Hawaii
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Greg at beach in Hana, Maui
Greg traveled to Hawaii with Janet and Al and visited the Islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island. This trip was different than others in the way of sacredness; I felt it would be an insult to the people of Hawaii to leave cards and pins amongst the national parks we visited. Most of our time on the Islands was spent hiking and I forgot Greg when we went up Diamond Head National Monument.
On the island of Kauai, Greg met a very nice young woman by the name of Nieves who works in an art gallery; I was admiring some glass sculptures and we got on the subject of glass blowing. I mentioned my nephew was a glass blower and somehow that lead into the subject of Greg. Nieves seemed genuinely interested in the subject of colon cancer and what I was doing to spread the word on the disease. I went back up to my hotel room, retrieved Greg along with a colon cancer pin and bracelet and re-visited the gallery. We ended up talking for 2 hours, closing the store and sharing stories. I think I was friends with her in a past life and she agreed there must be a reason we met.
Somehow we got on the subject of Lithuania and both Nieves’s parents are 100% Lithuanian and that lead to yet another interest that we both have in common. I went back up to my room and brought down my MacBook and shared the photographs I took in Lithuania.
It was really nice meeting you Nieves and I know our friendship will continue through emails and phone. I hope you can spread the word on getting screened throughout Hawaii and through my website,
Nieves
