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"Ua like wau me he makuakāne i ka wā i loaʻa ai kaʻu mau pēpē i koʻu mau lima ma ka hale hānai"
“Ua ʻike māua me kaʻu wahine ua hāpai ʻo ia me ʻelua pēpē i Iune 2009. ʻO ia ka manawa mua i haʻi ʻia iaʻu e lilo wau i makuakāne! Pīhoihoi au a i ka manawa like me ka hauʻoli nui, ʻoiai ua ʻike wau e loli ana ko mākou ola. Ua nīnau au iaʻu iho i nā nīnau he nui. Akā ua hoʻoholo mākou e mālama i nā pēpē me koʻu hoa. Ua ʻōlelo au iaʻu iho: bingo, e lilo ana ia i mea nui a paʻakikī pū kekahi. Makemake au e hana i nā mea i ka manawa, i ka wā e hiki mai ai. Akā ma laila, ua ʻōlelo wau iaʻu iho e ʻoi aku ka pālua o ka hana! Ua hoʻonohonohoʻia ka hānauʻana no Ianuali 2010. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻololi i ko mākou ola, ua neʻe mākou i ka hema o Farani. Ua hana wau i kekahi hana ma ka hale hou, i noho maikaʻi nā mea a pau. Ua hoʻonohonoho mākou i nā mea āpau e hāʻawi i kahi ʻano o ke ola i kā mākou mau keiki.
He hānau hānau lōʻihi
Ma ka D-Day, ua hōʻea mākou i ka haukapila a pono mākou e kali lōʻihi no ka mālama ʻana iā mākou. ʻEiwa mau hoʻouna ʻana i ka manawa like, paʻakikī loa. ʻO ka hānau ʻana o kaʻu wahine ma kahi o 9 mau hola, ua lōʻihi loa, hānau ʻo ia i ka hope. Hoʻomanaʻo nui au i koʻu ʻeha kua a i koʻu ʻike ʻana i kaʻu mau pēpē. Ua like au me he PAPA koke! Ua hiki iaʻu ke lawe iā lākou i loko o koʻu mau lima me ka wikiwiki loa. Ua hiki mua mai ka'u keiki. Ma hope o ka ʻili i ka ʻili me kona makuahine, ua loaʻa iaʻu i koʻu mau lima. A laila, no kaʻu kaikamahine, ua ʻaʻahu mua au iā ia, ma mua o kona makuahine. Ua hōʻea ʻo ia i 15 mau minuke ma hope o kona kaikunāne, pilikia iki ʻo ia i ka puka ʻana i waho. Ua manaʻo wau e hele ana au i kahi misionari i kēlā manawa, ma hope o ka ʻaʻahu ʻana iā lākou. No nā lā e hiki mai ana, e hoʻi au mai ka haukapila a i ka hale, e hoʻopau i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā mea a pau. I ko mākou haʻalele ʻana i ka haukapila, me kaʻu wahine, ʻike mākou ua loli nā mea a pau. ʻElua mākou a ʻehā o mākou e haʻalele ana.
Hoʻi i ka home i ka hola 4
He haʻuki loa ka hoʻi ʻana i ka home. Ua manaʻo mākou he hoʻokahi wale nō i ka honua. Ua komo wikiwiki wau: i ka pō me nā pēpē, kūʻai, hoʻomaʻemaʻe, ʻai. Ua luhi loa kaʻu wahine, pono ʻo ia e hoʻōla mai kona hāpai ʻana a me ka hānau ʻana. Ua hapai ʻo ia i nā pēpē no ʻewalu mahina, no laila, noʻonoʻo wau iaʻu iho, i kēia manawa naʻu e hana. Ua hana au i nā mea a pau e kōkua iā ia i kona ola mau me kā mākou mau keiki. Hoʻokahi pule ma hope mai, pono wau e hoʻi i ka hana. ʻOiai ua laki wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hana kahi aʻu e hana ai he ʻumi lā wale nō o ka mahina, ua mālama au i nā pēpē i hānau ʻia a me ka puʻupuʻu i ka hana, pau ʻole, no nā mahina he nui. Ua ʻike koke mākou i ke kaumaha o ka luhi ma ko mākou poʻohiwi. ʻO nā mahina mua ʻekolu i kahakaha ʻia e ʻumikūmāono ʻōmole i ka lā no nā māhoe, ʻo ka liʻiliʻi loa ʻekolu ala ala i ka pō, a me nā mea a pau, a hiki i ka piha ʻana o Eliot i 3 mau makahiki. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, pono mākou e hoʻonohonoho. Ua uē nui kā mākou keiki i ka pō. I ka wā mua, aia nā kamaliʻi me mākou i loko o ko mākou lumi no ʻehā a ʻelima mau mahina. Makaʻu mākou iā MSN, noho mākou kokoke iā lākou i nā manawa a pau. A laila, moe lāua ma ka lumi hoʻokahi. ʻAʻole naʻe i moe kaʻu keiki i kāna mau pō, uē nui ʻo ia. No laila ua moe au me ia no ka aneane ʻekolu mahina mua. Moe mehameha ka maua kaikamahine, me ka malama ole. Ua hōʻoluʻolu ʻia ʻo Eliot ma koʻu ʻaoʻao, ua hiamoe mākou ʻelua, ʻaoʻao.
