RIL mom (Penny Fox) & dad (Camron Fox)! I finally did it! I'm glad I decided to walk in 2017 so you could see me graduate before you both passed away! I finally completed what I started and thank you to all my angels looking over me! Not a day goes by that I don't miss you, your advice and guidance. It's been rough losing everyone and everything but I finally did it!
I'm going to figure out now how to best live my dash and I hope it to be a rather lengthy one still yet! I'm here for a reason and I want to make that positive impact in people's lives and bring about positive change in the world.
"Be the change you wish to see in the world!" by Mahatma Ghandi. World here I come! Bringing peace, love and aloha!
Mahalo to all my friends & family who helped me over the past few years!!
The Dash by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning to the end.
He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own, the cars, the house, the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.
The Dash cont...
So think about this long and hard; are there things you’d like to change? For you never know how much time is left that still can be rearranged.
To be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile, remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.
So when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash, would you be proud of the things they say about how you lived your dash?
I hope this poem helps someone who needed it. It doesn't matter how often you fall or fail long as you get back up. Don't worry about what you have or don't have. Foster and build those relationships & spend your dash well.
Mindy Alles in the yard
Graduation at UH Hilo 2017 with Parents & Keko
The Accounting Club Event at UH Hilo
UHHSA & HOSA Members at event in UH Hilo Cafeteria!
UHHSA members with Prince EA at Black History Month Event!