the widow for one year 2011 [belated]

[creativesoul]

when he was younger, his eyes and the ocean used to change at the same time, he could see a bump out in the water, and ride it all the way into shore
his friends in town loved him, as did i...
my children thought he was a hero-as did all his nieces and nephews.. and very large family
he surfed, laughed and knew how to do things that many years on kauai teaches you.the things i see as being important came from that time as well as other times...
the hurricane iniki was coming in 1992, and i was in the bathroom, having run away from home at 13, i looked around my bathroom and thought"Isnt it nice that my towels match for the first time in my life"
i knew right then my priorities were screwed up-[clueless]we put paneling and tape on every window in the house,turned the gas off, and went to hanalei bay resort-the dalmation,"spot" the cat, my sons and my husband all sat and waited for hours for the eye to cross, instead it turned and ripped the other way 225 miles and hour, steven spielburg ran away like a weenie in a helicopter.. before the hurricane i was not clear at all what was happening=
when we walked outside, two stories above us had been sucked off, and the cat had had it with being in the bathroom with us, the dog was cool. kids were furious i wouldnt let them play in the hurricane-
one of our friends tried to play in the hurricane and 12 years later is now losing his leg-
he thought he could fly= and the wind dropped him fast in a tree.
hurricane parties
when it was all over, we walked out...ok.. trees were accross the road, and we went about chain sawing them so people in haena could get out.
then the town returned to our homes, there were some unhappy campers... the army came- it is many years later, and now i can see how iniki changed kauai in another way..
one of the better bumper stickers around here isKAUAI thanks for visiting
dont move here

[dadio]

fine prose story.

[creativesoul]

YESTERDAY WAS ONE YEAR- I CELEBRATED, AND CRIED and got a tatoo- the family has me walking the dog..which i love doing- i miss him, but it is time to let go- like otis redding- i been loving him too long

[sooZen]

Finally had a moment of time to read this. Good story, I was taken and made me glad I have never experienced such fury altho our 80+mph winds here are enough for me! Thanks for the telling...

[creativesoul]

the man i loved for many years, stood in the church in a white suit- he was so handsome, and kissed me better than anyone everywhere.I miss him so much right now and i cannot make it go away-maybe one day someone here will believe me, that when i walked his dog shadow today- that he went inside the church where we got married and sat there with those beautiful eyes..like ok, i showed you i am with you... now lets go have fun...
i know that this was not my imagination... and then well- i have always tried to communicate- but felt like language means so many different things to so many diverse people- that tonight i want to keep it simple...i love you gordon kenney- you were the best- laughing, smiling- sweetness on a catamaran in my heart- following the wind...baby dolphins join us...