ʻO ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā me nā māhoe
Me kaʻu wahine, hana mākou i kēlā no ʻekolu a ʻehā makahiki, hāʻawi mākou i kā mākou mea āpau no kā mākou mau keiki. ʻO ko mākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā i kau nui ʻia i ka noho ʻana me nā keiki. ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻomaha hoʻomaha i nā makahiki mua. ʻAʻole ʻaʻa nā kūpuna e lawe i nā pēpē ʻelua. He ʻoiaʻiʻo i kēlā manawa, ua noho ka male ma hope. Manaʻo wau e ikaika ʻoe ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā keiki, pili loa a kamaʻilio nui kekahi i kekahi, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā māhoe. Ke manaʻo nei hoʻi au e hoʻokaʻawale loa nā keiki i nā kāne, ma kahi o ka hoʻokokoke ʻana iā lākou, maopopo iaʻu. No laila, i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, hāʻawi mākou i hoʻokahi pule hoʻomaha, me ka ʻole o nā māhoe. Waiho mākou iā lākou i koʻu mau mākua, i ka hoʻomaha ʻana ma kuaʻāina, a ua maikaʻi nā mea. Haʻalele kāua e hui hou. Maikaʻi ka manaʻo, no ka mea, i kēlā me kēia lā, he moa papa maoli wau, hoʻokomo nui i kaʻu mau keiki, a pēlā mau. I koʻu hele ʻana aku, ʻimi nā keiki iaʻu. Me kaʻu wahine, ua hoʻokumu mākou i kekahi ʻano kuʻuna, i ke ahiahi. Hoʻololi mākou ma kahi o 20 mau minuke me kēlā me kēia keiki. Hōʻike mākou i kekahi i ko mākou lā, hāʻawi wau iā lākou i ka lomilomi poʻo a ka wāwae i ko lākou kamaʻilio ʻana me aʻu. 'Ōlelo mākou i kekahi i kekahi "Aloha nui au iā ʻoe mai ke ao holoʻokoʻa", honi mākou a pūliki kekahi i kekahi, haʻi wau i kahi moʻolelo a haʻi mākou i kekahi i kahi mea huna. Hana like kaʻu wahine ma kona ʻaoʻao. Manaʻo wau he mea nui ia no nā keiki. Manaʻo lākou i ke aloha a hoʻolohe ʻia. Hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine au iā lākou, ke holomua a hoʻokō paha lākou i kekahi mea, koʻikoʻi a ʻaʻole paha, no ia mea. Ua heluhelu au i kekahi mau puke e pili ana i ka noʻonoʻo keiki, ʻo ia hoʻi nā puke na Marcel Rufo. Ke hoʻāʻo nei au e hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu o ka hopu ʻana i ia mau makahiki, a pehea e hana ai. Kūkākūkā nui mākou e pili ana i kā lākou hoʻonaʻauao ʻana me kaʻu hoa. Ke kamaʻilio nui nei mākou e pili ana i kā mākou mau keiki, kā lākou mau ʻano, nā mea a mākou e hāʻawi ai iā lākou e ʻai ai, organik a ʻaʻole paha, nā mea ʻono, nā mea inu, etc. Ma koʻu makua kāne, hoʻāʻo wau e kūpaʻa, ʻo ia kaʻu kuleana. Akā, ma hope o ka ʻino a me ka manaʻo, wehewehe wau i kaʻu hoʻoholo iā lākou a pehea e hana ai i ʻole lākou e hoʻomaka hou i ka huhū a e ʻāhewa ʻia. A no ke aha e hiki ʻole ai iā mākou ke hana i kēia a i kēlā. He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo lākou i nā pāpā. I ka manawa like, hāʻawi wau iā lākou i ke kūʻokoʻa. Akā, ʻeā, ʻike lōʻihi wau, makemake wau i ka "pale ma mua o ka mālama ʻana". Ke haʻi aku nei au iā lākou i nā manawa a pau e makaʻala i ʻole e hōʻeha iā lākou iho. He loko ʻauʻau kā mākou, no laila ke nānā nui nei mākou iā lākou. Akā i kēia manawa ua nui lākou, ua maʻalahi nā mea a pau. ʻOi aku ka maʻalili o ka beat! “