Remembering my Father Siosaia Naeata

I can't believe today marks the 13th year my father passed away. It seems just like yesterday that I was in 11th grade and being with my father when he took his last breath. He's left so many memories. Memories I will ALWAYS cherish.

I Remember when......

• He would attempt to braid my hair when Mom was out of town w/ her Father who was getting a pacemaker.
• He taught me my times tables.
• He would always take me to the store for his favorite choc. donuts and Mountain Dew.
• He taught me to mowe the lawn, pull weeds, plant flowers...Iate. haha
• He would pick me up from school every Thursdays to go Iate with him.
• He would work long hours right before the Holidays
• He would take Mom and us kids for a drive every Friday. Cant forget the Happy Meals. I always wanted it for the toys. haha! What kid doesn't? hahaha
• He would give us $100.00 every christmas
• He would buy us whatever we wanted. Brats I tell you!
• He would work long hours to take us on vacations...Disneyland, Hawaii, many trips to California and to Tonga

Daddy has many girls, but I'm truly his little girl. :) hahaha! Don't hate sistahs! :) He always had my back and when I wanted it..I GOT IT! hahahahha!

So grateful for the great Plan of Salvation. We will be with our loved ones again. I can picture my Baby Saia sitting on his Grandpas lap. :) MISS and LOVE YOU DADDY!

BYE BYE TUMOR....Road to Recovery........

Peni and I went to visit his Neurologist this past Monday and was told the tumor in his head(pituitary gland) was benign. That was good news, but we were also shocked to find out that surgery would be the very next day. It was either that or wait until December. We looked at each other and didn't even think twice. Tomorrow it is!

I knew everything was going to be okay, but just the fact of doing any kind of surgery in the head. :(  We were told by his Neurologist that the surgery would be up the nose. Sounds a lot better than the head. We were to report at 8am the next day.

We had our Bishop give Peni a blessing the night before surgery and after he did, we were both comforted. After praying I felt good about everything. I knew that that Lord would take care of us and that we we will get through this TOGETHER!

IT WAS TIME..........Couldn't hold the tears back as I squeezed my husband before they took him back. I told him everything would be okay and that I would be there with him through it all. I've always been grateful for such a wonderful companion and my love for him right now goes beyond ETERNITY!

As they took me to the waiting area they told me the surgery would be about an hour and a half to two hours. TICK TOCK! TICK TOCK! TICK TOCK! I tried not to look at the clock. Was grateful to have love and support from both of our families. They managed to put a smile on my face. LOVE MY FAMILY!

As I saw my husbands Neurologist approach me, I had a good feeling. The smile on my face when he said that the surgery went great and that they removed the tumor. "Your husband did good and will be waiting for you in Neuroscience ICU." He did tell us ahead of time that we would go to NS ICU to be closely monitored. We spent 4 days in ICU and 2 days on regular floors.

                                                     Peni after Surgery...

                                      
                View from our new room. Beautiful except for the bird poop! :) 

                                                          Resting.....

                                                 View from our window....

                                            the next morning.......HATE SNOW!

                                                     MY LOVE

                                                Where are you Mr. Sun?

                                                  WINTER is HERE....:(

Headaches, dizziness, pain, nausea....It was all still there, but to be expected. He is on the road to RECOVERY........He's happy to be home and going to be taking it easy for a while.  WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER! Thanks to all our family and friends for the great LOVE and SUPPORT!

I'm truly grateful to my family for LOVING and CARING for our children. Blessed with THE BEST!