My nephew, Peter.

My nephew, Peter Jue, was a simple person enjoying simple things. He loved to fish and the lure of the sea. His love of the Hawaiian Islands and what we call “Peter’s Rock” will always remind us of the memorable moments he spent there.

His pleasure was pleasing people whether young or old, playing games or fixing an electrical problem. He gave of himself and never expected or asked anything in return.

We lost Peter on March 19, 2012

                                                                                   

Words are from the song "For Good" from Wicked.

I've heard it said

That people come into our lives for a reason

 Bringing something we must learn

 And we are led

To those who help us most to grow

If we let them

And we help them in return

Well, I don't know if I believe that true

 But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you

                                                     

 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Like a comet pulled from orbit

as it passes a sun

Like a stream that meets a boulder

Halfway through the wood

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

                                                                                                                     

It well may be

That we will never meet again

In this lifetime

So let me say before we part

So much of me

Like a handprint on my heart

And now whatever way our stories end

I know you have re-written mine

By being my friend

Like a ship blown from its mooring

By the wind off the sea

Like a seed dropped by a skybird

In a distant wood

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?

But because I knew you

Because I knew you

I have changed for the good

And Just to clear the air

I ask forgiveness

For the things I've done that you blame me for

But then, I guess we know

There's blame to share

And none of it seems to matter anymore

Like a comet pulled from orbit

As it passes a sun

Like a stream that meets a boulder

Halfway through the wood

Like a ship blown from its mooring

By a wind off the sea

Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood

Who can say if I've been

Changed for the better?

I do believe I have been

Changed for the better

And because I knew you...

Because I knew you...

I have been changed for the good...

Chinese Proverb:

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness 

Peter lit a candle in all who knew him: his effervescence influenced us in the 
ways in which we knew he was something extraordinary in the ordinary.

Click here to listen to "For Good" as performed in Wicked