grow at some of the most important times of my life. I thought I came home because my mother was ill, but perhaps that was just you calling me back because you knew I needed you.

In the past couple of years you have given me many trying situations, but perhaps I needed a wake-up call. I needed to be shown so many negative things so the good things shined so bright that there was no way I could miss them. You are a magical place, and you keep nurturing me and showing me the way. The only thing I don’t understand is why - like the tide of the ocean - you keep bringing me back, only to push me away again.

I feel a sense of urgency that I haven’t felt in 10 years. Maybe it’s the tide. Regardless, please push me in the right direction again.