This was the early morning view at Swanzy Beach Park in Kaaawa just a few minutes after 7 a.m. a week ago, Tuesday, January 29.

It was taken at almost the same time my mother passed away at the hospice home in Palolo where she was being cared for. I made the connection only later when I was looking back at the photos and noticed the time.

She died about 7 a.m. I got a telephone call from the hospice at 7:04. This photo was taken at 7:05.

It wasn’t an outstanding sunrise. But it’s one I will remember.