What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?
[ There Are Lots Of Things That Are Important ]
[ I Can’t Think Of Something Important To Carry ]
[ There Are Several Important Thought Thoughts That I Have In My Mind All Of The Time ]
[ The Most Important Thought Is To Stay Humble ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
[ Sometimes You Feel Like Your Whole Life Has Been Filled With A Whole Bunch Of Liars ]
[ Going Around Starting Fires ]
[ Handing Out Love ]
[ That Is Held Up By Wires ]
[ Everything That Has Been Shown ]
[ Or Briefly Told ]
[ In The Most Obnoxious Tone ]
[ Ever Has The Longevity Of Growing Old ]
[ Or Has Been Set In Stone ]
[ There Is No Warmth (6ft) Down ]
[ Under The Ground ]
[ Nobody Has The Chance To Drown ]
[ When There Is Not A Single Drop Of Water To Be Found ]
[ No One Blinks Because They All Have Hollowed Out Eyes ]
[ Nobody Seems Wise ]
[ When You Look @ Their Disguise ]
[ Who Are They Running From? ]
[ Everybody’s Resons For Doing Things Sounds Kind Of Dumb ]
[ When Others Reach Out ]
[ Their Brain Goes Numb ]
[ Then Everyone Walks Away Filled With Doubt ]
[ When People Reach Out, It Is Because They Are In Pain ]
[ What Do They Have To Gain? ]
[ When They Find That The Effort Was All For Naught ]
[ Because They Became An Open Book All In Vain ]
[ Reciprocity Was Supposed To Be Built Around Trust ]
[ Like A Brand New Bicycle That Sits Out In The Rain ]
[ The Chrome Turns To Rust ]
[ They Can Dream That They Could Polish It Again & Again ]
[ But The End Result Is A Bust ]
[ Effort Does Not Always Equal Success ]
[ Every Day You Take A Full Bucket & Dry Mop ]
[ & Try To Clean Up The Mess ]
[ Only To Watch Your Jaw Drop ]
[ Because The Amount Of Effort You Give, Causes You Extreme Stress ]
[ Effort Given ]
[ & A Great Result Is Not Always In The Same Sentence ]
[ Quite Often ]
[ It Just Keeps People Who Have Doubt From Ever Riding The Fence ]
[ Just When ]
[ Others Show That They Do Not Have The Confidence ]
[ Then ]
[ There Is No Difference ]
[ Because There Is Nothing To Reference ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
Aloha
Na
Lopaka DeVoe
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[ Goodnight ]
[ To The One That You Absolutely Hate To Fight ]
[ But Who Is Your Light ]
[ That Shines Like A Beacon ]
[ Nice & Bright ]
[ For You When You Feel Like A Frightened Little Boy ]
[ In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ Searching For Jesse, Not A Toy ]
[ She Is The Drops Of Rain That Make The Flowers Grow ]
[ She Is The Warm Sun ]
[ That Comes Out & Chases Away The Black Clouds That Sink So Low ]
[ Letting Us Come Out Of Our Houses To Play & Have Fun ]
[ Even Though ]
[ Your Run ]
[ Has Become Really Slow ]
[ She Is The Moon That Rises High Up Above ]
[ So The World Is Not Dark ]
[ She Is The One That Has Been The First Woman To Show You True Love ]
[ & The Only One That Left Her Mark ]
[ On A Truly Broken Heart ]
[ That Through The Years ]
[ Was Torn Apart ]
[ By Many Days That Caused You To Shed Tears ]
[ Because Of Many Broken Family Ties ]
[ The Word “Family” ]
[ Has Been As Bad For Your Health As The Oil That Cooks McDonald’s Fries ]
[ From What You Could See ]
[ Families Are Full Of A Bunch Of Lies ]
[ Family Feels So Much Better When You Get To Choose ]
[ Whoever You Want To Be In Your Inner Circle ]
[ You Can Never Lose ]
[ When Your People Love To Play The Game Called “Quirkle” ]
[ She Taught You How To Spot The People That Are Fake ]
[ The Ones That Never Give ]
[ & Only Take ]
[ She Has Been A Good Sport ]
