Aloha, My name is Kawai'olu.  I've been working since I was 18 years old... I have worked as security since I was about 19 years old...In 1999, I became a single mom to a beautiful son, Micah, who was born with a bilateral cleft lip, 2 holes in his heart and Hypospadias. It's been my son and I since then... I have always had a love for taking pictures of my family, friends and people in general.... In April of 2021, I found out that I had cancer,... To say that I was scared would be an understatement.. But I did my best to make light of everything, I even asked the doctor's if they could do some Liposuction when I had my surgery to remove the cancer, unfortunately the doctor's couldn't do that, LOL.... In May of  2021, a month after I learned about the cancer, I had surgery to remove it... I would stay in the hospital for 3 weeks to recover... During that time, I learned that the cancer was a Stage 3 pancreatic cancer... On June 10,2021, I was released from the hospital to finish my recovery at home, with the help of my mom, my son and Fiancé. In July 2021, I would begin chemo therapy, and my last chemo treatment would be on Dec 27th 2021 and I would be home to celebrate New Year's Eve with my family ... I would let my body rest and recover from the chemo treatments before I had to start the radiation treatment in February of 2022.... For 5 1/2 weeks, I would have radiation treatments for 10 mins everyday, except on the weekends  or on holidays, and my last day of radiation treatment would be on March 25th,2022.... That was the best day of my life because there were so many times I wanted to give up and stop the treatments for the chemo and the radiation, but every time I would look at my son, my mom or my fiancé, I knew who was fighting for... I wasn't fighting for just myself... I was fighting for the people that I love and for those who had been there for me all my life and for those who were supporting me during my battle with cancer... Since my battle with cancer began in 2021, there were people who i wish were still here to help me during my fight, like my grams and my dad (step).. My grams was definitely a tough old bird, if there was anyone that i was scared of, it was her and i loved her with my whole heart... I know that she was watching me from heaven and cheering me on... I know that My Dad (step) was also watching and cheering me on from heaven.. He had passed away 2 months before I found out that I had cancer.. Just like my grams, I know he would've wanted me to keep fighting  just like he had when he had his battle with cancer. Even though he had a different kind of cancer then me, he still fought.. I thought of them and I knew that I had to keep moving forward in this battle... As of now, 2023, I no longer have cancer, but i am still under doctor's care and see them every 3-6 months, I still have Cat Scans/ MRI's done to make sure that the cancer hasn't returned... Every day is a battle, I still have some side effects from the chemo/radiation treatments, those are going to be around for a while... But I am grateful and blessed to still be alive and now I am able to follow my dreams to be a photographer.....