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"Lauren
and Tutu Honu"
Grandfather Sea Turtle
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When Lauren first put her face in the Hawai'ian waters
she met a huge Honu, sea turtle. It scared her so bad she climbed up on my
back as we snorkeled in the water. Both her arms wrapped tight around my
neck I reached back and pushed her big girl body up on my back so if Honu
took off fast we could still follow. Then I tapped her arms and just
reminded her ( first that she was choking me ;>) second, to relax. She was still fascinated and hadn't
stopped staring underwater at this huge sea creature who was still about a
foot and a half away from my face and watching us with great pleasure. I
blew through my snorkel and reminded her to breath slowly through her snorkel,
relax... be turtle... float and flow.
Honu slowly turned around in front of us and away he went. We followed,
slowly carefully, never overtaking or trying to touch, just enjoying the
feeling of being together in such a beautiful environment. It wasn't long
and Lauren slide off my back, comfortable that this huge (his back shell
measured 3 feet across at least) rather formidable looking sea
creature, wasn't going to attack us and eat us. In fact if one looked
carefully one would notice a knowing eye and a glance back or two, were we
keeping up? We followed all day and had a wonderful adventure seeing what
this ancient grandfather turtle had to show us.
Skip ahead several years and here she is again, only she discovers
the honu all by herself and here is that story in pictures...
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Lauren,
my sweet 26 year old daughter.
She will always be my baby!
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My
little turtle with her shell (boogie board) discovers one honu.
While the honu nearest to me which Lauren doesn't see, is going to be
coming around behind her.
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So
around in a circle they go, Lauren never notices the one
following behind her. Around and around they play... |
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Lauren
so relaxed now, honu too, they just float and stare,
boogie board forgotten...
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Some
kind of mystical connection even shows up in photos.
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Honu
says, "Hey Lauren, come on, follow me, let's go!"
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So off
they go to discover new excitements.
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Like a little slice of Heaven!
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