Remember…
Been there, done that…. scattered my parents’ ashes off Kauai four years ago….
ABC News’ Sunlen Miller reports: On his last day of vacation, Senator Barack Obama paid tribute to his mother, who passed away in 1995 from ovarian cancer.
Along the scenic overlook on the South Shore of Oahu – Obama visited the exact spot where he scattered his mother’s ashes after her death.
Obama stood quietly for a moment, then sprinkled the flowers from a lei a few times into the ocean, as some rough surf crashed up to where he was standing. The Senator was accompanied by his childhood friend, Bobby Titcomb who he grew up with on the island.
Obama has said that his most cherished possession is a photograph of the spot where her ashes were scattered.
On his week long vacation to the island – Obama also visited his grandfather’s grave in Punchbowl Cemetery – a WW II veteran who fought in Patton’s Army. Obama brought his wife, Michelle and his two daughters Malia and Sasha to lay a flower lei at his grave.
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I scattered my share of mom’s ashes off the jetty at our little beach on Cape Cod, into Vineyard Sound. We were lucky enough to have her here for each of her last summers, for however long she wanted to stay, and she always was energized and happy here.