HANGING WITH FRIENDS BEFORE I FLY TO HAWAI'I!!!

I WANT TO THANK ALL MY FRIENDS WHO HELPED ME BATTLE THE LONELINESS I WENT THROUGH SINCE MY DAUGHTER MOVED TO HILO, HAWAI'I.  KAHEALANI IS EVERYTHING TO ME AND I STRUGGLED IN THE BEGINNING WHEN I RETURNED TO BETHEL, ALASKA.

I AM TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE WONDERFUL FRIENDS WHO KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH ME AND ALWAYS CHECKING ON ME TO MAKE SURE I'M DOING OKAY.  YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR KIND DEEDS AND OPEN ARMS FOR CARRYING ME THROUGH THE TOUGH ROAD.  NOW 7 MONTHS LATER, I'M ABOUT TO REUNITE WITH MY KAHEALANI FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN HILO, HAWAI'I AND WHAT A WAY TO CELEBRATE MY TRIP BACK HOME.  EATING BANANA SPLITS AND SUBWAY SANDWICHES WITH SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS!!!

THANK YOU & I LOVE YOU!!!

THIS WILL BE FINAL BLOG FOR NOW UNTIL I REACH HILO, HAWAI'I TO UPLOAD NEW PICTURES AND VIDEOS AS I ENJOY MY TRIP HOME.

ONCE AGAIN...  THANK YOU & GOD BLESS!!!

OH BY THE WAY, KA'IWA & IOKEPA, MY PLACE IS NOT FOR YOU GUYS TO TREAT IT LIKE A "MANCAVE".  I DO HAVE HIDDEN CAMERAS!!!

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WAIPA 

MY FRIENDS SALLY & BERTHA WITH THEIR KIDS!!!

I GOT SOME SURPRISED VISITORS FOR A DAY FROM MY GOOD FRIEND, SALLY AND HER SISTER WITH THEIR KIDS.  IT WAS NICE TO HAVE SOME NOISE IN MY HOME.  I WAS HAPPY THAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE THEM AS THEY WERE IN BETHEL FOR THEIR AUNT ELENA.  MY CONDOLENCES GOES OUT TO THE FAMILIES OF ELENA CAREY, MAY GOD BE WITH YOU.

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WAIPA

MY AWESOME WEEKEND WITH MY WIFE!!!

ON MARCH 09TH, 2001.  SHIRLEY AND I GOT MARRIED AT THE BETHEL COURT HOUSE IN JURY WAITING ROOM BECAUSE ALL OF THE COURT ROOMS WERE OCCUPIED.  AT THAT TIME, WHO CARES, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT RIGHT IN GOD'S EYES AND BE TOGETHER FOREVER.  BUT AS THE YEARS WENT BY, WE HAD OUR "UPS & DOWNS" LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.  AND VERY RECENTLY I BEGAN TO TO THINK BACK ON THAT VERY DAY WHEN I SAID THAT I WOULD BE THERE FOR MY WIFE:

FOR RICHER OR POOR,

FOR AND HEALTH & SICKNESS,

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE:

"FOR BETTER OR WORST"

I GOT VERY HONEST WITH MYSELF AND REALIZED THAT I HAVE KEEP MY WORD AND BE "THE MAN" I PROMISED SHIRLEY.

LAST WEEK ON MARCH 09TH, 2011, WE MADE 10 YEARS BUT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WE WERE NO LONGER TOGETHER AS WE WERE SEPARATED FOR SOME TIME NOW.  ON THAT VERY DAY, MARCH 09TH, 2011...  IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DAY FOR ME AND SAID TO MYSELF, "I WISH SHIRLEY WAS HERE".  I PRAYED ABOUT IT AND ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT I NEED TO CONTINUE TO LIVE AND KEEP MY WORD REGARDLESS WHERE SHIRLEY WAS.

3 DAYS LATER, I CAME DOWN WITH A BAD FLU AND STAYED IN BED FOR MOST OF SATURDAY AS IT WAS MY DAY OFF.  I CANCELLED PLANS I'VE MADE WITH FRIENDS AND DECIDED TO SLEEP IN WITH HOPES TO GET BETTER.  LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT AS I WAS NAPPING IN THE MIDMORNING, I SUDDENLY HAD THE FEELING THAT SOMEONE WAS IN MY HOME BUT I KNEW I LOCKED THE DOORS, SO I BRUSHED IT OFF AS I WAS DREAMING.  BUT BEFORE I COULD FALL ASLEEP AGAIN...

SHIRLEY WAS LAYING NEXT TO ME!!!  I GOT SO SCARED THAT I THOUGHT I WAS SEEING A GHOST OR SOMETHING.  BUT ALL THAT DISAPPEARED WHEN SHE WHISPERED:

"HAPPY ANNIVERSARY"

THANK YOU JESUS FOR ANSWERING MY PRAYERS!!!

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WAIPA

A BELATED BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR JOEY!!!

A FUN FRIDAY EVENING WITH SOME FRIENDS CELEBRATING JOEY'S BELATED BIRTHDAY.  WE ENJOYED SOME VIDEOGAMES & KARAOKE ADDED WITH SOME VERY "ONOLICIOUS" GRINDS TO GO WITH IT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING OVER AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAD A GOOD TIME!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA