Time passes, love remains.

Happy 25th wedding anniversary to Dad and Peggy. You are such an inspiration to us all.

Plans progressing; getting closer, and further away :)

Thursday August 19th: said Aloha Oe this morning to Paul as he is headed back to our second home in Kauai to tie up the loose ends, finish out his job, prepare to take the shorter trip to meet me in Abu Dhabi--most likely via Manila, rather than via New York.

After a few snags, I finally received a travel date of Thursday 26 August from JFK in New York as I have remained here in Connecticut after the services for Paul's mother Shirley who passed away last Monday. It is a good feeling to have confirmed travel date, however I am now in limbo; packed, ready, and still waiting another week. I continue to remind myself that life is a journey, not a destination, and the fun comes "between the dashes". Still, I'm already there in Abu Dhabi, in my head. My heart is in Hawaii with Paul and friends there, and here in Connecticut, and with my son and daughter- in -law in Virginia, and with my sister and neices and nephew on Cape Cod...with some room left for my new Teach Away friends who are still waiting to leave, too.

Posting pictures of my sweet niece Tara and her gorgeous, ebullient, darling, friendly, healthy happy daughter Kayla during our visit at Mystic Seaport.