July 4th was a gorgeous day at Keehi Lagoon: the sun was hot but the breezes cooled those of us under the shade of a tree or canopy. It was meant to be that those of us who worked hard to get to this point would see the fruits of our labor.
- To everyone who cajoled, threatened, bribed, or simply, asked people they knew (or not) to give to a great cause!
To those who gave so generously of themselves, their hard-earned
money, their friendship, their resources, their time because they believed
in our cause like we do; those who remain tirelessly our friends who extend their hands out to us in many ways, despite our looking to them for help in our many times of need...
- To those who labored to organize the entire enterprise from getting us involved in the nationwide campaign, to distributing the fliers and tickets, to collecting equipment for use, to putting together the program, to setting up the site, to unabashedly having fun ... in fact, everything that went before, during and after today...
To those who are our inspiration in the sidelines, whose lives are spent thriving despite the ugliness of the illness, who show us what it is to be truly brave, who are the faces, souls and bodies we all love despite the ravages of the disease...
To our families who love us to death
and whom we love back as passionately...
To the spirit in all of us which refuses to be vanquished by what we face everyday...
Today, we showed us who we are:
WE ARE GOOD THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
WE ARE PASSION AND COMPASSION.
WE ARE "AWESOME" PERSONIFIED.
WE ARE ALOHA.
WE ARE "TEAM."
WE ARE GOOD THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
WE ARE PASSION AND COMPASSION.
WE ARE "AWESOME" PERSONIFIED.
WE ARE ALOHA.
WE ARE "TEAM."
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