CELESTE LUM

Age: 40

Resides: Kahala

Family: Married; two sons (17 and 11) and two daughters (9 and 8).

Involved in: Board member for school and soccer group

Hobbies/interests: Crafts, party planning, traveling, walking, shopping, cheering at paddling meets, baseball games, soccer matches and hula performances

Greatest thing about being a mom? "There's a warm, special spot in your heart that only your children can make beat with their love. ... It makes you smile and brings a tear in your eye as you watch them grow, achieve socially, emotionally, academically, someone they can confide in."

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