Tomorrow afternoon I take the shuttle boat to Moloka'i from Lahaina. It will be a bittersweet moment, and it seems that the only time I get to go home so to speak is when there is a funeral to attend. The older i get the more it seems to be the case rather then the exception.

Uncle Sauce as he was called married my father's younger sister, she is Herietta Kahini'au Ka'upu Mokiao, simply known as Aunty Darling. Their children are Leila Perreira, Sharon Kana'e, Darlene Naki, Solomon Jr, and Serena Willing. All born and raised on Moloka'i. All living on Hawaiian Homestead Land at Kapa'kea near Kaunakakai.

We begin the celebration of his life at Kalaiakamanu Hou Church tomorrow evening and end with his inturnment at Kapa'akea Cemetary on the day of his 78th birthday Saturday afternoon......

'Aue ku'u matua e.....
Ua ho'i 'oe me te atua e.....
Ke mihinei ia matou e....
I tou ala hele loa e......
Ua hanau 'ia i te one o Kakuhihewa e.....
He pua ta 'ilima e..................
He pua mae'ole e.................
'Aue ho'i e.............
Ku nei e Kamakou e.............
Ka piko o Hina e................
Ua hina, ua mate loa e......................
'Auhea ho'i 'oe e............
Tu'u matua e..................
Aloha ho'i 'oe e.............................

this is a portion of his song of parting in our Hawaiian Tradition.....he mele kanikau a matua mokiao.....