I have known Aloha for 10 years through her writings as well as in person. Aloha was of a quiet demeanor. Maybe I should I say a quietly deceptive demeanor, because when she opened up to you, she could talk and talk we did sometimes till late at night. She was a deep thinker and would sometimes withdraw to think things through completly before coming forward to discuss them. Aloha was one of the most loving, caring, giving, selfless and honest person I have come to know. I loved her spirit, I loved learning from her and I will miss her so very much.

I keep remembering Aloha's shy, yet mischievous smile when she just glowed from the heart of her inner child. I keep trying to remember what she said to me at the first one. I am going to miss that Aloha giggle at Wolfcon and here in her posts....she was always so open to working on her stuff, no matter what it meant admitting...she really inspired me. Still does. Aloha, dearest Aloha.

I never knew Aloha, just saw some pictures, but everybody's reactions to her sudden passing show how special and much loved she was in the den. All I have read today almost makes me feel like she was close to me too, and I share your great grief and disbelief. PMP to you all and to the other loved ones Aloha leaves behind

may she find our sisters on the veil side of the mountain.........howling to the wind.........singing their songs..........may her journey be filled the grace, peace.........free from pain......

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I will miss you, dear Aloha, and your posts. I'm *so* grateful I got to meet you, visit with you and hug you in the fur last year at Wolfcon! One of my most treasured memories at Wolfcon was on Saturday night around the PMP fire. I looked back behind us at the Cairn we had built earlier for Tsa and watched Aloha putting her last loving touches on it, in solitude and silence. It was clear to me that Aloha deeply loved and would miss our sister, Tsa. It brings a smile thru tears this morning to know they are together now.

The first time I met her was at Wolfcon 4, in 2000, in Greenville, NY. She had offered to do an honoring of the ancestors as our wolfcon opening. She put on a white robe and shells, and said the most beautiful words in Hawaiian... That was the year that Crystals couldn't make it because she was sick, but she had made, and mailed, a duct tape skirt (inside joke there, something to do with sewing...). I have a wonderful picture of Aloha wearing the skirt!

I remember Aloha doing the opening in the Catskills and thinking how very regal and elegant she looked. I remember her blessing that tree which had to be cut down when we were in Big Bear, talking about Hawaii (my birthmum lives near Honolulu), her laugh and beautiful smile. I just smiled through my tears as I recalled a wolf at the sanctuary that took a bite out of one of her flip flops and she was so totally excited to have that wolf-bitten flip flop to take home with her.

I can hear your sweet laughter in my heart as I sit here in shock with tears streaming down my face. Allan is out looking for wallpaper and wearing the cap you gifted to him and I know he will be saddened by this too as he loved meeting you at Wolf Mountain. I know it is all part of the journey but you'll have to forgive me for stamping my foot at the universe today. I had so much more to say to you.

I will always remember the time when I was doing the PMP ritual at 9pm and as I spoke your request I could hear your laughter. When I wrote about it the next day you told us you had been doing the morning hoovering (always 12 hours behind) and listening to the CD I made one year and laughing. We realised we had been connected on the astral and I am sure it is not the only time. I love you so much.

The last time I saw her was at our cottages near Sleeping Bear, Michigan, and I remember drumming around the fire, and how she was 'standing off to the sides' in her beginning days there, and talking with her about how important this women time is at wolfcon. We talked about feeling 'outside' of things sometimes, and how that's something that we ourselves create. We did some important dream work with her during that time; well what wolfcon doesn't do important healing work?! When we parted, I told her a part of her heart will always be with me, and I was sending her home with a part of mine. I am saddened that my 'future' Hawaii trip won't include a visit with her in body, but I know she would be right there beside me in spirit. I look over to my wolfcon 'shelf' at work, and see the volcanic pumice foot she gifted in one of those wolfcon years, and the piece of quartzite from Devil's Lake...one of my favorite places on this earth...I love the old ones, because they hold the eons of all that have touched it, including AlohaWolf.

Although I did not know her well, I feel her loss to us. A part of me is relieved she does not have to go through more chemo, more radiation, more sickness. She can still look down on us and share in our energy,since that is timeless and soul based. PMP to her family and to all of us. The soul knows when it is time to leave this earthly ride.

The mental snapshot of Aloha that stands out most for me was how much fun she had at the Wolf Sanctuary. Words fail me . .

May our dear sister find joy, love and laughter across the veil.

I have more memories of Aloha than I have room to type...but I do remember how much she has taught me through the years. She was reverent...I felt I should sit at her feet and listen not speak. Her words were heart felt...thought out to the final period...her smile..oh me that smile...and that twinkle in her eye... I remember when she got her puppy..remember that..her hands were full weren't they...and she loved every minute of it..

She was so spiritual...and it showed...though I was only a few months older than Aloha...I felt she was my elder..my teacher...the hand of truth..

Oh what a Wild Wolf Woman...one who will live in our hearts for ever...it is comforting to think she just may be watching over all of us...showing that mischievous smile...that twinkle in her eye....I shall watch the sky for that twinkle. Wait..I think I just heard the sound of a slot machine...could that be Aloha up there?

I am stunned over Aloha's passing. I am sending PMP to Aloha's family and to all who knew her well.

Aloha, I salute you beyond the veil! Respectfully yours...

She has been in this Den since long before I came and I'm truly deeply sorrowful at this loss of a wonderful sister She will be greatly missed on Star Mountain AND Wolfcons.....

I feel at a loss for words. Aloha's words. I dont know any other way to put it. I dont post a great deal but I read almost everything. I only know my sisters through their writing because I've never met any of you. But we write for real here and the words we write belong to each other and who we are shines through them. So I miss the Aloha that belongs to the den. I miss her words. I never cry. But today I cried.

