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Pain.

written by Celeste Noelani

Yesterday afternoon, my doctor called with results from the two hours I spent in the MRI tube on Monday. It’s not good news. I have a 3.5 cm tumor on my sciatic…

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September 21, 2016 6 comments
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Last Words

written by Celeste Noelani
the words close up at the end of a book. most of the words are blurred but the sentence "All was well." is in focus.

In the last conversation I ever have with my father, he tells me that I am so much like him. Maybe too much. “I was so confused when I was…

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August 18, 2016 0 comment
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Adventures With Daddy

written by Celeste Noelani

It’s getting hot and the pool is getting crowded so Dad says it’s time for us to go. We’ve been swimming for hours already, bravely leaping off the diving board…

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July 14, 2016 2 comments
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The Price of Grieving in Paradise

written by Celeste Noelani

We mostly go home for funerals. It feels fitting, of course, because funerals have always been where we saw the whole family. And when you come from an enormous, aging ʻohana, there are…

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June 27, 2016 0 comment
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Watching Gray Skies

written by Celeste Noelani
Cloudy Evening In Seattle, June 2016

I don’t know if it’s actually going to rain. Wunderground says it will later tonight – there might even be thunder – but I still can’t tell if I should…

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June 16, 2016 0 comment
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The Truths I’ll Tell

written by Celeste Noelani
photo of a sign on a telephone post: black spray paint over stenciled lettering: HONESTY IS THE BEST POETRY - GREGORY ALAN ELLIOT

At the park with my five year-old, I share a smile with a Mom sitting next to me on the curb of the sand box. We start chatting about our kids,…

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June 10, 2016 0 comment
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Empty Juice Cups and The Fort Ruger Rollercoaster

written by Celeste Noelani
My brother, my sister, and me.

If we’re very lucky, and if Dad still has money in his wallet, they will say yes. We can’t tell whether Dad’s wallet is empty or not so we ask…

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June 2, 2016 4 comments
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The Burden of Sadness

written by Celeste Noelani
Angel With Broken Heart

I lie in his arms in the middle of the night. My eyes are still swollen from crying but my face is dry now, at least. “I’m sorry,” I tell…

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May 26, 2016 0 comment
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The Courage to Move Forward

written by Celeste Noelani

I started seeing a new therapist this week, which is as simple a sentence as it is a complicated reality. I’ve been alternately planning and dreading this move for a…

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May 19, 2016 2 comments
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On Difficult Truths and Nora Okja Keller’s ‘Comfort Woman’

written by Celeste Noelani

Books, like people, can come into your life at exactly the right time. Evocative prose and a gripping story can meld themselves perfectly to ideas that have been percolating in the…

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May 12, 2016 2 comments
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