Home resonates differently. Sometimes, reconnection does not arrive loudly. Sometimes, it arrives softly. A grandson. His nana. A love shaped by the man they both still carry. For Lewi and Nana Aileen, Pop Wiremu was home in human form. Humble, gentle, grounded. The kind of man whose presence stayed with you because of how he carried himself. To Lewi, he was more than a grandfather. He was his hero. The man he followed as a little boy. The man whose values shaped him. The man whose memory still walks through every part of this story. After Pop Wiremu passed in 2022, something tender shifted. Lewi and Aileen were never disconnected, but grief has a way of placing silence between people who share the same ache. Sometimes love can feel too full to hold. The GEL-CUMULUS™ 16 HOME gave them something beautiful to return through. Not a reason to forget, but a reason to reconnect. A reason to smile in the same room again, with Wiremu still present in every detail. Seeing Aileen in this campaign meant everything to Lewi. At 90 years old, smiling on set, telling everyone how special the day felt, she gave him something he did not know he needed. Peace. Not the kind that removes what is missing. The kind that reminds you love is still here. This is what HOME can do. It can bring people back together. It can soften what once hurt to touch. It can turn memory into movement, and grief into something that walks beside you with love. For Lewi, every step in the GEL-CUMULUS™ 16 HOME carries Pop Wiremu. For Aileen, every step carries him too. Not looking down. Walking with them. HOME. FAMILY. HEALING. RECONNECTION. For Nana Aileen. For Trish. For every mother, nana, and woman who holds a family together. For the mums we still get to hold and the mums we now hold in memory. For the love that does not leave. The lessons that stay. The hands that raised us, carried us, and shaped the way we move through the world. Happy Mother’s Day. The GEL-CUMULUS™ 16 @earlscollection x @asics_sportstyle_au Raffle Entry Opening Online. Tuesday May 12th 10AM AEST | 12PM NZT www.earlscollection.com