[ As You Have Tried To Teach Yourself How To Bake ]
[ Without Having To Drink Down The “Pepto Bismol” By The Quart ]
[ She Is Quite The Lady ]
[ & A Great Cook ]
[ She Never Approaches The Word Shady ]
[ Later On In Your Life, Maybe She Will Help You Gather All Your Stories So You Can Make Yourself A Book ]
[ Even Though She Is Extremely Busy She Does Slow Down To Be Your Biggest Fan ]
[ When You Are Writing She Never Pushes You For Perfection ]
[ But She Does Want You To Do The Best That You Can ]
[ Then She Will Always Come Behind You To Make Any Grammatical Corrections ]
[ Only Since She Has Been By Your Side, Have You Felt Like A Complete Man ]
[ The Relationship You Were In Prior To Meeting Her, Gave You Quite The Emotional Beating ]
[ That Woman Left You In Such Financial & Emotional Distress ]
[ Ever Since Your First Greeting ]
[ Little Miss Satan In A Dress ]
[ Was Always Cheating ]
[ Causing Quite The Mess ]
[ Because The Problem Kept Repeating ]
[ But She Never Learned When Or How To Confess ]
[ Then You Took Your Chances On Waiting ]
[ Before Jumping Back Into That Unpredictable Social Game ]
[ Called Dating ]
[ But Then Nothing Was Ever The Same ]
[ After You Started Saying ]
[ Nicole Marie’s Beautiful Name ]
[ You Never Knew That Your Hardened Heart Could Melt ]
[ After Literally Figuring Out What The Word “Love” Really Meant ]
[ & Becoming Comfortable How True Love Really Felt ]
[ Since All Of Your Past Relationships Put Together Never Made A Dent ]
[ When You Finally Found The Right Woman That You Thought Would ]
[ Become Your Wife ]
[ You Decided That You Should ]
[ Cutout All Of The Meaningless Strife ]
[ & Then You Finally Could ]
[ Put Everything Else Behind You & Settle Down Into A Wonderful New Life ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
Aloha
Na
Lopaka DeVoe
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Well … Listing (30) Things That Make Me Happy Can Be Tricky Because That Is A Big Number To Come Up With ]
1. [ My Wife ]
2. [ My Marriage ]
3a. [ Roxie, My Dog ]
3b. [ J.B.D. ]
4a. [ My Early Caregiver, Chrissy ]
4b. [ My Daily Caregiver, Susan ]
5. [ The Wt. That I Am @. I Am @ My Lowest Wt. Since 2015 ]
6a. [ Elizabeth, My Friend ]
6b. [ The “F.F.ofF.” ]
7. [ Rita, My Friend ]
8. [ Lisa, My BFF ]
9. [ My Writing ]
10. [ Our Home ]
11. [ Silvia, Our Car ]
12. [ My Collections ]
13. [ Nick, My Friend ]
14. [ The Thought That Frump Will Not Be The POTUS Forever ]
15. [ Where We Live ]
16. [ My Accomplishments ]
17. [ The “Good” Barbara ]
18. [ Our Possessions ]
19. [ Our W.W. Tribe ]
20. [ My Health @ My Age ]
21. [ That I Have Not Had A Drop Of Alcohol In Almost (30yrs) ]
22. [ That I Did Not Fall Down The Same Drug Rabbit Hole, Like My (2) Older Sisters ]
23. [ My Sense Of Humor ]
24. [ B.D. ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
[ Last Month My Beautiful Wife Took Me On An Errand ]
[ She Took Me To An ATM ]
[ When We Pulled Into The Parking Lot, I Noticed What I Thought Was A Homeless Man Sitting In A Small Patch Of Grass ]
[ We Parked & I Got Out ]
[ I Went To The ATM & Got What I Came There For ]
[ Well, Maybe Just A Little More Then I Originally Thought I Would ]
[ I Walked Over To The Man & Said, “Hello” ]
[ The Man Was Polite ]
[ He Was Very Unsure Of The Reason Why I Came Up To Talk To Him, Though ]
[ I Reached In My Pocket & Gave Him Some Money ]
[ He Was Quite Shocked, But Said, “Thank You” ]
[ I Said, “You’re Welcome” ]
[ I Got Back In Our Car & We Went Home ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?
