reflect - resolve

with the changing of the calendar year, i like to take time to reflect on the past year: to think on it's strengths and weaknesses, it's memories, and it's essence.  it clears the mind for the coming year and lays a foundation for a decided resolve to make changes, to do something better, or to simply continue on, satisfied.  

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four seasons in rome

amo l'italia...  

ho studiato la lingua nell'universidad ed ho visitato anche per un estate

avro sempre dei bei ricordi 

this book was passed to me by a dear friend

because it reminded her of me, my love for italy, and my new parentness

dawn

i wish i could capture this moment
and share it with you

the roosters crow, saying good morning
the sun rises in the east
unveiling golden skies
the horizon in the distance
above the clam, denim blue sea

puffy clouds take a moment to breathe
grasses soak up the dawn's first dews
silence and beauty before the start of day
even my pinaoʻula sleeps

nā wāwae

aia i ka helena a ka wāwae

hilinaʻi

hilinaʻi... to believe, trust, confidence.

staring at the moon tonight

looking up

as it looks down

watching the night... lighting this sight

what has this moon seen?

here we dwell

where roots have grown

where branches stole away

shriveled, died

we remain

we chart a new course

set a new path

return to what we knew

preserve the best

learn what is left