He lā hānau kaʻu keiki. He aha ka mea e hāʻawi aku iā ia?
Hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻomākaukau no ka lā hoʻomaha ma mua, ʻelua mahina ma mua o ka hoʻolauleʻa. Ua hele au me kaʻu kāne i nā ʻano koho āpau ma ka Pūnaewele ma nā ʻāpana, "Nā makana no kahi keikikāne ʻeono makahiki." Nui ka koho, makemake au e hāʻawi nui.
ʻIke pinepine au i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hale kūkulu, koho kaʻu kāne i nā mea pāʻani keikikāne. He mea pono nō hoʻi lākou, akā pohihihi iaʻu. A he aha ka hana me lākou? Pehea e pāʻani ai iā lākou? Maopopo iaʻu e hoʻonohonoho ka makuakāne a me kāna keiki i nā kaua kupanaha me nā koa - he hoʻolālā kēia. A i ʻole ka leʻaleʻa i ka heihei kaʻa - nā ʻano hana. Koho kēlā me kēia o mākou (mākua) i makana no kāna keiki e like me kona pono a me kona makemake. A he mea pono anei ke hana pela?
He mea pono anei ke haawi aku i ka mea i waeia nou iho? ʻOiaʻiʻo, maikaʻi ka hana ʻana i nā haʻalulu, akā pono ʻoe e hana i nā mea kupanaha e hōʻoluʻolu maoli i ka mea i manaʻo ʻia.
Ma hope o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana a me ke kūkākūkā ʻana i nā mea āpau, ua hoʻoholo wau me kaʻu kāne e nīnau i kā mākou keiki i ke ʻano o nā mea pāʻani āna e makemake ai. He aha kāna makemake? No ka ʻimi ʻana i kāna mau makemake, ua hoʻomaka mākou a pau e hele i ka hale kūʻai mea pāʻani ma kahi huakaʻi, ʻelua mahina ma mua o kona lā hānau.
Ua kūkākūkā mua mākou me ke keiki ʻaʻole mākou e kūʻai i kekahi mea i kēia manawa:
“E ke keiki, ʻo kou lā hānau i loko o ʻelua mahina. Makemake mākou e hāʻawi makana iā ʻoe. E hoʻomaikaʻi pū aku ko mākou mau ʻohana a me kou mau hoaaloha iā ʻoe. No laila, makemake mākou iā ʻoe e koho i nā mea nui loa iā ʻoe. A laila e ʻike pono māua ʻo Pāpā i kāu mea e makemake ai, a hiki iā māua ke haʻi aku i nā mea ʻē aʻe. E noʻonoʻo pono, e ke keiki, he aha kāu pono a me ke kumu. E nānā pono kākou i nā mea pāʻani a pau āu e makemake ai. E aʻo kākou iā lākou. E noʻonoʻo kākou i ka mea e pono ai. Pehea ʻoe e pāʻani ai me kēia mau mea pāʻani, ma hea lākou e mālama ai.
Hele mākou e kūʻai a kākau i nā koho āpau. A laila kūkākūkā lākou i nā mea a lākou e makemake ai, ʻo ka mea nui. He pāʻani hoihoi ia, me he mea lā ʻaʻole lākou i kūʻai i kekahi mea, akā nui ka leʻaleʻa.
Ua nānā māua me kaʻu kāne i nā mea ʻoluʻolu no māua. Nānā kā mākou keiki i nā mea pāʻani e pono ai. Ua hōʻuluʻulu mākou i kahi papa inoa lōʻihi. Hoʻopili pū lākou a hōʻemi i ka nui kūpono. ʻO nā mea a pau i kohoʻia e ke keikikāne he mea kūʻaiʻole - hiki i nāʻohana a me nā hoaaloha ke hāʻawi. A makemake mākou e hāʻawi iā ia i kahi mea kūikawā a mākou e kūʻai ʻole ai i ka lā maʻamau.
Hāʻawi ʻo Pāpā e kūʻai i kaʻa kaʻa, a makemake wau i kēia manaʻo. Ua haʻi mākou i kā mākou noi i kā mākou keiki. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia a ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka hoihoi: "E hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kahi scooter maikaʻi aʻe." Hoʻomaka ʻo Pāpā e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ia he ʻoi aku ka maʻalili o ke kaʻa, holo wikiwiki ʻo ia. Ua hoʻolohe ke keiki me ka leʻaleʻa, me ke kunou ʻana i kona poʻo, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana me ke kaniʻuhū: "ʻAe, ʻae, e kaʻa kāua."
I ka hiamoe ana o ke keiki, ua huli au i kuu kane.
“E ke aloha, maopopo iaʻu he mea maikaʻi ia, ʻoi aku ka maʻalili iā ʻoe ma mua o ka scooter. ʻAe wau e hoʻokele ʻo ia i ka wikiwiki. Makemake wale ke keiki i ka scooter. E noʻonoʻo inā hāʻawi wau iā ʻoe i kahi kaʻa liʻiliʻi ma mua o kahi kaʻa nui? ʻOiai inā he pipiʻi a nani, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hauʻoli me ia. I kēia manawa, nui ka poʻe mākua e holo scooter. A maopopo iaʻu hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi koho maikaʻi a kūpono hoʻi e lawelawe i kāu keiki no hoʻokahi makahiki. A hiki iā mākou ke kūʻai i kaʻa no ia makahiki aʻe, inā makemake ʻo ia.
I koʻu manaʻo, pono ʻoe e hāʻawi pololei i ka mea a ke kanaka makemake. ʻAʻole pili inā he keiki a makua paha. E hoʻomaikaʻi mau ke kanaka naʻauao no kekahi makana, akā hoʻohana anei ʻo ia?
Ma ke Alanui 60, hāʻawi ka makua kāne i kāna keiki BMW ʻulaʻula ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻo ia ua inaina ʻo Neal i ke kala ʻulaʻula, a me ke kula kānāwai ʻoiai makemake ʻo Neal e lilo i mea pena. A laila he aha ka mea i hana? Paipai au e nānā.
Pono mākou e mahalo i ka makemake o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole like lākou me ko mākou manaʻo.
Ua kūʻai mākou i kā mākou keiki i kahi scooter. A lawe mai nā ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha i nā makana mai ka papa inoa i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e kā mākou keiki. Ua hookipa maikai ia na makana a pau. Ua hauʻoli nui ʻo ia a ua hōʻike ʻo ia i kona mau manaʻo. Aloha ʻia nā mea pāʻani, no laila e akahele loa ke ʻano iā lākou.