Speaks To Me

 A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

Hope may seem 

A fragile thing,
Until you truly 

Hear it sing.

It hums beneath

All ache and fear,
A voice your spirit 

Learns to hear.

It blooms 

Where tears 

Have touched 

The ground,
Of mercy woven, 

Soft, profound.

Once you've felt 

Its steady flame,
You’ll never walk 

Through darkness 

The same.

Hope may seem 

A fragile thing,
Until you hear 

Its shoreline sing.

Rising with 

The breathing tide,
A quiet strength 

You'll find inside.

    Cloudia Charters

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Tawny Emperor Butterfly

One day, your light
will silence the darkness,
and you will be
surrounded by the
beauty within.
A.D. Posey

You can make more friends 

in two months by becoming 

interested in other people 

than you can in two years 

by trying to get other people 

interested in you.

Dale Carnegie

When a friend

speaks to me,
whatever they say

is interesting.
Jean Renoir

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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The earth is resting,

and I am in need of rest, too.

In winter, I feel at home in

the silences of the world.

 Margaret Renkl

Do Not Lose

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

Never be in a hurry;

do everything quietly and

in a calm spirit.

Do not lose your inner peace

for anything whatsoever,

even if your whole

world seems upset.

    Francis de Sales

Be the person 

you needed when 

you were growing up.

 Joseph Meyering Sr.

Just like moons 

and like suns, 

With the certainty of tides, 

Just like hopes 

springing high, 

Still I’ll rise.

    Maya Angelou

The air tastes new.  

I stretch into optimism,  

letting it settle 

on my shoulders  

like sunlight after rain.  

The days are 

still imperfect, but 

I meet them 

with open hands,  

ready to gather 

what goodness comes.

Cloudia Charters

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Shell Ginger

Be like the shell ginger

 Bloom with gentle courage

 Not loud, but kind

Carry the calm fragrance 

Of oceans remembered.

Pixie

The Light That Refused

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

You are not the darkness

you endured. You are

the light that

refused to surrender.

 John Mark Green

Schlumbergera flower

Earth laughs 

in flowers.

   Ralph Waldo Emerson

Open the bloom

of your heart and become

a gift of beauty to the world.

   Bryant McGill

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If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day. Julianna Margulies

Even The Awkward

A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

You know who's going

through a lot right now?

Literally everybody!

Be kind.

The Story Is Not Done.

Hang in there.

I’ve made it to 100,

in no small part, because

I have stubbornly refused

to give in to the bad stuff

about aging. Instead, I have

been in a full-on bear hug

with the experience of living. Dick Van Dyke (Almost) 100 Still Having Fun

We do not know this lady's age

but doesn't she look strong!!?

Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th is always observed in Honolulu in a big way.

(Photos from this year's parade.) This year is the first time there were no survivors of the attack in town.

Every year I have watched them grow older.  Every year there were fewer and fewer, but the fuss we made over them was bigger and bigger.

Only 12 survivors are alive today on the 84th anniversary of the attack. 

None able to travel.

Veterans of WWII 

were present and honored.

They are responsible

for the life we have enjoyed.

More on the parade tomorrow.

You do not guide the river; 

you learn its music and 

let it carry you.

Trust that every step, 

even the awkward ones, 

is teaching your soul 

a new kind of dance.

The map you need is being 

drawn by your footsteps.

 Jeff Brown, 

Canadian author 

Your Attitude While Doing It

A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

Satisfaction comes not 

from chasing bigger 

and bigger things, but 

paying attention to 

smaller and smaller things.

Arthur C. Brooks

KOLEA

You Friends Are

My Handful of Light

In the challenge

of this season,

You are the handful

Of grace.

Not fixing

What cannot be fixed,

But being steady, true,

And near.

You show up

You listen,

Faithful 

When I feel unsure.

You catch me

Without question.

In this time

When everything shifts.

You are the ground 

beneath my feet.

Simple kindness. 

Presence constantly felt.

This is everything.

I see you. 

I thank you.

I know my luck.

You know who you are. 

Cloudia Charters 

Your first 10,000 photographs 

are your worst.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

There are no bad pictures; 

that's just how your 

face looks sometimes.

Abraham Lincoln

Success is not only 

measured by 

what you accomplish, 

its measured by your 

attitude while doing it.

 Joseph Meyering Sr

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Stop worrying. 

Life already knows 

what it's doing.

Once Hearts Are Linked

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

Once hearts are linked

In a real relationship

They can never be

As they were

Before meeting.

They grow closer

Forever.

     Cloudia Charters

 As long as you live, 

keep learning 

how to live.

     Seneca

Our Home 1992-2012

The human heart

is as a frail craft

on which we wish

to reach the stars. Giotto di Bondone

Kindness, resilience 

and the quiet courage 

to lift others up,

form the gentle rhythm 

that carries a life well lived.

                                         Roentare

Take pleasure in 

your dreams; 

relish your principles 

and drape your 

purest feelings on the 

heart of a precious lover.

    Giotto di Bondone

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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