A ʻaʻole wale nā kamaliʻi, akā ʻo nā keiki me nā diagnoses koʻikoʻi a i ʻole nā kānaka kīnā ʻole. Ua hoʻolilo ka wahine Geraldi i kanahā mau makahiki o ko lāua ola i ka poʻe i waiho makua ʻole.
Kūpono kēlā me kēia i ke ola maʻamau, pono i kēlā me kēia mea kahi home. Ua noʻonoʻo mau ʻo Mike lāua ʻo Camilla Geraldi. A ʻaʻole kēia he huaʻōlelo wale nō: ua hoʻolaʻa ka wahine i ko lāua ola āpau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka home a me ka mahanahana makua i ka poʻe i hoʻonele ʻia e lākou.
Ua hui ʻo Mike lāua ʻo Camilla i ka makahiki 1973 ma ka hana: ua hana lāua ʻelua ma kahi haukapila ʻo Miami. He kahu wahine ʻo ia, he pediatric ia. ʻO lākou, e like me ka mea ʻē aʻe, maopopo i ka paʻakikī o nā keiki me nā pono kūikawā.
I ka manawa i hui ai ʻo ia, ua lawe ʻo Camilla i ʻekolu mau keiki no ka hānai ʻana. ʻElua makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻoholo lāua ʻo Mike e male. ʻAʻole naʻe kēia manaʻo e haʻalele lākou i nā keiki a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe no kā lākou pono. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mike makemake ʻo ia e kōkua i ka poʻe refuseniks.
"I ka manawa a Mike i noi mai ai iaʻu, ua ʻōlelo wau makemake wau e hana i hale no nā keiki kīnā. A pane ʻo ia e hele pū ʻo ia me aʻu i kaʻu moeʻuhane, ”i haʻi aku ai ʻo Camilla i ke kīwī .
Ua hala nā makahiki he kanahā mai ia manawa. Mālama ʻo Mike lāua ʻo Camilla i nā keiki makua ʻole he 88 mai nā kula hānai kūikawā i kēia manawa. Ma kahi o nā paia o nā hale makua ʻole, ua loaʻa i nā keiki kahi home i piha me ka mālama a me ka mahanahana, kahi a lākou i ʻole.
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Ma hope o ka hānai ʻana a ka wahine i nā keiki he 18, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Mike lāua ʻo Camilla e hana i ka Achievable Dream Foundation, i kōkua i nā keiki kīnā ʻole a me ko lāua mau mākua.
ʻO kekahi o nā keiki a Geraldi i hānai ʻia, ua hānau ʻia he kīnā, a ua ʻeha kekahi i nā hōʻeha koʻikoʻi. A ʻo kekahi poʻe, ua maʻi pau lākou.
"ʻO nā keiki a mākou i lawe ai i ko mākou ʻohana e make lākou," wahi a Camilla. "Akā ua hoʻomau ka nui o lākou e ola."
I loko o nā makahiki i hala, 32 o kā Mike lāua ʻo Camilla keiki i make. Akā ua alakaʻi kekahi 56 i kahi ola piha a hauʻoli. ʻO ke keiki hiapo a lāua, ʻo Darlene, i kēia manawa e noho nei ma Florida, he 32 kona mau makahiki.
Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kahi keikikāne i hānai ʻia, akā he keiki kāka ʻo Geraldi: hānau ʻo Camilla i ʻelua mau kaikamahine. ʻO 40 ka makahiki o ka hiapo, ʻo Jacqueline, hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano kahu maʻi - ua ukali ʻo ia i ka wāwae o kona mau mākua.
He ʻewalu wale nō makahiki o kā Geraldi kaikamahine hānai hānai. ʻO kāna makuahine ola kahi mea hoʻomake kokain. Hānau ʻia ka pēpē me nā kīnā o ka ʻike maka a me ka hoʻolohe ʻana. A i kēia manawa ua hoʻomohala ʻia ʻoi aku kona mau makahiki - i ke kula ʻaʻole e mahalo ʻia ʻo ia.
ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka hānai ʻana i kahi ʻohana nui. I ka 1992, ua nele ko lāua home i ka wahine: ua wāwahi ʻia e kahi ʻino. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua ola nā keiki āpau. I ka 2011, ua hana hou ka pōʻino iā ia iho, akā no kekahi kumu ʻokoʻa: ua pā ka hale i ka uila, a ua puhi ʻia i ka honua me ka waiwai a me ke kaʻa. Ua kūkulu hou mākou no ke kolu o ka manawa, ua haʻalele mua i ke ala ʻino i kahi mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe. Ua lawe hou lākou i nā holoholona hānai, kūkulu hou i kahi mahiʻai me nā moa a me nā hipa - a pau, kōkua lākou i ka hoʻokele waiwai.
A i ka makahiki i hala aku nei, he kaumaha maoli nō - ua make ʻo Mike i ka maʻi ʻaʻai nui o ka maʻi ʻaʻai. He 73 kona mau makahiki. A hiki i ka hope, ma hope ona kāna wahine a me kahi hui o nā keiki.
“ʻAʻole au i uē. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke uku. Maʻalahi paha kaʻu mau keiki, ”haʻi aku ʻo Camilla. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia e mālama i kāna mau keiki hānai, ʻoiai kona mau makahiki - 68 mau makahiki ka wahine. ʻO kona hale ma Georgia kahi home i 20 mau keikikāne a me nā kaikamahine.
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