The perfect Aloha!

Aloha!

We had a beautiful trip to Maui.  The day after we arrived we honored my Mom with an amazing catamaran sail off the coast of Lahaina.  We charted a boat and my cousin Todd Nolan lead the service with a wonderful eulogy about my Mom (his Auntie Kathy).  My Dad wanted to share the service with those of you who were interested... but I am having a hard time posting the video to this site.  I will keep trying, but it is 30 minutes long, and won't go on YouTube.  I can email it to anyone interested.  So if you would like to see it, please email me and I will send it to you.  In the meantime I will try and post a shorter version of it.

God blessed the day with a rainbow, calm waters, cousin Adam and his friend singing worship music...and whales, whales and more whales!  Yes...about 15 minutes into the service we were blessed with 3 guests.  A whale at the bow of the boat, the stern of the boat and one off the port side.  It was like the Holy Trinity.  And they were close, not 100 feet away.  It was like Mom orchestrated it with the help of God!

After Todd's eulogy, we laid Mom to rest in a beautiful shell urn adorned with a flower lei.  Everyone threw flower petals into the water.  One of her great granddaughters asked Todd why we were throwing the petals into the water and he told her to think of them as "hugs and kisses".  So she proceeded to grab handfuls of them and throw them into the water.  The whole sail was emotional and very memorable!  A perfect Aloha! 
Mahalo and Aloha to you all!
Mandy and Rick