Hey Brent, don't kid yourself, Kauai is your home. Home is where your heart is. I've met so many visitors who traveled to Hawaii every year or as often as they can who claim Hawaii as their home. I met this woman recently who brought her mother there for the last time. It was where her parents met and got married, and they returned yearly for family vacations and every wedding anniversary until her father's death. Her mom was so disabled and sickly, so it was a bittersweet trip for her, getting to reminisce with her husband's memory while saying farewell to the island. Kauai will always be her home, and this is the truth for many people I've encountered globally. People love Hawaii and her people.

Hawaii's biggest export today is, sadly, her people; a lot of the people of Hawaii can't afford to live there, so they have left to make a living elsewhere. Hawaii is home to a lot of people globally who no longer are on her shores for this reason. Whether you lived in Hawaii for a weekend or for the majority of your life, the aloha stays with you, there in your heart.

Aloha nui loa, PM17