Giving thanks for our Ohana

I hope everyone's enjoying this day with family :)

This holiday was actually created in the 19th century and the whole concept of Pilgrims and Native Americans sitting down to a peaceful meal is mostly fiction.

HOWEVAAH... it doesn't diminish the fact that we have some semblance of world peace. That we have our families. We have friends. We have basketball. And though we have suffered through broken relationships in life (and our Thunder Ohana), there is still love.

There is still hope. There is always JOY. I'm thankful for the Thunder boys and girls who keep showing up every day to have fun as they work, to work as they have fun, to get better individually and better as a team. I'm thankful for all our keiki over the past eight years, those who worked together and share great memories of games and trips to Kona and Maui, and rides at Disneyland or visiting the Science Museum in Chicago, and Seaworld in San Diego. I'm thankful for each one of our Thunder, our new keiki who recently joined, our veteran keiki and families who have left and all the longtimers who embrace their teammates and coaches, rain or shine. No matter what, there is love. Sadness, yes, but love and joy prevail.

I'm grateful for our parents who continue to support this team, for all our families and supporters who were there from the early years, and all of our Thunder players who are now in college or law school or working or all of the above :)
Thank you for being there, day by day. Thank you for sticking together through thick and thin. God is good!