I was also shocked at Aloha's passing~ I am at a loss for words...... I have lit a special candle for her and send PMP to her family and to everyone who morns her loss.

We had often talked about her "someday" visiting Boulder as she has a dear friend who lives here...if I can find the letter, I will know who she is...the one thought that makes this easier is that she will not suffer with oral cancer...it is one of the worst...it would have been something I wouldn't want anyone to bear. she's flying free now...no restraints of a body that was failing her...and I can almost see her off giggling with Taz. She was to be my roommate at Wolfcon this year and I was really looking forward to meeting her in the flesh...so instead, I'll throw flowers to her in the big blue Pacific and wish her well on her next journey.

My first real siting of Aloha was Thursday morning of Wolfcon 10. I had gone to pick up Miakoda from the airport. We walked in as Aloha was calling the begining of Wolfcon. Its a beautiful picture in my heart. My laugh came from last years wolfcon when she told me that the gumbo was spicey but she kept eating it because it was so good.

PMP to Aloha's family and to my wolfie sisters who knew her better than I. From what I have read so far, she was a much-loved, wonderful wild woman and I wish that I had had the chance to meet her. My candle is lit...

I didn't get a lot of time to spend with Aloha at Wolfcon 10, but we kept bumping into each other in the late mornings at Wolfcon 11, she was grumpy about getting up. I was too and took heart that I wasn't alone. I loved listening to her talk about her struggle with things she was reading and working through. It helped me know that I wasn't alone. I cherished her seeking heart. It was awesome to watch Aloha. And funny when she started planning trips and how she could go gambling while on them..

Aloha was a very special wolf and will be missed. I am offering up PMP for her family and for our beloved den.

Oh....my sweet Aloha..... When I moved into my new apartment in May, I found the shell necklace I got from Aloha at my very first Wolfcon and placed it on the altar in my bathroom...about a week ago, I picked them up and one of the shells broke....I think now I know why.... I look at them every day and think of her and now I know I always will have that little bit of her with me....What a lovely woman....what a lovely wolfie....such a joyful soul.... I am so sad....I will miss her but take comfort that she will join our beloved FullMoon, Tsalagi and all the other wise sisters who have passed beyond the Veil... I am missing my sister today.....Aloha.....with much love in my heart....

I am very saddened to hear of this....I was just thinkng how we take souls for granted relationships with others are the most important things in the world...I will ight a candle of rememberance for Aloha and send her wishes on the wind...

dear Aloha, you sent a beautiful card to my father...you took time from w= hat was going on in your life to bring a moment's happiness to another.. in spite of what you were facing...my soul will never forget your grace. The only time I met you face to face was WC9. We sat and talked and talked for a long time about our lives and everytime I've needed a shoulder, you were there...thank you for your love May you find peace.

I am deeply saddened at the news of Aloha's passing.....and yet.......I can almost see joy in her eyes. She was filled with such a deep soul, continually searching, asking, questioning.....seeking. I feel her sitting with the masters, being filled with her answers.  May she be at peace. And may the Den (past and present) remember this great woman who gave us all such love and understanding.

I'd give almost anything to have her back again, and it is hard to sit here and think that there will be no more of her wonderful thoughtful messages (they usually arrived well after midnight because of the difference between her time zone and mine). I am going to miss her something awful. She was wise and wild, and she was a truly beautiful human being - she just blazed with spirit and knowing and wildness and light.

So I miss her. I want to just hear her words see her laugh, hear her grump in the morning at Wolfcon. But I know she is at peace. And that she sends us her peace. Her wildness and her knowing.

At work crying at my computer.......peace dear Aloha.

I have been away a few days.... so sad and shocked to read of Aloha's passing. I had not met her, but connected a few times here in the den, and after hearing of Hina, have always associated a warm wind with her... I will continue to hold her in my heart, and be thankful for warm breezes, that for me, are such a large part of who I remember Aloha to be, joining sisters in sorrowful howls, may her journey be filled with love and light

I am deeply saddened at her passing. PMP to her family, and to the wolf sisters who have spent WolfCons with her, I know this was a shock.

Although we newer wolfs never met her, Aloha sounded very special, so very sorry for this loss.

It is with a very heavy heart that NightWolf goes over to the Star Mountain fire and lets out the 'Howl of Calling' taught to her many years ago by Shadow Wolf,the Den's first Guardian. "Aarroooooo!" "Aarroooooo!" .. a return howl echoes back almost immediately as LeoWolf comes bounding up the Mountain, seemingly out of thin air. Also heard are several "whoos" from our Great Grey Owl as she takes flight from her ever-watchful perch at the top of the Mountain and comes to rest on a nearby rock. LeoWolf moves to stand beside her. Packmates begin to gather 'round the fire as they hear this exchange of howls.. most have heard it at least once before, but these Den Guardians are new to any Wolfies who have joined since late March. NightWolf bows to the Guardians, then speaks to them: "Sadly, another WolfSister has crossed the Veil - this time it was our beloved Aloha. We would not have her journey to the Other Side without Wolf presence, so we ask that you travel beside Aloha until she reaches her next destination, and carry with you our Love, our Prayers and our PMP to give to her. Will you do this?" LeoWolf nods & The Great Owl flaps her wings and takes flight. She "whoos" twice as she circles the Den & then disappears into thin air. She is going ahead to find Aloha while LeoWolf waits and gathers all the Prayers, Love and PMP being sent to her. After a bit, his silver fur glistens like a star-filled night as he starts to become ethereal. LeoWolf throws back his head and lets out a long mournful howl that echoes down over the entire Mountain.. soon it is a chorus of howls as the Pack joins in. When done, he takes a running leap into the air and disappears into the night.