Hawaii’s Attractiveness

My family and I were not a crazy fan of Hawaii in the first place. We had traveled to here only few times. I thought Hawaii was too tourists’ island because so many people were everywhere. However, the day of our fate had come. A few years ago, all my family tried to go to Seattle to visit my husband Joe’s brother and our family friends during summer vacation. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get on the flight because of stand by. Suddenly, the airline counter lady suggested us that Honolulu flight was wide open that night, so Joe changed our destination to Hawaii instead of going to Seattle right away. He remembered his ex-manager of his old office retired long time ago, and she has been living in Hawaii for a long time. When he contacted with her, she offered us her house to stay for one week. I met her a couple of times in Japan; she was very friendly, but she was like a perfect career woman. By the time we met her in Hawaii, she totally changed. She put on relaxing clothes, and she looked more easy going. To our surprise, she had lived in a very big house with her partner right in front of Lanikai beach. After staying with them, we changed our thinking toward Hawaii. We were enchanted by Hawaii’s attractiveness. We liked the way of living- stress free and easy going with a big nature in Hawaii. We started to think of living in Hawaii, but it was a huge dream and almost seemed impossible. After two years from our Hawaii trip, Joe got a new job in Hawaii, and our dream came true. Moreover, our younger daughter had her health problem when she was a high school student in Japan. In fact, she has not had any problem since we moved to Hawaii. Overall, everyone in my family was quite busy all the time, and we did not enjoy our life. We followed our routine and did our task everyday. On the contrary, Hawaii life let us feel relaxed and open heart. The connection between Aina and us is stress free life with the beautiful mountains and the ocean.