KALOKA'S KORNER ALOHA DEAR KALOKA FAMILY, My mother and her family survived a memorable time in history. They had NO electricity, until 1939, NO indoor plumbing, using an out-house, even in the winter, a kerosene lamp to do homework by, straw mattresses, NO TV, just a radio and NO cell phones, just a hand cranked 8 party line wall phone. Due to my grand-parents pioneering ways, it was remarkable their ability to overcome the many perils of the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s. Mother wa

KALOKA’S KORNER ALOHA DEAR KALOKA FAMILY, PART 2 Because of mother’s denial, she did not want to discuss her memory lapses and told father and I to “chalk it up to old age.” She did not want to talk about “it” (Alzheimer’s) when father and I tried to share our concerns. By the fall of 2008, mother’s short-term memory was getting worse so father and I devised a plan. They would visit my husband and I for Thanksgiving. During that visit, we would take mother to one of the top N