Population of Hawai'i was more than a quarter of a million people; a hundred years later, it had plummeted to fewer than sixty thousand.
Kindness is scarce in the world
It is enough for me to know that I left something of beauty behind and that it has thrived. I am content.
Love and a cough cannot be hidden.
Nine years earlier. Life was still
And all they could do was sit, sleep, eat, and be reminded day after day, night after night, of their disease and eventual death.
There is beauty in the least beautiful of things.
Legend holds that seesaws became popular with girls because on the upswing they were able to catch a glimpse of the world beyond their cloistered walls.
*And to keep her immune system strong she followed Dr. Goodhue's advice to abstain from alcohol, get plenty of fresh air and exercise, and consume a nourishing diet, low in salt. Page 144"Fear is good...
They toured the new hospital, the renovated and expanded McVeigh Home, and the (named without apparent irony) Bay View Home for the Blind and Helpless.
There might be more to the universe than any one religion could explain.
No. Grief and anger doesn’t shock me. Catherine paused. Rachel, do you remember that day at the convent when we saw the old biplane? Remember what I said? Rachel laughed without amusement. I don’t eve...
It is not just the history of the Hawaiian islands but the significance of the ordinary people whose lives - many quite extraordinary - make up that history.
I've come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death....is the true measure of the Divine within us.
I liked the fact that the happiest night of my life was followed by a day like any other. It seemed to say that such happiness, so long denied, was now a part of my everyday life.
After a while the fear became a constant, cold companion, a simple fact of existence.
Kapa cloth,
With wonder and a growing absence of fear she realized, I am more than I was an hour ago.
Then Rachel said, Mama used to tell me that God saw everything, knew everything, even what was in our hearts.Yes, Catherine agreed, especially there.So, He'd know, wouldn't he, what kind of pain was i...
I’ve come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death . . . is the true measure of the Divine within us.