Mom's funeral will be held Feb. 23 I hope Heaven is like a ringside seat next to the ocean, smelling the salty tang, hearing the susurrus of the rolling surf while lolling in a lounger, dredging sand between one's toes. (This beach scene is Four Seasons Hualalai resort on the Kohala coast of the Big Island of Hawai'i. Photo by Carolyn Lee.) The Big Island has been home to the Kim clan for four generations, beginning with an intrepid 17-year-old girl from a poor fishing village on Nam Hae island, off the southern coast of Korea. Grandma took the ocean voyage on her own, journeying to the Big Island to marry a Korean sugar-plantation worker named Mr. Park. Tomorrow, at Dodo Mortuary in Hilo, two generations will attend Mom's funeral: Her four sisters and two brothers; her four children. May God's light ever be with you, my beloved Mom. Almighty Father, please surround Mom with Your everlasting love and grant her abiding peace. In Jesus' name, Ame...