{"id":54,"date":"2011-02-16T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogsksbeedu.wpenginepowered.com\/jspacarr\/"},"modified":"2011-02-17T21:55:19","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T07:55:19","slug":"written-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/jspacarr\/written-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Written in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Written in the Sky<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/jspacarr\/files\/2011\/02\/written-in-the-sky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-62\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/jspacarr\/files\/2011\/02\/written-in-the-sky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>After the passing of his grandmother, a teenage Hawaiian boy is left to  fend for himself in the wilds of Ala Moana Beach Park among the swath of  tourists, joggers and fellow homeless.\u00a0 Even though his situation is  dire he tries to keep an optimistic\u00a0attitude, buoyed by\u00a0dreams of his  grandmother and the many unique personalities he comes across.\u00a0 Through  these fateful encounters,\u00a0the boy\u00a0engages on a path to answer questions  about his family\u2019s past and his own spiritual identity.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About the Author<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/jspacarr\/files\/2011\/02\/Matthew-Kaopio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/jspacarr\/files\/2011\/02\/Matthew-Kaopio-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/jspacarr\/files\/2011\/02\/Matthew-Kaopio-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/jspacarr\/files\/2011\/02\/Matthew-Kaopio.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>Matthew Kaopio began his career as a mouth-brush artist  and writer while going through rehabilitation after a 1994 diving  accident that left him quadriplegic. \u00a0His first book, <em>Hawaiian  Family Legends<\/em>, married the ancient Hawaiian tradition of oral  storytelling with the modern art form of painting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Written in the Sky <\/em>is based on his experiences while  spending time in Ala Moana Park during his early days of rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>As an added note, Matthew is still writing books and painting.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Hawaiian  Family Album<\/em>, his third book was published\u00a0in 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written in the Sky After the passing of his grandmother, a teenage Hawaiian boy is left to fend for himself in the wilds of Ala Moana Beach Park among the swath of tourists, joggers and fellow homeless.\u00a0 Even though his situation is dire he tries to keep an optimistic\u00a0attitude, buoyed by\u00a0dreams of his grandmother and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":220,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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