(001)▪︎[ Name … 2025 ]

Where did your name come from?

[ When I Was Born, I Was Named After My Father ]

[ After My Father Took His Own Life, My Sister & I Got Put Into Foster Care ]

[ While In Our 3rd Foster Home, We Got Legally Adopted, Thereby Changing Our Last Name ]

[ This Was The Name I Went By Growing Up ]

[ I Became Estranged With That Dad In My Early 40’s ]

[ Well, One Day In 2011, I Woke-Up & Had An Epiphany. I Never Liked The Last Name That I Got Stuck With, Or Had Any Kind Of Emotional Attachment To It. Since That Man Wrote Me Out Of His Life In 2009, I Felt That He Did Not Deserve To Have His Last Name Carried Into The Future, By My Son. After Talking With My Wife, We Decided To Change Our Families Last Name To Her Maiden Name ]

[ Her Father Has Been A Bigger & Better Influence On Me Than The Dad That Raised Me. I Was Also Told In My 40’s By The Mom That Raised Me, That They Never Wanted To Adopt A Boy. They Only Wanted To Adopt My Sister, Therefore Making Me The “& One”. See Why That Man’s Name Did Not Deserve To Be Carried Forward? ]

[ I Carry My Wife’s Maiden Name With Honor. I Carry My Connection To My Wife’s Dad With Love & Pride. That Is The Last Name That I Proudly Put @ The End Of My Stories! ]

[ I Only Have One Regret In This Whole Thing … I Wish I Would Have Had This Idea Years Before 2011! ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎ [ Plane Tickets … 2025 ]

If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?

[ My Wife & I Would Fly To Alaska In The Summer ]

[ I Have In Alaska (2) Times ]

[ The First Time I Rode In A Very Used Pick-Up Truck, With (2) Good Friends ]

[ I Have Been Told That “Murphy’s Law” Works Twice Against Me ]

[ On The Drive Up “The Al-Can Highway” Some Parts Of The Highway Was Under Construction ]

[ By The Time We Arrived, We Had To Fly Out The Next Day ]

[ (2) Years Later That Same Friend Flew Me Back Up To Alaska, To Be His Best Man @ His Wedding. Had To Fly Out The Next Day ]

[ (2) Trips Up To Alaska, But Was Unable To Sight See @ All! ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ My Blog … 2025 ]

What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?

[ I Would Like It If My Blog Will Point Out There Are As Many Opinions On Subjects As There Are People & Subjects ]

[ Blogs Can Be Thought Provoking, Whether You Agree With I Wrote Or Not. You Probably Had An Opinion On It. My Blog Proked, Or Caused Someone To Have A Thought. Thought Provoking ]

[ I Would Like My Blog To Show The Reader A Different Way Of Thinking. America Is Based On Choices. What Kind Of Drink. Alcohol Or Not. Soda Or Not. Android Or Apple. Choices. Agreeing Or Disagreeing With Something/Someone Is A CHOICE! ]

[ I Always Hope That The Reader Will Like What I Write! But Not Everyone Will Like My Writings. I Am Not Naive Or That Big Of A Dreamer. Enjoy ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(306)▪︎[ The Future … 2025 ]

[ Have You Ever Felt That Your Life Has Not Been Calm? ]
[ That Someone Or Something Else ]
[ Holds Your Destiny In Their Palm? ]

[ Are There Plans For Your Future That As Of This Time ]
[ You Don’t Know? ]
[ When You See Mountains That You Must Climb ]
[ Are You In Tandem Or Are You Going Solo? ]

[ You Always Must Prepare ]
[ If You Are Going Anywhere ]
[ Close To Over There ]

[ Did You Make “A Must Have List?” ]
[ Some More Of That ]
[ & Alot Of This ]

[ You Must Be Prepared In Whatever You Choose ]
[ To Do ]
[ If You Go In Unprepared & Lose ]
[ The One That Might Be Lost, Could Ultimately Be You ]

[ It Is A Fact ]
[ That Everyone Gets Judged ]
[ By How They Act ]

[ Everyone Has An Opinion ]
[ Sometimes It Becomes Hard To See ]
[ Like The Heart Of An Onion ]

[ As The Onion Peels ]
[ Tears Will Flow ]
[ But Sadness Is Not What Your Heart Feels ]
[ But Sometime Soon You Will Know ]
[ Time Is The Thing In Your Life That Steals ]

[ Sometimes It Will Shorten Your Life ]
[ By Hours & Days ]
[ It Seems Like Strife ]
[ Happens In So Many Different Ways ]

[ Sometimes The Mirage ]
[ Will Trip You Up ]
[ Into Wondering If You Left Your Car Running In The Garage ]

[ Or Down The Street ]
[ Then The Only Way That You Got Home ]
[ Was Using Your Own (2) Feet ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha 

Na 
Lopaka DeVoe 

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(331)▪︎[ There Are Lies Behind Those Eyes … 2025 ]

[ 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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