Tag: #kauai

State of Being

Posted on April 1, 2026 by JANET L BARKER

Aloha. Our last day in Paradise and like most people who visit the lush island of Kauai, we don’t want to leave. It’s been rainy, a bit chilly, windy and seasonably weather-rich in Princeville, our home for a week as we celebrate my kind,… Continue Reading “State of Being”

Category: Uncategorized, unconditional loveTags: #family, #grandparents, #gratitude, #hawaii, #kauai, #love, #mindfulness, #Nature, #neverenoughtime, #poetry, #princeville, #retiredlife, #retirtement, #springvacation, #travel, #writing, aunties, family, life, love

Family Vacation

Posted on March 31, 2024 by JANET L BARKER

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I am the most blessed woman on Planet Earth. I embrace that, send praises to God and my unbelievably generous family. Eternally grateful. I’m beyond, beyond, beyond aware that if it wasn’t for my niece and her husband, I wouldn’t be here. No way, no how.… Continue Reading “Family Vacation”

Category: #grandparents, #hope, #lifeizgood, @retirementTags: #disney, #family, #familyvacation, #gratitude, #hawaii, #kauai, #love, #margaritasbythepool, #onehotel, #paradise, #springvacation, #travel, family-travel, hotels, vacation-rentals

Ordinary Greatness

Posted on February 8, 2024 by JANET L BARKER

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Hope and sparkling crystals and all things magical and misty-eyed are Queen Melancholy’s cousin. Like George of the Jungle, I swing between the two, between longing for Kauai’s turquoise waters and Cambria’s soul-fortifying coast to the anticipation of missing the icy-slick-sidewalk-skating rink of Winter… Continue Reading “Ordinary Greatness”

Category: #gmashavingfun, #grandparents, #hope, #lifeizgood, @retirement, unconditional loveTags: #babies, #cambria, #children, #faith, #kauai, #loveeverymoment, #newyork, #newyorkcity, #parenting, #thebigapple, #travel, #winstonchurch, baby, book-review, family, grandparenting, love, motherhood

Paradise

Posted on September 3, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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I’ve been sleeping on the porch for the last two nights. Just can’t get enough of the ocean, the rainstorms, the stars, the singing birds, the clouds, the trade winds, the feeling of total love and relaxation here in Paradise, otherwise known as Kaena,… Continue Reading “Paradise”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #behappy, #happygrandma, #hope, #icouldgetusedtothis, #joy, #kauai, #mahalo, #noworries, #peace, #retiredteacher, #thewriterslife, @retirement