Aloha my Brothers from Ewa Beach,
Issac, you heard right from Craig. A few months ago I started getting chest pains accompanied with shortness of breath, but just kept on going wondering what it might be. Wasn’t going away and went in for check, of course, I ended up getting open heart surgery on Monday, April 28. Yes, 5 bypasses later, some down time in the hospital, I’m home now on my way to recovery. One of those things that there is no option, do or die. By the Grace of God, I’m still here… that was a close call, looks like. Looking forward to getting in better shape and getting in the water again. These things have a good way of making us apprecriate life in the present, and savor our past even more, the olden days.
Was in Ewa Beach yesterday vistiing my parents and looking out over my dads wall into the ocean, down toward Lester Enemoto’s and on down to the Sadowski’s out to Empty Lot’s, cannot have a better “small Kid time”. Was talking to my friend the other day about Norman Nauka surfing his long jeans, how the older guys ruled the line up and respect was the most important lesson you learned in the line up, respect for those who came before us. i wonder if that is something that we have passed on to our kids, that seems to nearly non-existent in today’s surfing. No more respect for the older guys. That is one thing that never leaves me, is that, my aloha again in this second chapter of my life, to all that came before me and I still hold in deepest respect, Charley M. and sister Jessie, all the Sadowski’s, Herb, Mike Gionson, Nate, Norman N. Paul Shepherd, Kendall’s, Doug Kingsley, Kauwalapai’s, Cueva’s, Barney Silva, Frankie Maria, Eatons, Naky, Lester Enemoto, all of the Empty Lot crew. No forget the others, Issac, the 2 Mel’s - Conception and Behasa, David Murakami, Palmeira, , Phillips, George Kohalakua (sp?) Lance & Errol ( where are you?)Frank Aragon, Imua Paa’aina, Who am I missing? All the military kid’s, Timmy Mclafferty, Gardners, Mizes, Duke, more?
Don’t forget…
Butch P
