A few weeks ago some of our really good friends from church blessed me and Keao with a nice dinner at the new Hard Rock Cafe in Waikiki. For many years the Hard Rock Cafe stood on the corner of Kalakaua Ave. and Kapiolani Blvd. Although it was right across from the Hawaii Convention Center it was just inconvenient enough from Waikiki that i would imagine unless you really were a fan it would be easy to pass up. Luckily…
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Happy three months Casey! Can you believe that three months ago Keao and I became parents? Looking back, July 28 seems like years ago. Through our daughters’ premature birth, to the 81 days in the NICU and the many nights spent there, to the past 10 days of having Casey home, the last three months have been a whirlwind of emotion both extreme highs and extreme lows. But today, we celebrate. Today, Casey is three months old. Even though Casey…
In 1955, a Midwestern movie maker opened a small amusement park among the orange groves of sunny Southern California. In 2005, Disneyland Resort celebrated its 50th anniversary by having what they called “the happiest homecoming on Earth”. Not to try to outdo Uncle Walt, this past Sunday, we celebrated our own happiest homecoming on Earth. I know I said I was going to try to highlight some of the people that we met during our 81 days at the Kaiser…
“Oh who are the people in your neighborhood? The people that you meet each day.” Today Casey turns 60. 60 days that is. Two of the most roller coasterish months of my life. Keao and I have seen the mountaintop highs, the valley lows and seemingly everything in between. I’m not going to try to rehash the last two months because it would probably be too emotional, but I will say that we’re still chugging along and trying to keep…
“Just waking up in the morning gotta thank God, I don’t know but today seems kinda odd Today I didn’t even have to use my AK, I got to say it was a good day” – Ice Cube, “It was a Good Day” What does Ice Cube have to do with 32 being a magic number? Honestly not a lot other than it was a good day. Monday, Labor Day, people going out and enjoying the holiday taking advantage of…
“Blessed are those whose strength is in the Lord.” Psalm 84:5a Casey (on the right) spends one last moment with her sister Allison It’s been seven days since we received the phone call that notified us that something wasn’t right with Allison. One week later we are still recovering. Still grieving. Still searching for answers. I’m not going to lie. It hasn’t been easy. I wish I could say that there was some magic pill that we took that gave…
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 Not every story has a happy ending. Sometimes the hero doesn’t get the girl. Sometimes the bad guy gets away. And sometimes a little girl breaks her daddy’s heart and he is powerless to do anything to save her. Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life. Yesterday, my oldest daughter Allison, at 19 days old, joined her identical twin sister,…
Every day Keao and I try to go to the Kaiser Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to see our babies. I doesn’t sound like much, but since we do this every day I thought I’d give you a little insight as to what we have to do to see our babies. NICU right this way At Kaiser Moanalua the NICU is located on the fourth floor. When Keao gave birth she delivered on the sixth floor so every time we…
Isn’t she cute? Don’t worry if you don’t think so, I won’t be offended Tomorrow my girls make two weeks old. Two weeks old and they’re still tiny. Sometimes I wonder if they’ll ever get bigger. They tell me that right after babies are born (prematurely or otherwise) they will lose weight. That’s completely normal. But when your children weigh less than 2 pounds it seems like weight loss, any weight loss, is horribly detrimental. Every day Keao and I…