Mother's Day (May 14, 2007)

Yesterday, was mothers day and though it was hard to not be able to celebrate it with our own mothers, I think that Elisa enjoyed the attention of her sons as a mother. You already know how the day began and how uplifting it was for me, now here is the rest of the story. What do you do for Mother's Day in Hawaii - there are just so many choices. We ultimately decided to go for a drive and see if we could find a fun place to snorkle. Driving around the south coast of Maui out to the southeastern tip. What we found was unbelievable. At the end of the road we found the remnants of the last lava flow on this island. We stood in awe at one of the most amazing of God's creations - a bay filled with beautiful blue water, surrounded by pristine white sand and so clear you could see the multiple colors of the miriad of fish that were swimming there. The scene was simply unexplainable and I can't think of a better Mother's Day gift than having had the opportunity to take Lisa there to see it. From this beautiful site we drove back to a snorkeling spot, where we were told that we might have the chance to see Green Sea Turtles. The water was just as clear, but the "beach" at this spot was more volcanic rock than sand. Jumping in with both feet, we were soon floating on the surface and peering down into the depths below. After only a few minutes of floating there, we realized that we hadn't actually been snorkeling on Maui, that we had only swam around the beaches with masks and fins on. This was our first experience in actually snorkeling over a true coral reef. The color and the fish were fantastic. We also soon found that the beauty of our surroundings, soon canceled out all the "fears" of sharks and other things. Not that we lost a cautious attitude, we just had a sense of peace and safety. We all went further out than we had ever been before (for those mom types out there, we didn't go any further than was safe and there were plenty of folks out farther than we were, hehe). We didn't get to swim with the turtles, but as we drove back to the condo we past a little inlet that was filled with them and we stopped and watched them bob up and down for almost an hour. That afternoon, the boys and I decided to take Elisa to Outback Steakhouse. After a 3 hour wait, we finally got seated and got our food by 9:00 p.m. This tried my patience, but I think I grew from it and maybe that should be all I say.