We're leaving Hawaii, home for the past eight years, this evening. Yesterday was a difficult, emotional day as we said goodbye to our church home and dear friends and drove away from Kailua for the last time. The word that keeps coming to mind is bittersweet. Sweet: We have been exceedingly blessed to have lived here and made lifelong friends. We've worshiped at a gospel-centered church and shared in the work there. I don't think we've taken for granted the breathtaking beauty of this island, and OH!, how I will miss this weather. They don't call this place paradise for nothing.
Bitter: But leaving is hard. We're pulling roots up that we've never put down this deep as a family before. And we're heading to an entirely different culture and situation in Europe. I keep crying, and thinking of my kids leaving what's been home to them hurts this mama's heart. We will miss our friends so much.
Queen Lili'uokalani's farewell will be mine:
Aloha, Hawaii. I hope we'll be back one day.
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