We are who we are because of who they were.

My grandparents were both born and raised in Hawaii, and they wanted their island home to be their final resting place, as well.
My grandfather passed away about 8 years ago, and his ashes were intered in the Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in Kaneohe, Oahu.

My grandmother passed a couple of months ago, and my parents, sister and her kids, and my family travelled to Hawaii together to join her once again with my grandfather on his birthday.
It was a beautiful day, very fitting for the beautiful person my grandmother was.
We were honored to have @jonathancanlas document her memorial for us. This is my 7 year old daughter holding a portrait of my grandmother (her great grandmother) taken around 1946 when she was 17 years old.
~shared by @ktsui