Just Go!

This post goes out to my mom. She is a loyal reader of this blog and I know she'll see this. That's the whole point.

Are you listening mom? Ok. Good!

My mom has led a good life up to this point and I expect many more good years for her. She found a wonderful husband after Dad died 25 years ago and they lead a very active life together. In fact, they are so active it's difficult to find them at home in order to drop in for a visit. They also do a lot of traveling including spending about 4 months a year in Florida. So what's the point of all this? Well, as much as my mom has done in her life and as much as she has traveled, there is one place she hasn't been. One place that she has always wanted to go. One place she has mentioned a desire to visit many times in the past... Hawaii.

Okay, Mom. Listen up and listen good! GO TO HAWAII! Yesterday! Not next year. Not, "We'll get there sometime". Not, "We'll get around to it". You have always wanted to go to Hawaii and there is no reason you shouldn't go right away. Please go before it's too late. Please go before you need a walker to visit the USS Arizona Memorial. Please go while you are still young and spry. Please go while you can enjoy everything Hawaii has to offer before you're too old to get there. Please go before you look back and regret not getting there while you could. I know money is not an issue. Stop trying to save something for your kids after you're gone. We don't need it. We're fine. Spend the money and go to Hawaii. Get off the plane and get that flower lei. Go see a volcano. Dance the Hula in a grass skirt at a luau. Try poi. See the beautiful beaches. Marvel at the blue waters of the Pacific. Experience it all. Just go. Do you hear me, Mom? Just go! In thirty years I don't want to be sitting on a beach in Hawaii crying because I know you always wanted to be in that very spot and never made it. There is nothing holding you back. Just go! You have your health. You have time. You have money. You have a willing husband who would follow you anywhere (plus they have really nice golf courses in Hawaii, Cliff!). You have an adventurous spirit. You have everything you need except a plane ticket. Go to Hawaii, Mom. Please. Just go!