Ua kākau ʻo Jennifer B. Knizel, ka mea kākau o nā puke ma ka yoga a me ka vegetarianism, e pili ana i kāna huakaʻi i Polenekia.
ʻO ka neʻe ʻana i ka pae ʻāina ʻo Tonga ua hoʻololi i koʻu ola ma nā ʻano aʻu i noʻonoʻo ʻole ai. I loko o kahi moʻomeheu hou, ua hoʻomaka wau e ʻike i ke kīwī, ke mele, ka politika i ke ʻano ʻokoʻa, a ʻike ʻia ka pilina ma waena o nā poʻe i mua oʻu i kahi mālamalama hou. Akā ʻaʻohe mea i huli aʻe i loko oʻu e like me ka nānā ʻana i ka meaʻai a mākou e ʻai ai. Ma kēia mokupuni, kaʻa wale nā puaʻa a me nā moa ma nā alanui. He mea aloha holoholona au a ua ʻai au i ka meaʻai meaʻai no ʻelima mau makahiki i kēia manawa, akā ʻo ka noho ʻana i waena o kēia mau mea i hōʻike ʻia he hiki iā lākou ke aloha e like me ke kanaka. Ma ka mokupuni, ua ʻike au he like ko nā holoholona me nā kānaka - e aloha a hoʻonaʻauao i kā lākou mau keiki. Ua noho au no kekahi mau mahina ma waena o ka poʻe i kapa ʻia he "holoholona mahiʻai", a ua hoʻopau loa ʻia nā kānalua a pau e noho nei i loko o koʻu noʻonoʻo. Eia nā haʻawina ʻelima aʻu i aʻo ai mai ka wehe ʻana i koʻu puʻuwai a me koʻu pā hale i nā kamaʻāina.
ʻAʻohe mea e hoʻāla iaʻu i ke kakahiaka nui ma mua o ka puaʻa ʻeleʻele i kapa ʻia ʻo Mo e kīkēkē ana i ko mākou puka i kēlā me kēia lā i ka hola 5:30 o ke kakahiaka. Akā ʻo ka mea kupanaha, i kekahi manawa, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Mo e hoʻolauna iā mākou i kāna keiki. Ua hoʻonohonoho pono ʻo Mo i kāna mau puaʻa waihoʻoluʻu ma ka moena ma mua o ka puka komo i hiki iā mākou ke ʻike maʻalahi iā lākou. Ua hōʻoia kēia i koʻu mau manaʻo he haʻaheo ka puaʻa i kā lākou keiki e like me ka haʻaheo o ka makuahine i kāna keiki.
Ma hope koke iho o ka ukuhi ʻia ʻana o nā puaʻa, ʻike mākou ua nalowale ka ʻōpala a Moe i kekahi mau pēpē. Ua manaʻo mākou i ka hewa loa, akā ua hewa. Piʻi ʻo Marvin ke keiki a Mo a me kekahi o kona mau kaikunāne i loko o ka pā hale me ka nānā ʻole ʻia e nā mākua. Ma hope o kēlā hanana, hele hou mai nā keiki a pau e kipa pū iā mākou. Hōʻike nā mea a pau i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hōʻuluʻulu kēia mau ʻōpio kipi i kā lākou hui kūʻē i ka mālama makua. Ma mua o kēia hihia, ka mea i hōʻike i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka ulu ʻana o nā puaʻa, ua maopopo iaʻu ua hana ʻia nā kipi ʻōpio i nā kānaka wale nō.
I kekahi lā, kāhāhā mākou, aia ma ka paepae o ka hale he ʻehā mau puaʻa, he ʻelua lā ke ʻano. ʻO lāua wale nō, ʻaʻohe makuahine. Ua liʻiliʻi nā puaʻa i ʻike ʻole i ka loaʻa ʻana o kā lākou meaʻai ponoʻī. Hānai mākou iā lākou i ka maiʻa. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, hiki i nā keiki ke loaʻa nā aʻa iā lākou iho, a ʻo Pinky wale nō i hōʻole e ʻai me kona mau kaikunāne, kū ma ka paepae a koi ʻia e hānai lima. ʻO kā mākou hoʻāʻo a pau e hoʻouna iā ia i kahi huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa i pau i ke kū ʻana ma luna o ka moena a uē nui. Inā hoʻomanaʻo kāu mau keiki iā Pinky, e ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō, aia nā keiki ʻino i waena o nā holoholona.
ʻO ka mea kupanaha, he mau makuahine mālama a aloha hoʻi nā moa. ʻO ko mākou pā hale he puʻuhonua palekana no lākou, a ua lilo kekahi moa makuahine i makuahine. Hāpai ʻo ia i kāna mau moa ma ke alo o ka pā, ma waena o kā mākou mau holoholona ʻē aʻe. I kēlā lā i kēia lā, ua aʻo ʻo ia i nā moa i ka ʻeli ʻana i meaʻai, i ka piʻi ʻana a me ka iho ʻana i nā alapiʻi pali, i ke noi ʻana i nā meaʻai ma ke kaomi ʻana ma ka puka mua, a me ka mālama ʻana i nā puaʻa mai kā lākou ʻai. Ke nānā nei au i kona mākaukau makuahine maikaʻi, ʻike wau ʻaʻole pono ka mālama ʻana i kaʻu mau keiki i ke kuleana o ke kanaka.
ʻO ka lā aʻu i ʻike ai i ka moa e ʻā ana ma hope, uē a uē no ka ʻai ʻana o ka puaʻa i kāna mau hua, haʻalele wau i ka omelet no ka manawa pau ʻole. ʻAʻole i mālie ka moa a i kekahi lā aʻe, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hōʻike i nā hōʻailona o ke kaumaha. ʻO kēia hanana i hoʻomaopopo iaʻu ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia nā hua manu e ʻai ʻia e ke kanaka (a i ʻole ka puaʻa), he moa lākou, aia wale nō i ko lākou wā ulu.