ʻAʻole ʻaʻa pinepine nā kāne e haʻi i ko lākou mau manaʻo i loko me nā mea aloha. Ua kākau ko mākou meʻe i kahi leka hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna wahine, nāna i hoʻolilo iā ia i makua kāne, a hoʻolaha i ka lehulehu.
“Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i kēlā lā e like me ka noe, ʻaʻole mākou i maopopo i ka mea e hana nei. Ua hoʻomaka ka hānau ʻana i ʻelua pule ma mua o ka papa manawa, i ka Pōʻalima, i ka wā i hoʻāʻo ai mākou e hoʻolauleʻa i ka lā hoʻomaha hope loa me ka ʻole o nā keiki. Mahalo mau loa wau i ke kahu nāna i hoʻokipa mai iā mākou a ʻae mai iaʻu e hiamoe.
Kupaianaha ʻoe i kēlā lā. Ua like ʻoe me kēia no ʻeiwa mahina. Hoʻomanaʻo wau i ko mākou ʻike ʻana e kali ana mākou i kahi pēpē - ʻo ia ma ka pō o ka lā makuahine. ʻEhā lā ma hope mai ua hoʻolimalima mākou i kahi hale ma Cabo San Lucas. He naʻaupō mākou a me ka manaʻolana.
ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike i ke ʻano o ka makua
Mai ko mākou hui ʻana, ua holo au i ʻelua marathon. ʻElua au kaʻa kaʻa mai Seattle a Portland a hoʻokahi mai Seattle a i ka palena ʻo Kanada. Elima manawa au i hoʻokûkû ai i ka Escape from Alcatraz triathlon, ʻauʻau ma ka loko o Wakinekona ʻelua manawa. E ho'āʻo ana au e piʻi i ka mauna ʻo Rainier stratovolcano. Ua hana au i kekahi o nā heihei ʻaukeʻe lepo e hōʻoia i koʻu paʻakikī.
Akā ua hana ʻoe i ola hou. ʻO kāu hana i kēia mau mahina ʻeiwa, he mea weliweli ia. E kūʻē i kēia kāʻei kua, ʻo kaʻu mau mekala a pau, nā lipine a me nā palapala hōʻoia he mea waiwai ʻole a hoʻopunipuni. Hāʻawi ʻoe iaʻu i kaikamahine. I kēia manawa he 13 ʻo ia. Ua hana ʻoe iā ia, hana ʻoe iā ia i kēlā me kēia lā. He waiwai ʻole ʻo ia. Akā i kēlā lā, ua hana ʻoe i kahi mea ʻē aʻe. Ua hana ʻoe iaʻu i makua kāne.
He pilina paʻakikī koʻu me koʻu makuakāne. I ka wā ʻaʻole ʻo ia, ua pani ʻia ʻo ia e nā kāne ʻē aʻe. Akā, ʻaʻohe o lākou i aʻo mai iaʻu pehea e lilo ai i makua kāne e like me kāu i hana ai. Mahalo wau iā ʻoe no ke ʻano o ka makua kāne āu i hoʻohuli ai iaʻu. ʻO kou aloha, kou lokomaikaʻi, koa, a me kou huhū, ka makaʻu, ka manaʻolana i aʻo mai iaʻu e lawe i ke kuleana no kaʻu kaikamahine.
He ʻelua kā māua kaikamahine. Ua hānau ʻia ka lua ma ka Halloween. He mau mea makaʻu ʻole kā mākou mau kaikamahine ʻelua. He akamai lākou, ikaika, ʻoluʻolu, ʻāhiu a nani. E like me ko lākou makuahine. Hula lākou, ʻauʻau, pāʻani a moeʻuhane me ka hoʻolaʻa piha. E like me ko lākou makuahine. Hoʻokumu lākou. E like me ko lākou makuahine.
Ua hana ʻoukou ʻekolu iaʻu ma ke ʻano he makua kāne. ʻAʻole lawa kaʻu mau ʻōlelo e hōʻike aku ai i koʻu mahalo. ʻO ke kākau ʻana e pili ana i ko mākou ʻohana ka pōmaikaʻi nui loa o koʻu ola. E ulu koke ana kā mākou mau kaikamāhine. Noho lākou ma kahi moe o ke kauka a haʻi iā ia e pili ana i ko lākou mau mākua. He aha kā lākou e ʻōlelo ai? Manaʻo wau ʻo ia nō.
"Ua mālama koʻu mau mākua i kekahi i kekahi, he mau hoaaloha maikaʻi lāua. Inā hoʻopaʻapaʻa lākou, a laila ma ke akea a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ua hana lākou me ka noʻonoʻo. Ua hewa lākou, akā ua ʻike lākou i ke kala ʻana i kekahi i kekahi a iā mākou. He hui lākou. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hele i waena o lākou.
Ua aloha ʻo Pāpā iā mākou a me makuahine. ʻAʻole loa mākou i kānalua ua aloha ʻo ia i kona makuahine a pili pū me mākou me kona puʻuwai a pau. Ua mahalo koʻu makuahine i koʻu makuakāne. Ua ʻae ʻo ia iā ia e alakaʻi i ka ʻohana a kamaʻilio nona. Akā inā he naʻaupō ko ka makuakāne, haʻi ʻo ia iā ia. Ua kūlike ʻo ia me ia. Manaʻo nui ka ʻohana iā lākou. Ua mālama lākou i ko mākou mau ʻohana e hiki mai ana, e pili ana i ko mākou ulu ʻana. Ua makemake lākou e kūʻokoʻa mākou i ke kino, ka naʻau a me ka ʻuhane. Manaʻo wau ua hana lākou i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaha mālie ke haʻalele mākou i ka hale.
ʻO ko mākou mau mākua, e like me nā mākua a pau, ua lawe mai iā mākou i ka ʻeha nui.
He kūpono ʻole lākou, e like me aʻu. Akā, aloha lākou iaʻu a aʻo mai iaʻu e kau i nā palena. E loaʻa mau iaʻu kahi mea e hōʻino ai iā lākou. Akā ʻike wau he mau mākua maikaʻi lāua. A he mau hoa maikaʻi loa lākou. "
ʻO ʻoe ka makuahine nāna au i hana i makua kāne. Makemake au e ʻike ʻoe ua kūpono ʻoe iaʻu. ʻIke wau ʻaʻole ʻoe hemolele, ʻaʻole hoʻi au i hemolele. Akā, mahalo nui wau i hiki iaʻu ke kaʻana like i ke ola me ʻoe.
E hui pū mākou i ka wā e haʻalele ai kā mākou mau kaikamahine i ka hale. Ke kali nei au i ka wā e ulu ai lākou. E hele pū mākou me lākou. E lilo mākou i ʻāpana o ko lākou ʻohana e hiki mai ana.
Aloha au iā ʻoe. Mahalo wau iā ʻoe. Makemake au e hoʻopaʻapaʻa me ʻoe a hoʻomanawanui iā ʻoe. ʻO ʻoe koʻu hoa aloha. E mālama au i ko mākou pilina a me ko mākou aloha mai nā ʻaoʻao a pau. Ua hoʻolilo ʻoe iaʻu i kāne a makua kāne. ʻAe wau i nā kuleana ʻelua. Akā ʻo ʻoe ka mea nāna i hana. Mahalo wau i hiki iaʻu ke hana pū me ʻoe.»
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