05-11-2015, 05:07 PM
It was on this day we lost my Tutu. The year she left us was on Mother's Day. So appropriate. My Tutu was from Puna (specifically, Ola'a, Opihikao, Kaimu) and was the "backbone of steel" for our ohana. Her essence was of Pele, her name was given of Pele. I miss her so.
We should all have someone like my Tutu, if not immediate Grandmother, but someone who emulates the revered position. I'm hoping all of you have/had a "Tutu" in your life.
When I was a child, she would braid my hair before going to work, because she didn't want it getting caught in any machines (working the papaya fields). She would make us make our bed every morning, and when we were pau, served us hot water and condensed milk over "craka", Saloon Pilot for breakfast. She would massage my fingers to "make them long", and stroke my forehead until I fell asleep. Her mana was indescribable. The loving private moments with my Tutu will forever be engrained in my head.
Her ever stern face was the norm. When she smiled, you know she was happy, as Papa wanted her to be. After 52 years of marriage to my Papa, he left her to go to the next plane. It was those years after Papa died, we carried my Tutu until her death, as she had carried us all our lives. God bless my Tutu.
Mahalo for your indulgence, it is just a very trying time, and I miss her so much.
Leaving you with one of her favorites, well, two....Mahalo ke Akua for my Tutu. Aloha wau i'a o'e (love you), Tutu.
Ola'a Beauty (Which she was...[
])
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9B66218mH4
Ekolu Mea Nui - Three great things on earth; Faith, Hope, and Love. The greatest is love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmsFI7hjHaM
Aloha ahiahi to all.
JMO.
ETA: for clarity, and remembered one more thought. E kala mai.
We should all have someone like my Tutu, if not immediate Grandmother, but someone who emulates the revered position. I'm hoping all of you have/had a "Tutu" in your life.
When I was a child, she would braid my hair before going to work, because she didn't want it getting caught in any machines (working the papaya fields). She would make us make our bed every morning, and when we were pau, served us hot water and condensed milk over "craka", Saloon Pilot for breakfast. She would massage my fingers to "make them long", and stroke my forehead until I fell asleep. Her mana was indescribable. The loving private moments with my Tutu will forever be engrained in my head.
Her ever stern face was the norm. When she smiled, you know she was happy, as Papa wanted her to be. After 52 years of marriage to my Papa, he left her to go to the next plane. It was those years after Papa died, we carried my Tutu until her death, as she had carried us all our lives. God bless my Tutu.
Mahalo for your indulgence, it is just a very trying time, and I miss her so much.
Leaving you with one of her favorites, well, two....Mahalo ke Akua for my Tutu. Aloha wau i'a o'e (love you), Tutu.
Ola'a Beauty (Which she was...[
])https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9B66218mH4
Ekolu Mea Nui - Three great things on earth; Faith, Hope, and Love. The greatest is love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmsFI7hjHaM
Aloha ahiahi to all.
JMO.
ETA: for clarity, and remembered one more thought. E kala mai.