Aloha Bread Lovers

Aloha Bread Lovers - We are very sad to report that Motek Bakery will be closed this Saturday (5/16) and Sunday (5/17) due to the passing of my mother, Gail Gappell of blessed memory. Life happens in spite of our best attempts to control it. As many of you know I often poked fun at my aging parents following their relocation from Los Angeles to Kailua-Kona. I posted the Ed and Gail Complaint-O-Meter to provide a graphic representation of the level of their complaints at having been hustled away from their familiar surroundings and deposited onto our beautiful shores. In truth, my mother had good reason to complain. Her memory and body betrayed her to the point where she lost her appetite to live and decided to leave this world on her own terms. We mourn her loss but are relieved that she has gone to a better place and is finally at peace.

We will be following (in our way) the ancient Jewish custom of sitting shiva. This is when the family of the deceased spends seven (shiva) days sitting on low stools, mourning the deceased. We will sit on chairs and include the weekend (the Sabbath is not usually counted as part of the seven days). Old photo albums are brought out, friends come by and offer comfort and you say an ancient Aramaic prayer daily (Aramaic was the language spoken by the Jews while exiled in Babylon). In this way we will help each other deal with our grief – in particular my father who for the last 68 years had enjoyed the love and companionship of my mother. She was a beautiful woman and a kind and compassionate soul. We will sorely miss her.

Mahalo – David and Yael