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Rosa:
Glad to hear that you're all safe. It is an intriguing thought to consider what I would grab out of my house if I had 3 minutes (or less) to throw things in a bag. I'm in the midst of a move and have a lot of my "stuff" in boxes. It's interesting how much I don't miss or need most of it.
Will continue to pray for your well-being.
Posted by: tim | August 03, 2005 at 06:20 AM
Rosa, you were on my mind yesterday as I drove to work at 1pm and looked at that nasty yellowish brown cloud blowing down the hill. 25,000 acres, according to this morning's paper, almost incomprehensible. So glad to know you were safe at the Orchid. It was a schizophrenic night at work, hotel guests who were petulant about whether they'd be able to drive around the Island unimpeded ("We only have one day left and we will be really upset if we can't see the whole Island") and then locals poking their heads in to ask what news I'd heard on my radio, grateful that the word was no homes or condos had been touched. And my farrier told me this morning even the Stables seem okay.
How like you to be on line with your Ho'ohana community, reflecting on the events while you were still in the middle of them, making us think about the meaning of things, what's important in life. Not a bad exercise for any of us to think about what we would carry with us if everything we owned was in danger of loss. To reflect on whether it is important to have neighbors we know, friends we can rely on, whether we live in a community where people would take care of Us or take care of only themselves--and what we can do to create that community every day, not only in crisis.
On another note, I thought the response of the hotels was magnificent. How often do we see businesses that only pay lip service to the notion of "their community"? How wonderful to see them, at the peak of their summer season, throw open whatever space they had available to the well-behaved canines and their human families.
A hui hou
Beth
Posted by: Beth Robinson | August 03, 2005 at 03:47 PM
Aloha Tim and Beth, I so appreciate your thoughts of aloha, mahalo nui loa.
Rosa
Posted by: Rosa | August 03, 2005 at 09:23 PM