"I wish that others would appreciate what they do have Instead of wishing for what they don't. I wish that people would stop taking life for granted and start living in the moment, for life is short and tomorrow is not promised.
"Remember to HUG your loved ones every day and tell them you love them."
At some point during the night you could count on some of the men to break out ukulele and sing Hawaiian songs, women and girls to jump up to dance hula. These gathering were like little luaus in drab military housing. Good fun and good for the soul.
“I cry when I talk about it. We have children out there and I want to reach them. In this day and age there is not supposed to be a child out there that doesn’t have footwear.”
"When I was younger and in elementary, my grandpa would always have a puakenikeni lei for my sister and I for special occasions like birthdays, graduations, and May Days. I always thought he was Hawaiian, because he was as local as they come, with a perpetual tan, pidgin as standard language, and a habit of eating onions raw with Hawaiian salt and finishing a bowl of poi with this fingers."
Of course, I'm not saying I dislike like using models. They make everything look better, that's why they make the big bucks. I'm just wondering if it's important to you to see women who are just like you and me wearing the scarves. Does it make a difference?
