Launching of "Su'e the lost son" thank you, thank you, thank you...

Mele blessed the day with a prayer...

Many thanks go out to my friends and family for the humbling support that was received for the launching of our 6th book "Su'e the lost son" which is the 3rd book in the play series.

It all started when my good friend Mele Heketoa (JP) prayed a special blessing for the day and then later on for the book and a neat welcome given by Richy, (and his team) the library manager at Tupu Youth library (Otara).

Also had my faiaoga (teacher) for the weekly Samoan bilingual faamatai classes that I attend, which was a neat surprise, le fetalaiga ia Tauanu'u (Mr Tapu) join us with the head girl and some seniors from McAuley High school in Otahuhu who are in a creative writing group of which one was able to share a poetry reading with us which was fantastic! and a glimpse of the new writers to come.

And then the amazing acting of La'au (aka Lanzwel) who was the original Su'e in the play that was performed 20 years ago (it was the 20th anniversary of the play) and he acted out a scene with his acting partner "the Switchman" and it made me smile and gave back so many special memories of the time as a budding writer in the mid 1990s.

Was truly blessed to also have Zee Southcombe attend the launch, the writer whose self publishing story inspired me to give it a go and to have her see how she blessed me by starting her journey was another special moment and a thought about how one conversation can change a life and that you never know where your positive (sometimes negative) influence goes.

It is one of the book launches that I really enjoyed (although I have enjoyed all of them) and now looking forward to the next launch at Otahuhu library on Friday 27 May at lunch time and thank God for these wonder-filled opportunities to launch at grassroots level...

Lanzwel (aka Styx) and Switchman performing a scene from "Su'e the lost son"