O'hana means family.

Home Sweet, Not Home.
She kept trying to rehearse it to herself as if it was a line needed for a play.
A part she needed to really get into someone's shoes. But it was really her life she needed to understand. She was not at home. Her mom was no where in sight. She could hear her voice though, through the sharpness of the wind, or the little drops of water that fell from the faucet.She felt her presence,but knew she wasn't actually there.
She needed to take in her surroundings. Who she was with, and why she was with them.
" There's good in this." She kept replaying, as if her mind was a tape recorder.She was right, there was something good to this. She was finally getting that life where things made sense. Be home at this time, do your homework. The normal teenage life. She wasn't used to it though, and I guess that was the big thing in this. A whole new life could be started, or it could go back to not knowing. She was comforted by the fact that she took care of herself, and I guess that's one thing she didn't really notice until now. She liked taking care of herself, as if it was her against the world.
But, also she never realized that she was a kid. A kid who has doesn't have enough understanding of the world to take care of herself. This girl lived a life around drugs and alcohol, and it has always been that way, so suddenly living in a home without that, I guess in a way frightens her. It's so perfect here. Her home was nothing close, and to be honest, she kinda liked it that way. Her home felt unsafe, yet in a way was comfortable. Her parents were drunks, but for some reason gave more love to her then any other humans you could think of. Missing something is normal, she knows that. But, the fact is.
" O'hana means family. No one gets left behind." Meaning, there will never be a time I forget you, or leave you in your time of need. She left you. And, I hear her cry every night wishing she hadn't. But, she's coming home tomorrow. I promise you things will be better than they are now.
O'hana means family. Family means us.