“He mea huna ia, ʻaʻohe mea e ʻike ma mua o ka pāʻina! “, Ua haʻi mai kekahi hoaaloha iaʻu i koʻu nīnau ʻana iā ia inā hāpai ʻo ia me ke keikikāne a he kaikamahine paha. Ma Kanada, i ʻelima mau mahina o ka hāpai ʻana, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi "Gender hōʻike pāʻina". Hana mākou i keke nui i uhi ʻia me ka hau keʻokeʻo a hōʻike mākou i ke ʻano o ka pēpē ma ke ʻoki ʻana: inā ʻulaʻula ka loko, he kaikamahine, inā he polū, he keikikāne.
Hoʻonohonoho pū mākou i nā ʻauʻau pēpē kupaianaha, ma mua a ma hope paha o ka hānau ʻana o ke pēpē. Hana pinepine nā Māmā ma hope, he mau pule ma hope o ka hānau ʻana. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi - loaʻa iā mākou nā malihini, nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana, i ka lā hoʻokahi. ʻO wau iho, ʻaʻole wau i hana i ka "pāʻina hōʻike kāne" a i ʻole ka "ʻauʻau pēpē", akā ua koi au i kahi hoʻolauleʻa aʻu i aloha ai i koʻu wā liʻiliʻi, ʻo ka "smashcake". Makemake nā keiki a pau e komo i ka "smash cake"! Hoʻouna mākou i kahi keke maikaʻi loa, me ka hau a me ka nui o ka ʻaila. Kāhea mākou i kahi mea paʻi kiʻi, kono mākou i ka ʻohana, a hoʻokuʻu mākou i ke pēpē e "hoʻopau" i ka keke me kona mau lima. He ʻakaʻaka loa! He hoʻolauleʻa maoli nō, he ʻakaʻaka iki paha, akā, i ka hopena, he mea ia e ʻoluʻolu ai i kā mākou mau keiki, no laila, no ke aha?
Le ʻO ka haʻalele makuahine no nā kumu, e like me aʻu, hoʻokahi makahiki, uku piha ʻia e Social Security. Loaʻa i kekahi mau makuahine he 55% o kā lākou uku (a i ʻole 30% inā makemake lākou e hoʻonui iā ia a hiki i 18 mahina). Me mākou, ʻae ʻia ka noho ʻana ma ka home no hoʻokahi makahiki me kāu pēpē. Eia nō naʻe, ma Kanada, hiki i kekahi mea. Manaʻo wau he Kanada kūʻokoʻa ka ʻae ʻana i nā manaʻo o kēlā me kēia kanaka, e hoʻomanawanui. Ua wehe maoli mākou a ʻaʻole mākou hoʻokolokolo. Laki wau i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i kaʻu haʻalele hānau ma Kanada. ʻOi aku ka mālie o ke ola ma laila.
Ma Kanada, ʻaʻole mākou manaʻo i ke anu, ʻoiai inā he -30 ° C. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa i loko o ka hale, haʻalele wale i ka hale e kiʻi i ke kaʻa a hoʻokele i nā wahi kaʻa kūʻai kūʻai nui, a i ʻole nā hale kaʻa wela. ʻAʻole hiamoe nā keiki ma waho, e like me nā ʻāina Nordic; i waho, ua ʻaʻahu ʻia lākou me ka pumehana: nā kāmaʻa hau, nā pants ski, nā lole lole huluhulu, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO nā keʻena, ʻoi aku ka ākea ma mua o Farani, e ʻae i nā keiki liʻiliʻi e holo maʻalahi ma mua o kahi lumi lumi ʻelua kahi āu e hoʻopau koke ai.
ka 'Ōlelo nā kauka iā mākou, "ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka umauma". Akā inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e hānai i ka umauma, maopopo ka poʻe a pau. "E hana i ka mea maikaʻi iā ʻoe," i ʻōlelo mai ai koʻu mau hoaaloha a me koʻu ʻohana iaʻu. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ma Palani, ʻaʻole au i manaʻo nui loa. He mea hōʻoluʻolu maoli nō ia no nā makuahine ʻike ʻole i maopopo ʻole iā lākou iho ma kēia wahi.
He mea kaʻu palapala aie ua oi aku ka oolea o na makua Farani i ka lakou mau keiki. Ma Kanada, ʻoi aku ka nānā ʻana iā lākou. Kūkākūkā mākou iā lākou me ke ahonui, a nīnau mākou iā lākou i nā nīnau: no ke aha ʻoe i hoʻokuke ai i kēia kaikamahine liʻiliʻi i ka paka? No ke aha ʻoe i huhū ai ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, he ʻokoʻa wale nō, ʻoi aku ka hoʻolālā psychological. Hāʻawi mākou i nā hoʻopaʻi liʻiliʻi, a hāʻawi mākou i nā uku: kapa mākou iā ia "hoʻoikaika maikaʻi".