Our Freedom - Independence Day

July 03, 2010

It’s important that this weekend should be spent with our families and friends, enjoying one another. There is much to be appreciated in the freedoms that we have here in the United States, and the beauty and aloha we have to be grateful for here in Hawaii.

It is not only critical that we remember the freedoms that our Founding Fathers’ fought so hard for, but that we remember those young men and women, from the U.S. and other countries, who fight for those freedoms still.

We are so lucky to watch fireworks in our incredible night skies, the symbol of those “bombs bursting in air,” over our beautiful oceans.

At the same time, we need to remember those less fortunate than we are, especially those in the Gulf whose own beautiful ocean has been catastrophically damaged, affecting their Aina, their lives and their livelihoods.

How lucky we are to live in Hawai`i.  It is so important that we remember this and Malama Aina, the world and the oceans around us.

Have a wonderful Independence Day weekend.

Malama pono,

Colleen