Drifting
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Last published Thu, Jan 11, 2018
Ohana means family... Most 2000's kids learned in Lilo and Stitch that family comes around when least expect it or when you need it most even if you don't share the same DNA. When my three year old brother passed away of cancer and my dad left shortly after my life had been flipped upside down. It wasn't until I was forced to spend the summer in Florida with my grandparents and got a job at Ohana Watersports that I realized what I'd truly been missing. By making friends that became family and enemies who became lovers my life became worth living again.
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