05-24-2009, 12:48 PM
After living in Puna for four years we had to leave in Feb 08 to help out a daughter who lost her husband and was left with no insurance and three little girls. I have been spending most of my time since in Colorado Springs helping daughter in her office and squeezing my grandkids. The only thing wrong with paradise is that nine of our ten grandkids live on the mainland from Oregon to upstate New York. We have missed the Island and Puna to the point of tears and now things are kind of smoothing out here we are finally coming home to our previously cleared, now overgrown lot in Hawaiian Acres. I will never bellyache about the Coquis, Roosters, and barking dogs since I won't have to listen to traffic, sirens, and greedy whiners which are quite prolific here. I have been lurking here on this site since I have been off island and want to thank every member for helping me stay up to date and sane with the news of the Island