To: To Baba, who could not say I love you
Ho'oponopono (Hawaiian)
February 2, 2026
Hawaiian aunties have Ho'oponopono — I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you. Yours was a different syntax. You showed up at every recital. You drove eleven hours for the graduation. The words were not in your mouth. They were in your tires. I receive them now. Late, but received.