ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ua ʻike nā wahine ma luna o nā makahiki he kanakolu i nā mea āpau a lākou e hele ai.I ka pili ʻana i ka moekolohe, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hoʻohilahila iā lākou i ko lākou ʻike ʻana i nā poʻe e honi ana i ko lākou wā ʻōpiopio.Ua loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā wahine ʻōpio ko lākou mau mākau moe kolohe, e like me ka hoʻohenehene, ka leʻaleʻa, ke kūlana, a pēlā aku.
He hoaaloha maikaʻi koʻu ʻo Lisa kona inoa.Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kāna kāne mai iā ia a me nā keiki ma muli o nā kumu hana, a hiki ke hui hou ʻia i hoʻokahi mahina a ʻelua paha i kēlā me kēia makahiki.I kekahi manawa minamina au iā ia.Ua luhi loa ʻo ia i ka hana a pono e hānai keiki.Aʻo wau iā ia e hoʻomaha hou ke loaʻa ka manawa.ʻIke mau ʻo ia me ka ʻawaʻawa a ʻōlelo, "Makemake au e hana pū kekahi!"ʻAe, ʻo wai ka makemake e hana nui?Hiki iaʻu ke kanikau a paipai iā ia, "He makuahine pseudo-single maikaʻi ʻoe", ʻo ia ka mea i aneane hiki ai iā ia ke kulu i ka waimaka.
I kekahi manawa e kamaʻilio ana au me ia a ʻōlelo wau, “Ua hoʻi mai kāu kāne ma hope o ka lōʻihi o ka manawa.He aha kāu e hana ai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pono moe kolohe?Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Inā loaʻa iaʻu kēlā mau manaʻo, e haʻalele koke wau iā lākou, i ʻole he aha kaʻu e hana ai.""ʻAʻole ʻoe i noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ke kelepona ʻana a i ʻole ke kamaʻilio wikiō me ia?"Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka hapa ʻakaʻaka, "He mea hilahila, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu pehea e hana ai, ʻaʻole paha wau e ʻae, a ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu inā ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia.He kāne kahiko māua i kēia manawa, mai ʻakaʻaka mai ʻo ia iaʻu.”Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka ʻakaʻaka.
Akā i kekahi mau lā i hala aku nei, ua kūkākūkā maoli ʻo ia i kekahi mau mea pāʻani moe kolohe me aʻu.Ua hauʻoli loa au i ka wā mua.ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo kēia hauʻoli no koʻu hauʻoli i kona ʻano ʻano i ke ola.Ua nīnau au iā ia "No ke aha i manaʻo koke ai ʻoe e kūʻai i nā mea pāʻani moe?".Ua hāmau ʻo ia no kekahi manawa a ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “Ua luhi wau.He mamao loa.Ma nā ʻāpana ʻelua, i kēlā me kēia manawa aʻu e makemake ai iā ia, ʻaʻole ʻo ia a puni.Makemake au e kaʻana like me ia, ʻaʻole naʻe ʻo ia.ʻO kaʻu mea i kaumaha ai, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaopopo i koʻu kūpaʻa a me koʻu ʻano.Hoʻokaʻaʻike wale ʻo ia iaʻu i kekahi manawa, akā he mea ʻino a ʻano ʻē aʻe ma o ke kelepona. ”wahi ana me ka minoaka uwe.Ua huikau au.ʻOiai he kamaʻilio maʻamau wau, ke alo nei i koʻu hoaaloha maikaʻi loa o nā makahiki he nui, ua haʻalele iaʻu kona mehameha.Ua maopopo iaʻu ke kaohi nei ʻo ia i kona mau waimaka, a ua ʻike nō hoʻi ʻo ia ke kāohi nei au i ka ʻapo ʻana iā ia.Noho wale mākou me kekahi i kekahi no kekahi manawa, e puhi ana i ke ea anu, e mālama i ka pono o ko mākou wā ʻelemakule.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻOkakopa-19-2023