[ This Question Kind Of Hit Me Between The Eyes & Caused Me To Be A Little Sad ]
[ For The Life Of Me ]
[ I Cannot Remember A Single Tradition That Was Handed Down To From My Mom & Dad ]
[ They Never Stressed Different Ways ]
[ To Celebrate The Holidays ]
[ Don Never Taught Me Anything Fun ]
[ He Never Started ]
[ So He Was Never Done ]
[ When It Was His Time To Be One Of The Dearly Departed ]
[ I Found Out That He Never Even Wanted To Adopt A Son ]
[ I Guess If I Ever Needed To Put Him In A Class ]
[ I Would Take A Pass ]
[ The Only Label I Would Give Him ]
[ Is That He Is Being Remembered As Being An Ass! ]
[ Now That He Has Passed ]
[ Much Of What He Said To Me Was Not Positive ]
[ So The Point Did Not Last ]
[ In What Little Time That I Spent With Him Years Before He Died ]
[ I Never Lied ]
[ When I Have Told Others That There Were Only (2) Pleasant Years Living By His Side ]
[ Because From What I Have Remembered ]
[ He Was More Or Less A Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde ]
[ Neither Don Nor Barbara Ever Took The Time ]
[ To Even Show Me The Difference ]
[ Between A Lemon Or A Lime ]
[ If Someone Ever Wanted To Use That Example As A Reference ]
[ Send Me A Dime ]
[ The Main Problem ]
[ From What You Can See ]
[ Traditions Did Not Mean A Damn Thing To Either Of Them ]
[ Whatever Those Might Be ]
[ Don Did Teach Me How To Drive ]
[ So I Guess One Tradition That He Did Hand Down ]
[ Was To Stay On The Right Hand Side Of The Road If I Wanted To Stay Alive ]
[ I Must Confess ]
[ That Sounds Kind Of Meaningless ]
[ But Hey, It Was Something ]
[ Because As I Look Back Over Everything ]
[ Don & Barbara Never Taught Me Anything ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
Aloha
Na
Lopaka DeVoe
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[ Well … What Is A Typical Day To Me? ]
[ Let’s See ]
[ What It Could Be ]
[ It Depends If I Slept The Night Before ]
[ If Not ]
[ Then I Will Try Not To Stumble Onto The Floor ]
[ I Hope That What I Am Saying Will Not Be Misunderstood ]
[ I Have (2) Caregivers Come During The Day ]
[ Because My Health Is Not Very Good ]
[ Hopefully I Will Be Able To Eat Something ]
[ I Have Not Had Much Of An Appetite As Of Late ]
[ So I Guess Trying To Eat Anything ]
[ Would Be Great ]
[ Because I Have To Sit All Day On Our Bed ]
[ I Like To Write The Thoughts ]
[ That Are Swirling Around In My Head ]
[ To Some This Might Seem Like The Ideal Life ]
[ But Everyday I Feel Guilty ]
[ Because I Cannot Go Out & Work Like My Wife ]
[ So The Typical Day Can Have Alot Of Downtime ]
[ That Is How & Why ]
[ I Write Stories That Rhyme ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
How would you describe yourself to someone?
[ I Guess I Would Call Myself An Aquired Taste ]
[ Take The Time To Get To Know Me ]
[ Don’t Leave En Haste ]
[ Hopefully You Will See ]
[ That The Time Spent, Was Not A Waste ]
[ I Will Give You Cause ]
[ To Pause ]
[ For A Little Personal Introspection ]
[ Not Persecution ]
[ There Is So Little Time For A Specific Description ]
[ I Definitely Side With The Non-Fiction ]
[ I Try Not To Always Live In Fantasy Land ]
[ Even Though There Is A Little Bit Of Disneyland ]
[ In All Of Us ]
[ What Are Some Reasons Why I Call This Dog, My Own? ]
[ When I Am With Her ]
[ She Is Like A Sunny Day, With A Big Vanilla Ice Cream Cone ]
[ She, Is As Fun, As Fun Can Be ]
[ I Love Watching Her Energy ]
[ She Takes Away The Bad @ Night ]
[ She Does Not Give Up Without A Fight ]
[ She Is As Stubborn As An Old Bull ]
[ @ Night There Is Not Even A Slight Lull ]
[ Then There Is Her Night-Time Behavior As Of Late ]
[ She Becomes An Immovable Object When She Gets In That State ]
[ She Is Frustrating As All Get Out ]
[ She Irritates My Wife So Bad ]
[ She Loses Her Cool & Shouts ]
[ It Does Not Matter If I Am The One ]
[ She Thinks We Are Going Into The Backyard To Have Some Fun ]
[ As Soon As We Open The Sliding Glass Door ]
[ She Wants To Play, Some More ]
[ She Is Over (10) Years Old & She Still Has A Little Bit Of Puppy Playfulness In Her ]
[ That I Am Sure ]
[ She Is The Most Loyal Dog ]
[ & This Will Be Another Story About Her To Go Onto My Blog ]
[ She Is The Watchful Eye, Over Me ]
[ She Puts Herself In Angles So She Can Always See ]
[ Me & What I Am Doing ]
[ & That Is Kind Of Soothing ]
[ She Keys Into My Emotions ]
[ She Shows So Much Devotion ]
[ She Sees If My Feelings ]
[ Are Reeling ]
[ & She Reacts To Me If My Patience Starts Peeling ]
[ She Goes By Feelings & Scent ]
[ She Does Not Wait Until My Patience Has Been Spent ]
[ No, My Dog Freckles Was Definitely Heaven Sent ]
[ I Love My Dog, Freckles ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
Aloha
Na
Lopaka DeVoe
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What’s the story behind your nickname?
[ One Place I Was Working, There Was A Father & His Son Working. They Were From Hawaii. I Told Them I Was Also Born There. The Father, Kavika, Told Me My Name Is Lopaka. So That Is My Nickname & How I End My Stories. Lopaka DeVoe ]
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