11-26-2013, 05:26 PM
After about 40 years here now, this place is my home. Why my parents moved to a small island in the middle of the pacific, on an active volcano still makes me wonder today?. Was it the tropics, the weather, maybe jobs back in the 60's?. The reasons they fell in love with this place may have been mysteries to them as well. With both of my parents passed now, I wont be able to get their answers to why this ended up being home to them. Most of you are probably here in Puna for all kinds of wonderful reasons so maybe we can share what has brought us all here today?. The reminding of these very fine reasons may help in providing ways to keep these reasons around for the next generation. Or maybe even remind us to stop and appreciate them a little more often?.