One year at the house by the farmstand, Richard and I had a beautiful Christmas tree. It must have been the first year we were together because it wasn't typical for me to be there at Christmastime. Over the years I usually traveled and returned in the spring to help with the flower growing. Anyway, I decorated that first tree with all the ornaments I had colleted or been given throughout the years. This little person ornament was on that tree. After Christmas we must have put the tree outback for the animals. Once on a return trip to the farm I noticed this little person sitting in the corner of the large mirror near where Richard always sat. I asked him about it and he said it was me. He kept it there so that I would always be there with him. This morning I was looking at it, sitting on the corner of my desk here on Kauai. I always position her leaning on the dolphins and looking out at the water. Love always, Robin <3
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My friend Tara came to visit. She wanted to go to the west side, Waimea. We found this beautiful place with plantation cottages where we could get an ided tea and lemonade. We had been talking about the magic of the island and I had said I was starting to feel a connection to horses. We wanderd down to the beach and found a hammock and a chair to hang out in. Lo and behold here comes a horse and rider down the shore.. Tara encouraged me to go say hi and I did! Didn't know she was going to snap a picture..or I might have fixed my dress so it didnt hang like some moo moo! A special magical moment to be sure, though. Thank you Tara
Well this is how it goes here, as I said this morning. Feeling uncertain about the future and alone, I head to my special beach When I get there a young man is next to his truck stringing a lei. I go up to ask him about it. He got the flowers from his auntie's tree and is making the lei for his mother. We exchange names and it turns out he knows of me through his girlfriend. We talk about how special this place is and he seems to answer all of my unasked questions. He asks me to let the puppy out...maybe he has to pee. I pick up the cute wiggly bundle that he had only rescued yesterday from a dumpster and we "talk story" about the dog shelter. He hands me the lei and says to put it in the car. Its my first flower lei since arriving in November. Walking on the beach afterward I feel teary and filled with love...that such a young person would take time in their day for me.
It's been 6 months now since Ive been here in Kauai. Every time I begin to make plans to leave she tugs me again by the heart by giving me another magical day gazing at the waves, or watching the tiny crabs scurrying sideways along the beach while carefully watching me with their tiny protruding eyes on top of their heads! haha
So for now I'm searching for a place on the North Shore, closer to my favorite beach and special places. Meanwhile i think of my friends often and know I will be back visiting with you again soon. Love, Robin |
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