MINDY'S CELEBRATION OF LIFE

My name is Kawehi Molina-Kong. Mindy is my mom, although she only gave birth to 4 of us, she was a mom to many. She knew how to live her best life- nothing could ever stop her from getting whatever she wanted. She ate at every new restaurant that came out, had mani/pedis all the time, enjoyed staying at hotels, but most of all she loved spending time with her family. We would go around the Island all the time. For Mother's Day, that would always be her choice on what she wanted to do. I think it was definitely for the shrimp trucks- she also loved seafood like I've never seen anyone love seafood before. She was filled with life even if she was on borrowed time.

For a long time she overcame life's obstacles- She lost her mother.. also 2 of her kids fathers (2017 and 2018), prior to that she was diagnosed with COPD (which caused her to have to remove 1/4 of her right lung) giving her nerve damage, migraines because of an unknown mass matter in her brain and also heart failure in 2014. When she was diagnosed with that the doctors gave her only 5 more years to live- she kept that a secret though and lived for 2 more extra years than they said they would! She was surely a stubborn one, in all the right ways.

On September 13th, her final diagnosis was Covid Pneumonia. She was experiencing body aches, shortness of breath, fever, loss of taste and it kept getting worst. By the 16th, she was admitted to the Queen's Punchbowl hospital. On the 18th, she was put into a coma. With Covid- we were unable to visit our mom while she was in there (due to "hospital policy" we could only visit her if we decided to take her off of the ventilator). We had scheduled video visits with her but it was so much harder not being able to feel her, be in her presence, know if she's being treated with the best bedside manner or anything. We could only wait for the doctors to call with updates on my mom.

For 10 long days, we never stopped praying or hoping for our mom to come home. She beat everything else, why not this right? But, God had other plans for her. On September 28, 2021 my mom passed away in the hospital, the day before her birthday- she would've been 41. Even then, only 2 people could see her in the hospital because of Covid. I have a lot of siblings, so besides dealing with the grief, we also had to deal with the fact that the next time they would see our mom would be at the mortuary.

It's terribly different losing someone to Covid. For her funeral, Caskets/Her Body won't be allowed in a church, a picture will be okay though. During her burial- only 10 people will be allowed to see her off, even when we do view the body- it'll only be 10 people for 1 hour. It isn't fair to this beautiful, smart Queen. I know so much others loved her- she was a best friend, emergency contact for MANY. With that being said, we plan on having a drive through at the grave for her burial and then a celebration of life to follow for everyone who's heart she has touched.

Please help our family give her the best that we can one last time. Anything and everything will be appreciated. That includes prayers too. If you're unable to- sharing is just as effective.

If you are able to donate, don't be afraid to leave a memory of our mom in the note. We would all love to see them.

My mom is the strongest person I knew. Us kids and her husband Mikey Jay will be forever okay because we have each other and she has instilled many great life's lessons into us.

Thank you in advance!

-"MUCH MAHALO*"