… we have too many beautiful memories from hawaii to count. it seemed like yesterday we were watching the sun peek above the horizon for the first sunrise of 2012; belated compared to much of the world. we soaked in the rays against the lava rock and drove to the north shore for giovanni’s as we had so many times over. we always ended up too full with our mouths ablaze from the spicy garlic shrimp, but then we would still head to matsumoto’s for their famous shaved ice. you with your odd flavor combinations and mine with the typical rotation of mango, watermelon, lychee. we would find a private beach on the north shore hoping to swim with turtles again… it was never as magical as the first time, but nothing ever is, is it? you were my first love & i forever hold these memories near and dear. hawaii will never quite be the same…