Sugarcane & Sunshine: 2002

Friday, February 1, 2002

Tuesday, January 15, 2002

The Day Casius Was Born :)

My nephew Casius was born on January 15, 2002 and it was planned that we would adopt him. We've raised him as our son - we're mom and dad and life is beautiful.

Julia Maria Paulo (83) with her first great great grandchild CASIUS

'Aloha' was a recognition of life in another. If there was life there was mana, goodness and wisdom, and if there was goodness and wisdom there was a god-quality. One had to recognize the 'god of life' in another before saying 'Aloha,' but this was easy. Life was everywhere ... Aloha had its own mana. It never left the giver but flowed freely and continuously between giver and receiver. 'Aloha' could not be thoughtlessly or indiscriminately spoken, for it carried its own power. No Hawaiian could greet another with 'Aloha' unless he felt it in his own heart. If he felt anger or hate in his heart he had to cleanse himself before he said 'Aloha'. - Queen Lili'uokalani

Friday, February 1, 2002

The Early Years of Dating :)

Tuesday, January 15, 2002

The Day Casius Was Born :)