For a lot of people, going to college in Hawaii would be either a dream or a disaster. Oceans, beaches, luaus. Happiness? Yes. Desire to study? Forget it.
That wasn’t the case for Patrick and his wife. The two successfully survived college life in Hawaii, but ran into a struggle afterward. They moved to the mainland for jobs, and couldn’t ever get back to see their old stomping grounds. Tickets were either too inconvenient or too expensive—especially with four kids....