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Some Things Even Guava Jelly Can’t Fix

written by Celeste Noelani

We get out of the car and Ian carries Iliana across the parking lot, grateful she’s not actually asleep. The drive to Shoreline is just long enough to make her…

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May 2, 2016 0 comment
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These Ants Are Not Cockroaches (And Other Things I Tell Myself When I Am Viciously Homesick)

written by Celeste Noelani

I duck my head to step beneath a branch laden with dainty pink blossoms. A cluster of multi-colored tulips bloom at the base of the cherry tree, slender leaves shaking in an almost-chilled…

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April 11, 2016 5 comments
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Who Cares if They Think ‘Puka’ Means a Shell?

written by Celeste Noelani

On losing and reclaiming my Hawaiian culture. I couldn’t begin to count how many times I’ve had the same conversation. I’ll say something like “Oh, look I have a puka in…

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April 4, 2016 3 comments
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The Boy In Our Hearts

written by Celeste Noelani

She knows she has another brother, one she can’t play with or see or talk to or torment. One who won’t torment her back, the way her eldest brother does.…

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March 28, 2016 0 comment
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A Fear Of Falling

written by Celeste Noelani

Trigger Warning: suicide, self harm, stillbirth, abuse “How was therapy?” Ian asks. He asks this after every session, but this time is different. He is worried about me. “It was…

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March 21, 2016 4 comments
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My Culture Is a Kākou Kind of Thing (Finally)

written by Celeste Noelani
Hula dancers

I take the four-year-old to wander around while the husband finishes his little shopping spree. He needs a pair of shorts for our trip to Hawaiʻi, but a great sale…

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February 29, 2016 4 comments
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