Adele Gardner
I have many beautiful memories of my cousin Mario, especially those times when he came to our place for dinner, or vice versa . Or whenever it was at one of the choke family luau’s, or celebration of life services, the many New Years at Kalihi, Weddings, Graduations, one thing for certain, is he always had a smile on his face. I never ever witnessed cuzn Mario anywhere without his smiling face. There is one particular memory that I will always hold deep in my heart as it always brings laughter and joy when I think about the big fun we had that night/morning. Cousin Mario was working at TGIF at the time, and we had made plans earlier that week to hang out on Friday. Since he was already working that night, we decided to have dinner and drinks there until he finished work to join us. We had sooooo much fun hanging out at TGIF with cuzn Mario and all his co workers, and omgeeee, the food…. Yum. Long story short, we ended up closing TGIF, but no one wanted to end the night, so Mario and his peeps decided to continue at their place. They broke out the guitars, da ono pupu’s kept coming, the hilarious conversations and laughter was so loud, you would laugh just cause they were laughing so hard. The aloha from all cuzn’s friends and co workers were totally awesome and truly Hawaiian style. We had so much fun that we all lost track of time, and finally left to go home with day light greeting us l😁. That is one of my many fond memories of Cuzn Mario that GOD blessed me with that I will cherish until GOD calls me home, when I will be reunited with my Cuzn Mario in the Presence of Jesus. I Love you Cuzn Mario, and I celebrate your life and I Thank GOD for blessings us with many years that we got to share with you. But this is NOT goodbye cuzn, this is “I’ll see you soon”, and please give my love to my dad, my mom, my tita Maddie, uncle Leo, Aunty Cynthia, Grandma, Keoni, Uncle Albert, and all of our loved ones and friends who GOD has called home before you. I LOVE YOU CUZN, you will always be in my heart and memory 🙏🕊️❤️🕊️🙏 A Hui Hou Kakou