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PSA to all my peeps: never give up on your dreams! This week I: **Started my credential program to teach high-school English (Dream #1) **Started as a long-term substitute teacher at a local OC junior high (Dream #2) **Started an online Hawaiian Studies program at UH-KCC (Dreams 3 & 4) I have held every one of these dreams in my heart for years, decades, sometimes wondering if they would ever come to pass. I went through times of total discouragement, thinking I would always be “stuck” in some soul-sucking job or I would never find the time to pursue my dreams. But here I am. Remember: life is not a straight, perfectly linear line to your goals or dreams. It looks more like a loopy scribble, a messy dash of circles that you absentmindedly drew on the phone with your sister. Never let go of what you believe is your vision, never let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do, never let your age, your race, your economic status define you. Take absolute pleasure and delight in proving the naysayers wrong, with each and every goal you accomplish. Be afraid and leap off anyway. Always stay gracious (ty Beyoncé) and always kokua (help) others expecting nothing in return. Your time is coming. (at Huntington Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEcYhUnggjU/?igshid=1lrao888uxn27

I blinked my eyes and in an instant, decades had passed..... First childhood immunizations (June 2004) Last childhood immunization (July 2020) #timeslowdownplease https://www.instagram.com/p/CC89mqsg9x4/?igshid=147p759rjce4u

And she loved a little boy very, very much, even more than she loved herself. -Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree You turned 16 yesterday and once again I am reminded of how time flies through our lives like an arrow, speeding through and out of reach, unable to be stopped. I found myself stealing glimpses of you all day and asking myself, where did it go? Where have all the years gone? And then, watching you I realized this: our time together was so precious, even more than all of the treasure and money on this earth. I get to watch one of the greatest miracles of all: the alchemy of our lives together mixing experiences and hopes and being together then poured into you, my firstborn. You are kind, you are hilarious, you are clever and smart, you will change the world; one person, one song, one small kindness at a time. Don’t you dare forget it. Happy birthday Bubby! https://www.instagram.com/p/B_aCYRXgBad/?igshid=ci56sf1uoht

Omg, so flipping’ excited! And there’s no line in Whittier!!! Are you people INSANE?! @okamotokitchen @kimberleydaro #okamotokitchen #whittier #foodtruckfood #foodtruck (at Whittier, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_IbrUWAwWy/?igshid=1ebyofo38c082

Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see – Neil Postman My journey with you in this time and space is exactly 8 years today, and I admit my heart aches a tiny bit at the thought that one day I’ll have to leave you for another journey, in another continuum. What makes this thought bearable is the fact that you are my (and your father’s) love letter to that unknown time and space. We pour all our love, our dreams, and our hopes into that future time, confident that our message will remain intact in you. And how could it not? You are the fire of God come to life, the Scorn of injustice, the Righter of wrongs, the Dreamer of dreams that there are no words for (yet). Hauʻoli Lā Hānau, my Ku’uleilani... https://www.instagram.com/p/B-AJ9T_gRhs/?igshid=onmsxlvo96xq

AT&T Employee Giving Campaign kickoff at the El Segundo campus! #attgivesback #attemployeegiving #attgivingcampaign #lifeatatt #footballseasonisback #footballseasonready #footballseason2016🏈 #footballseasonishere #attemployees (at DirecTV Corporate, El Segundo)

Last Minute Hustle! Support the HACEMOS Scholarship Fund by purchasing tickets to this Sunday's Angels game against the Texas Rangers! There is a patriotic baseball cap giveaway, as well as a ceremony during the game commemorating the 15th anniversary of 09/11. Show your support for the team AND support high school students! All proceeds go to the HACEMOS Scholarship Fund. Message me (I'll deliver tickets). #hacemos #hacemosscholarship #hacemosscholar #angelsbaseball #losangelesangels #anaheimstadium #baseball #southerncaliforniabaseball (at Angel Stadium of Anaheim)

Tastes just like ice cold liquid jelly peach rings. Yum. #peachicestea #peachtea🍑 #icecold #peachy #peachykeen #peach🍑 #peaches #japanesepeachtea #tokyocentralmarket (at Tokyo Central)

Snow Monster how I have longed for you..... #bobadreams #bobamilktea #jasminemilktea #royalmilktea #snowmonster #snowmonsteroc #snowmonsterhb #oreostuffedchocolatechipcookies #yummy #yummydelicious (at Snow Monster)

Being a grownup is SO overrated. #smallkeeddays #enjoyyourchildhooddammit #stoptryingtoactgrown #whatareweekendsagain (at Costco)

LEAGUE of Los Angeles event @ the El Segundo campus. #LEAGUE #LOLA #lgbtsupport #lgbtpride #lifeatatt #attemployee #diversity #inspiredmobility (at DirecTV Corporate, El Segundo)

LEAGUE of Los Angeles event @ the El Segundo campus. #LEAGUE #LOLA #lgbtsupport #lgbtpride #lifeatatt #attemployee #diversity #inspiredmobility (at DirecTV Corporate, El Segundo)

Yay! New gear from @mibustore! LoveloveLOVE my new Quicksilver shirt and they gave me buttons!! #mibustore #mibustoreanime #mibustorecomics #evanpeters #xmenquicksilver #xmenquicksilveristhebest

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We've walked on the moon, explored Pluto via fly-by, and have a DNA App Store....so how is it that no one has solved the problem of the tangled cords?! #irras #firstworldproblems #helpme #gah

Code! Code! Code! Session 2 HACEMOS presents Women That Code. My beginning students are rocking those HTML and CSS tags! #HACEMOS #hacemos_la #hacemos_oc #ATT #erg #latinos #lifeatatt #vidaenatt #womencoders #womeninstem #womencodersrule (at Cerritos, California)