Zada

Zada means Grandpa in Hebrew and it's what my Father likes to be called instead of Grandpa and only because he says being called Grandpa makes him feel old and he doesn't feel old. But I am sure at this time as he has been in and out of the ER that he definitely feels like a Grandpa.

Maleha loves her Zada and Zada loves his Maleha. She has not seen him since our family reunion in Hawaii but she sure does remember him and you can not blame her. He was so patient, kind and loving towards her and he even taught me a a few valuable lessons while watching him interact with her. But thats what Zadas are for.

Well, About a week ago I had mentioned to Maleha that Zada was sick and she said "That is so sad,Mom." and then she went on with her own busy little life but today she woke up from her nap crying and repeating "Mom, Zada's sick!". I tried to comfort her and asked her "Do you want to go see him?" and she said "Yes, he live far away, We need airplane". So I went to pull his picture up on the computer and I tried to capture this sweet moment that she was trying to express towards how she feels right now. I know that it may be hard to understand her speech. I thought she said medicine, she said "My Zada sick, Zada drink milk and eat breakfast". She's so sweet when she says "My Zada...". Any time an airplane goes by she cries out "We need to go see Zada, he live far away!" She also keeps saying that we lost him on the airplane. But in this clip she was agreeing with whatever I thought she was saying. She was just sooooo sad.

An hour later after I filmed this my sister Mahana calls me and tells me that Zada just went through another surgery and that it doesn't look like he may pull through the after math of it. My heart dropped. I never pictured my father passing away like this. I see more life for him to live. I want Maleha and Kasiah to see and know their Zada. I mean the only thing I can do from here is just pray and have faith that the Lord will do his will. Wether it be that it's time for my Dad to go or that there is more life for him to live is all up to the Lord. I leave it in his hands and will come to peace with the out come through time. Luckily, Mahana and Kathy are flying from Utah to Seattle tonight to see him.


My heart is saddened by all this and I wish I could be close to him right now. I will do what I can to be there for him in spirit. Maleha and Kasiah will draw pictures for him and I will post them. We love you and miss you Zada!! You are in our hearts, thoughts and prayers!