Merry Christmas!
You know your holiday is a good one when your heart is filled with love, joy and peace. The kind of peace you feel when all is right with the world... at least in my world.
This has been an incredible week ridden with opportunities for miracles. Nick my 16 year old is home from school. He has been spending a lot of time with his dad. Time well spent, because Frank my ex is the local Hawaiian connection for Nick. Frank has spent the past week teaching Nick about trapping Pigs, skinning, etc..and diving. Frank is a champion free diver and is very knowledgeable about the ocean, the tides, things that live in and around the ocean. One night last week Nick and Frank took the boat out for a what was suppose to be a short dive. Neptune reared his head and the seas became rough. Nick alone on the boat with the anchor set...ran into trouble. The boat flipped capsizing and throwing his overboard into the rough sea. About that time, Frank surfaced to see the situation in progress...He got to Nick positioned him on the capsized boat and wait for rescue. No one came. Pitch black, the day before the new moon, they were going to wait with the boat until daybreak. Unfortunately the boat sank around 1am. Frank being the powerful swimmer and loving dad that he is grabbed Nick and towed him to shore not withstanding the struggle of a high sea, distance and rocky Kona coast. I could have lost both of them that night. I knew when I couldn't reach something had happened. When I got that call 6:30am the next morning I cried with relief that every pray I prayed was answered. They were safe.
Christmas has a very special meaning for me this year. I am grateful our family is safe and sound...
I'd like to take a minute to say one last thing before I continue cooking for the 30 folks coming to Christmas dinner... My heart goes out to my friend Bill who I was lucky enough to get to spend Christmas Eve day with. My relationship with Bill has always been a sort of doting, care giving, big sister sort of role...we have been told we have spent many lifetimes together in one fashion or another... He is recovering from a form of brain cancer that is curable and the treatments are working. Bill, my friend who I fought with, been mad at, loved and laughed with has been a source of renewal for me. An awakening you might say. Have you ever caught yourself going through life numb unaware of anything but your day in day out existence...well that's where Bill and I found each other...I was going through divorce and Frank and Nick were really mad at me for my choice and then Bill came along and added laughter to my broken hearted life. Yesterday as we sat and watched the food network, AFV, Psychic Detectives... I cooked and organized and decorated a bit for Christmas...Bill still has he way of making laugh and feeling at peace...time melts when Bill and I get together..hours run into days etc. Christmas Eve was no different. A trip to make lunch ran on into a 7.5 day. Nick ran errands and then fell asleep on the floor. You might say he gave all of us a floor show, snoring and talking in his sleep. Bill, thank you for a great Christmas gift. The joy of sharing time with you and kind Capt. Bob who has been watching over you this holiday season...you will be eternally in my heart. I have said this many times. I have never known any one person loved by so many people as you are Bill. Your gift of laughter has been contagious and created a network of wonderful relationships around the world...Mele Kalikimaka Bill.
Well I'm off...to make Latkes (our tradition on Christmas morning)..don't ask. Pop a bottle of Champagne and cook for my ex-tended (no pun intended) family...
HO HO HO...Amy May your Christmas be as wonderful as mine.
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