My nephew, Kuahiwi, graduated from elementary school last week. I’m still in denial about him ever turning any age that exceeds eight. That denial was seriously tested when I talked to him on the phone at his graduation celebration.
He asked me about George Washington and told me how he never knew GW fought in a war.
He asked me what it was like to meet Ben Carson’s sons. Then he excitedly began to recite the Ben Carson story in incredible detail, interjecting that he didn’t want to become a troubled teen. I nearly cried as I listened and realized just how grown he is and how good he longs to be.
Kuahiwi continued to marvel at Dr. Carson’s medical accomplishments, particularly his separating siamese twins in a ground-breaking procedure.
He talked about how he couldn’t even imagine what the parents felt prior to the surgery when it appeared they might have to choose who would live. He said that if he and Makamae, his younger brother, were the same age and they were the children and he was the one that lived he would be sad.
He said that he would rather die than lose Makamae.
I held my hand over my chest and closed my eyes tightly processing the incredible sacrifice he would willingly make and his overall insight. I told him he was a blessing. He graciously thanked me.
He also shared with me that he learned from a lesson study they gave him at church that it is important to stay positive. Despite circumstances, stay positive.
That’s love.
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