A poem from Chris

Chris has been reflecting on our journey here in Hawaii through Poetry...here is a sample for you.


Time composed 1/27/07

In this place
Time is not the case

Life is grand
More than you can stand

If you only visit
Then you will miss it

When it is here you live
Receive you will and give

Life is not standard in line
Rather your view refine

Circular is every day
Especially when you stay

Time does not fly
Rather rolls by

Some may say humbug and bah
But best to live aloha

We are Family!

ALoha!

The cats arrived safe and sound on Monday May 7. CHris picked them up in Honolulu and then they flew to Kauai -- just in time for dinner together! It is so great to be complete as a family! It may seem strange to those that don't have cats -- but we are so glad we have them here.
However, the homecoming wasn't exactly as smooth as you might think....Lillith decided to chase a gecko out the window and fell out of the screen in the middle of the night.. we didn't realize she had fallen out until the morning when we got up and couldn't find her anywhere -- until I saw fur and a pushed out window screen! We thought we had lost her until Chris found her under the house. Chris -- the brave soul that he is -- braved the unknown territory under the house to retreive Lillith which took about an hour to complete. Chris and Lillith came out unscathed yet certainly a little emotionally wracked! Noah and mom waited anxiously in the house until I heard Chris grunting his way out from under the house doing the army crawl with Lillith wrapped in his sweatshirt! At least the climate is right!

Since then no more escapees. Lillith and Buddha have acclimated quite well back into our lives -- its like they never left.

the cats are coming! the cats are coming!

It is hard to believe....the cats are coming! Lillith and Buddha will join us on Monday, May 7. Chris is flying to HOnolulu to pick them up and then fly with them back to Kauai. What a journey! We are excited, anxious and relieved to get this process FINALLY done! Why did we have to wait so long to get them? Well, its a LONG story...but they had to be quarantined back in Wisconsin due to the strict requirements that Hawaii has for pets and rabies concerns. There is zero rabies on the island because of these strict rules -- but it makes our part of the journey frustrating... The cats had been staying with "friends" in Wisconsin, and then were moved to the American Animal Hospital in Neenah (which we highly recommend!) for the final leg of their journey in Wisconsin. Then the kind hearted souls at the AAH are driving the cats MOnday morning to Chicago from Wisconsin. We are so appreciative of them!

Stay tuned for more... we need to head to the beach on this beautiful Saturday afternoon!

ALoha -a hui hou! Rachel, Chris and Noah