With Prayers

Today the two wa'a (voyaging canoes) Holuke'a and the Hikianalia, set sail on their Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage, a 47,000 mile open-ocean journey.  (see May 18th blog for more story.)  Although we had thought we would drive into town to see them off, something gently said "no."   And so, we decided that with our prayers we would honor this significant voyage by planting two ohia trees and making leis.

We had assembled flowers and shells to place between the two trees symbolizing our connection with these intrepid voyagers and were in the process of planting when the phone rang....

Phil's mom, Margaret died this morning, so all of a sudden, the meaning of our staying home, planting trees, and assembling offering as tributes changed somewhat to include another "voyager" -- Margaret.



While we were digging and filling the holes with our compost, of course we had supervision from two excellent diggers -- Dexter and Poko.





We bid all departing souls sweet journeys --
ALOHA and Mahalo Nui Loa