A Final Aloha Aunty Lei...

last nights service for Aunty Lei was so wonderful and just like her...

prayerful, musical,  a love of hula, love of family and some laughing.

the viewing line went on for over 2 hours...

the floral wreaths were breathtaking

(and full of Aunty Lei's signature, flower)

I loved these photographs from when she was very young.

There were friends that we hadn't seen for years that I'd forgotten 

had been some of her very first students when they were little girls and now

they're great-grandmothers.

There was a song played that had been written for her when she 

was Miss Aloha Week Queen in 1959 that was so fitting now as I'm sure it was then.

Here in Hawaii, after a funeral, there is always food.  It's pretty much always the same;

sushi, noodles, chicken, mac salad, beef or pork, a veggie and mochi.  It's the

perfect time for friends, and family to reminisce and talk story.  It's a happy time,

and last night wasn't any different.  I overheard so many wonderful stories

of Aunty Lei and the love that people had for her.

It was perfect...