“Are the schools safe?” “I’ve heard the schools are terrible.” “I wouldn’t send my kid to public school in Hawaii.” We definitely heard a lot of negatives about public schools as we considered our move to the Big Island, and it was a big concern for us.  Much of our…

Imagine that when you were 18 years old, you were riding in the back of a pickup truck that got hit by an 18-wheeler.   The accident led to both your lower legs being amputated, and you went through years of surgeries.  Now you struggle with everyday life.  What would you…

One of the things we looked forward to with the move was the chance to live differently.  Besides evolving our home living, we have also been really involved in the culture here. No, I don’t mean hula, luaus, and playing the ukelele.  While those things are all part of Hawaiian…

It’s great to finally have a “real life” here. In just 7 weeks, we’ve already seen plenty of changes from the lifestyle we knew in Virginia and wanted to make note of them while they’re fresh and I can still remember the “newness” of them. We have nowhere to be…