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This is the third of three posts about our 2025 Hawai'i trip. The first post is here and the second post is here.
I'm starting to get used to hearing birdsong from all around me even walking through random alleyways between tall buildings. I've accepted that the weather never changes and isn't going to change. I've learned some of the Hawai'ian words that don't get used outside of Hawai'i, like keiki ("child", often used for kids menus or on some public health warnings), pupu ("appetizer"), 'ono ("Delicious", used on menus), Wahine/Kāne ("woman"/"man", used on restroom doors), or the phrase e komo mai ("Welcome!", used a lot in business entrances). All that said, this is our last three days there, and then we go back to Chicago and back to our normal lives. All vacations end.
( Monday )
( Tuesday )
( Wednesday + flight home )
It was a lovely vacation, but despite the cold weather I'm still glad to be home. Even Laila wanted to go home after a week and she loved the beach.
Bonus--a photo of the whole family:
I'm starting to get used to hearing birdsong from all around me even walking through random alleyways between tall buildings. I've accepted that the weather never changes and isn't going to change. I've learned some of the Hawai'ian words that don't get used outside of Hawai'i, like keiki ("child", often used for kids menus or on some public health warnings), pupu ("appetizer"), 'ono ("Delicious", used on menus), Wahine/Kāne ("woman"/"man", used on restroom doors), or the phrase e komo mai ("Welcome!", used a lot in business entrances). All that said, this is our last three days there, and then we go back to Chicago and back to our normal lives. All vacations end.
( Monday )
( Tuesday )
( Wednesday + flight home )
It was a lovely vacation, but despite the cold weather I'm still glad to be home. Even Laila wanted to go home after a week and she loved the beach.
Bonus--a photo of the whole family:
