I koʻu neʻe mua mai Virginia Beach a hiki i Denver, ʻo wau wale nō a me kaʻu mau keiki ʻelua. He mea weliweli loa ia ... kahi hana hou, kahi kūlanakauhale hou, ua pau kaʻu male ʻana, a ua hala kaʻu mālama kālā. No ka mālama kālā ʻana, lawe au i ke kaʻaahi māmā e hana i kēlā me kēia lā. Ma hope o kekahi mau pule, ua kamaʻilio liʻiliʻi wau me kahi kāne ma ke kaʻa uila i kapa ʻia ʻo Mike.
ʻO kēia kahi kiʻi i loaʻa iaʻu ma ka pūnaewele a kā Mike keiki.
He kāne kiʻekiʻe ʻo Mike. He kanaka nunui loa wau, no laila paha ke kumu a mākou i kuʻi ai. Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana iā Mike, ua ʻike wau ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Marshall i pale aku i nā luna aupuni pekelala ma ke kaona. Me 9/11, he hana koʻikoʻi kā Mike a aloha ʻo ia i ke kuleana. ʻAʻole i pau kāna ʻuhane pale i nā ʻanuʻu o ka ʻaha. ʻIke pinepine wau iā Mike e loaʻa ana kahi noho ma ke kaʻaahi māmā ma waena o ka mea ʻona a me ke koena o nā mea kaʻa. I waenakonu o kā mākou kamaʻilio ʻana, ʻike wau ua nalo koʻu nānā ʻana i kona nānā ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike aia ʻo ia ma laila e pale ana iā lākou.
He manawa kēia i loko o koʻu ola kahi aʻu e nui ai nā nīnau a ʻaʻole nui nā pane. Ua hoʻomaka wau e hele i ka hale pule a ʻo kekahi o koʻu mau lā mua nānā wau ma o ka hale pule a aia ʻo Mike a me Kathy. ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo he hanana wale ia.
Lawe ʻo Mike iaʻu ma lalo o kona ʻeheu a wehe i kona home iaʻu a me kaʻu mau keiki. Noho mākou i kekahi mau lā hoʻomaha me Mike, Kathy a me kā lāua (makua) mau keiki. ʻO kā mākou kamaʻilio ʻana ma ke kaʻaahi maikaʻi loa a me kekahi o nā mea hoʻomanaʻo aloha nui loa aʻu no Denver. Ua aloha ʻo Mike i kona ʻohana ma mua o nā mea āpau o ka honua. ʻAʻole pinepine ʻoe e ʻike i kahi kāne o kona kino kiʻekiʻe e haehae, akā ʻo kāu mea wale nō e hoʻomaka ai e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kona ʻohana.
Ma mua o kona ʻohana, he pilina koʻikoʻi ko Mike me Iesū Kristo. ʻAʻole ia he mea e kau ai i kona lima, akā ʻaʻole ia kahi mamao loa mai kahi kamaʻilio. ʻO Mike kekahi o kēlā mau Kalikiano i mahalo nui i nā mea āpau i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia. Ua ʻike wau i ka hauʻoli a me ka hilinaʻi iā Mike āu e ʻike ʻole ai i nā mākua he nui, no ka nui o kona manaʻoʻiʻo a me kona ʻohana. ʻAʻole ʻo Mike i haʻi ʻōlelo, ua hoʻāʻo maoli ʻo ia e ola i kona ola e like me ka manaʻo āna e makemake ai ke Akua iā ia. Ua haʻi wale aku ʻo Mike i kona hauʻoli a me kona ʻike i kona aloha i ke Akua iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole ia he pana, ʻaʻole hoʻokolokolo.
Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi leka mai Kathy, ka wahine a Mike, i kēia pō i haʻi mai ua hala ʻo ia i kāna hiamoe. Kahaha loa wau. Ua hoʻohoka wau no ka hoʻi ʻole ʻana e hoʻi e kipa iā Mike a ʻoi aku ka minamina no ka mea ʻaʻole wau i hoʻopili mau ma ke kelepona. E ʻike ʻo Kathy a me kona ʻohana he mea nui ia i koʻu ola. ʻAʻohe oʻu kānalua ua hoʻokau ke Akua iā Mike ma ke kaʻaahi like me kāna mau hana e kōkua ai iaʻu e ʻike i koʻu ala.
Mahalo mau loa wau no Mike, ke aloha o kona ʻohana, a me nā hoʻomanaʻo kupaianaha a lākou i hāʻawi mai ai iaʻu a me koʻu ʻohana. Na ke Akua e hoʻopōmaikaʻi iā ʻoe, e Mike. Moe i ka maluhia. ʻIke mākou home ʻoe.
ʻO Doug, he hōʻike kēia i ke ola o kou hoaaloha ʻo Mike. Me he kanaka kupanaha lā i loaʻa ka hopena i nā mea a pau āna i kamaʻilio ai. Mahalo iā ʻoe no ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu moʻolelo pilikino a no ka haʻi ʻana e pili ana i ka hōʻike mālie a Mike. Minamina wau no ka nalowale ʻana o kou hoa.
Mahalo iā Becky. I kekahi manawa, lawe mākou i ka poʻe e pale aku iā mākou, a me ko mākou mau hoaaloha.
ʻO kekahi hoa o Ua hoʻokaʻaʻike mai ʻo Mike iaʻu a ʻae mai iaʻu e hoʻopuka pū kekahi. ʻAʻole au i ʻike iā Steve, akā i ka heluhelu ʻana i kā mākou mau pou ʻelua – hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke ʻano o ke kanaka kūikawā o Mike.
Mahalo no kāu mau ʻōlelo maikaʻi a me ka loulou i ka pou ʻē aʻe.
Manaʻo nui lāua i ko mākou ʻohana.
Aloha James,
Nui nā pule e hele ana i kou ʻohana. Ua 'ʻai'ē au i ke kiʻi nui o Mike i loaʻa iā ʻoe ma kāu pūnaewele. He kiʻi maikaʻi loa ia a me koʻu hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā Mike.
Mahalo,
Doug
Aloha Doug,
ʻO kahi ʻāpana ʻoluʻolu e pili ana iā Mike, no laila e kala mai i kou nalowale ʻana o kahi hoaaloha maikaʻi. Hauʻoli ʻoe i kaʻana like ʻana i kēia, he moʻolelo maikaʻi loa ia a manaʻo wau he mea hoʻomanaʻo koʻikoʻi o ka hana ʻana o nā mea kupanaha loa i kekahi manawa.
doug,
Mahalo nui iā ʻoe no kāu pou e pili ana i koʻu makuakāne, hauʻoli nui wau i ka lohe ʻana mai nā poʻe he nui i mahalo nui i koʻu makuakāne, e minamina nui mākou iā ia, akā e hoʻomanaʻo mau ʻo ia ma kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i kēia manawa a ke nānā mau nei mākou. ma luna o nā mea a pau, hauʻoli e like me ke kali ʻana e ʻike hou i kona ʻohana a me kona mau hoaaloha. E mālama iā mākou a pau i kāu pule ʻoi aku ka makuahine.
hou mahalo nui loa!!!
Pili ʻoe, Kevin! He kāne ʻē ʻo ia a haʻi mai kou Māmā iaʻu he Pāpā maikaʻi nō hoʻi ʻoe! ʻAʻole hāʻule mamao ka ʻāpala mai ke kumu lāʻau.