What’s your go-to comfort food?
[ I Do Not Really Have A Go-To Food ]
[ It Just Depends On My Mood ]
[ Maybe The Whole Premise Is Completely Misunderstood ]
[ I Do Not Feel Very Good ]
[ About It ]
[ I Really Do Not Have A Food Imagination When It’s Time To Sit ]
What foods would you like to make?
[ I Love Making Meatloaf With My Wife ]
[ I Am A Good Single Person Cook. I Like To Experiment With Food As Long As I Am Going To Be The Only One Eating What I Have Made ]
[ The Reason? I Don’t Want To Make Anybody Else Sick! ]
[ I Like To Add A Pinch Of “This” & Alot More Of “That” ]
[ If I Make Myself Sick Then I Hope That I Remember The Feeling Next Time I Want To Cook Whatever Made Me Sick ]
[ My Beautiful Wife Is An Awesome Cook & I Love Most Everything She Makes! I Think I’ve Asked Her About (3) Times To Not Make A Specific Food Again. I Am Just Thankful After Almost (30) Years Of Marriage She Still Cooks For Me! ]
[ I Love To Bake ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
Which activities make you lose track of time?
[ When I Start Writing I Really Get Lost In My Thoughts ]
[ Then I Really Lose Track Of Time ]
[ But If It Gets To Where I Start Seeing Spots ]
[ I Know That I Wrote One Too Many Words That Rhyme ]
What bothers you and why?
[ Fake People … ]
[ Liars … ]
[ Inattentive Caregivers … ]
Are you seeking security or adventure?
[ I Think, As I Age ]
[ & I Turn Another Page ]
[ My Main Priority ]
[ Would Be Physical & Financial Security ]
[ I Choose To Live Out The Rest Of My Life]
[ In The Arms Of My Beautiful Wife ]
[ We Met In The Early Summer Of 1994 ]
[ Once I Saw Her Inner Beauty Standing In Front Of My Apartment Door ]
[ I Asked Her If I Could Please See Her More ]
[ In March Of 1996 We Got Married In Her Catholic Church ]
[ I Was Surprised That The Was Did Not Bleed When I Stood Up Front ]
[ The Vows Did Not Hurt ]
[ & It Did Not Feel Like A Kick In The Butt ]
[ I Still Wear My Wedding Ring Proudly ]
[ Always Tell My I Love Her Rather Loudly ]
[ Security Is A Must ]
[ Security Takes Alot Of Trust ]
Mahalo nui loa,
Lopaka DeVoe
If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite?
[ The Very First Person I Would Invite Would Be My Biological Father. He Committed Suicide Before My 3rd Birthday. I Never Got Time To Know Him ]
[ I Would Invite My Brother, Who Passed Away Before The ‘VID’19 Shut Everything Down. We Had A Trip Planned To See Him & His Daughter, But He Died (2) Weeks Before Our Trip. He Was Not Ill, He Died In His Sleep, He Was Only 55yrs Old. We Were Separated As Infants, But My Wife Tracked Him Down Living In North Carolina, In 1996. The Trip That Was Planned Would Have Only Been The 2nd Time Seeing Each Other As Adults ]
[ The Third Person I Would Invite Would Be My Sister. We Stuck Together Through All Of The Trials Of Our Mother’s Physical Abuse, Our Father’s Suicide In Front Of Us, 2 Abusive Foster Homes & The Ups & Downs Of Growing Up. We Were Not Quite A Year Apart In Age. Things Changed In Middle School Though. I Had Always Been Involved In Sports & She Got Involved With The Wrong People. She Chose Drugs Over Life. Homelessness Over Stability. Being Arrested Over Staying Calm ]
[ The Fourth Person I Would Invite Would Be My Loving Wife Of Almost 30yrs. Of Course She Would Go, She Has Been My Best Friend & Partner For Over 31yrs ]
[ No One Else, Though ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What time do you go to bed and wake up currently?
[ I Do Not Have A Specific Bedtime ]
[ I Do Not Have A Specific Wake Time ]
[ If I Am Lucky, I Will Fall Asleep By 0130hrs & Sleep Until 0800hrs Or 0900hrs ]
[ If I Am Unlucky I Will Wake Up Around 0430hrs & Not Be Able To Go Back To Sleep ]
What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life?
[ I Don’t Use Any Strategies To Increase Comfort In My Life. But I Do Have A Strategy That I Use To Increase Comfort In Other People’s Lives … I Listen. If They Are In Need Of Something That Maybe I Can Afford, I Try To Get It For Them. Or If I Have Something Extra, I Will Gift It To Them ]
Describe your most memorable vacation.
[ The Best Vacation That I Had Was When I Went To Jamaica For Our Honeymoon ]
[ Walking Around Our All-Inclusive Resort Was Beautiful & Relaxing ]
[ We Were Even Able To Take A Boat Ride To The Island Of Kokomo, That Was Made Famous By The Beach Boys ]
[ We Were Able To Walk Around The Whole Island In Under An Hour ]
Mahalo nui loa,
Lopaka DeVoe
What are you most worried about for the future?
[ I Worry About Cuts To Social Security ]
[ Since I Am On Permanent Disability ]
[ I Worry About Our Son, Because He Is Our Only Child ]
[ Will The World Be Kind To Him As He Ages? ]
[ It Seems Like Part Of Society Has Become Wild ]
[ With Their Rants & Rages ]
[ I Worry About Will We Have Enough Money To Comfortably Live Out Our Years ]
[ These Are More Than Worries ]
[ These Are My Fears ]
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