Remember the past. Embrace the future.

The Nostalgia Corporation is dedicated to reminding you of your past.

One of my favorite, and most coveted emotions, is the feeling of Nostalgia. That perfect in-between when you reminisce. The sense of longing, almost to a point of sadness, for the past. But an equal sense happiness that it happened in the first place.

Nostalgia, I feel, is also a moment of reflection. There’s so much to learn from the past, so much to feel, without letting it dictate your life of course.

My name is Kamaehumakoa, usually referred to as, “Maux Hearian”, on the internet and I’m the owner of The Nostalgia Corporation.

I started the company because I wanted to share the way I felt, and if I could, get others to experience it as well. Nostalgia was something I always knew about, and “felt”, but never truly cared for until a fateful night alone with my thoughts.

I remember it well, as that memory is now one for my nostalgic collection. I was away from home, staying with extended family, and it was about 3-4AM. I was staying up waiting for my uncle to wake up for work, as I'd done countless times. But in the meantime I was watching this cartoon/anime movie called Digimon. I hadn't watched it since I was a kid with my chunky square TV and a VCR. As the movie progressed I began to let my mind race, giving in to my imagination, as if I were still that kid.

I let my mind wander that night, for hours. I remembered times I spent with friends, childhood memories of my family, my partner at the time, and a very old friend I hadn't seen or spoke to in years. As my mind drifted to the latter, my heart started racing, and my chest became tight. The more I remembered, the more I missed. By this point I wasn't even sure if they were real, but I knew that I missed them most of all. As my sadness faded it was replaced by something else. A happy feeling. One I’ve felt but never dwelled on. It was in that moment that I really understood what “nostalgia” was.

I yearned for a past that I missed, and funnily enough a past I'm not certain even existed. But from that point forward I realized I needed to look back to go forward. I had taken the idea too far at times, letting my past dictate my future. But over the years I came to learn a lesson that I'll forever live by; “Remember the past, embrace the future.”