[ Here I Stand On Another December 25th Celebrating The
Day ]
[ When I Asked Nicole The Biggest, Most Important Question
That I Had Ever Asked ]
[ & She Answered With An ( EH, OKAY ) ]
[ Well Actually She Did Not Answer Me @ That Time ]
[ So Instead, She Gave Me Tears ]
[ Maybe Because She Saw How Big Of A Mountain This Would
Be To Climb ]
[ So This Will Be Our 27th, December 25th Together ]
[ In Marriage, Things Sometimes Change As Fast As The
Oregon Weather ]
[ This Years December 25th Will Be Different Because I Am
Enjoying The Company Of Two New Friends ]
[ Friends & Family Means So Much More To Me Than
Others Can Comprehend ]
[ My Circle Is As Small ]
[ As I Am Tall ]
[ But … I Do Not Mind That @ All ]
[ Z., You Came Into My Life On The 29th Of May ]
[ Maria Stopped Being My Cargiver 4 Days Earlier ]
[ Much To My Dismay ]
[ Because I Had No Say ]
[ For Things To Turn Out That Way ]
[ So When I Opened My Door & Met You, Z. ]
[ I Really Wondered If You Would Be ]
[ Patient Enough ]
[ To Take Care Of Me? ]
[ I Think It Took One Shift To Find Out ]
[ That You Could Walk ]
[ The Talk ]
[ Because You Were Definitely As Good As Her Agency
Talked About ]
[ So Z, Tag, You Are It ]
[ When I Wanted Someone To Fit ]
[ You Come Into My House 4 Days A Week ]
[ & You Have NEVER Complained One Little Bit ]
[ Also Since Day One You Talked About This
Incredible, Hard Working & Respectful Man ]
[ I am Usually Kind Of A Very Private Guy ]
[ But Right Away, Big M., I Became Your Biggest Fan ]
[ The Way That Z. Talked About You ]
[ & Talked About The Things That You Do ]
[ I Decided That I Had To Meet This Guy ]
[ & Have My Own Point Of View ]
[ Through My Own Two Eyes ]
[ So Far, So Good ]
[ & The Things That You Are & Have Been Going Through ]
[ Are 100% Understood ]
[ I Feel You Protect Me Through Your Thoughts ]
[ & I Thank You Lots ]
[ I Am Always Here For You To Give You Much
Needed Advice ]
[ I Will Be Brutally Honest ]
[ Even If It Doesn’t Come Across As Being Nice ]
[ Big M & Z. You Have Become Important In My Life ]
[ Thank You For Taking Time Out Of Your Day ]
[ To Spend Some Time Here With Me, My Son & My Wife ]
[ I Root For You Two Making It More Than Any Other
Couple I’ve Known ]
[ Except, Of Course, My Own ]
[ Staying Together Is Very, Very Hard To Do ]
[ Always Tell Each Other ( I LOVE YOU ) ]
[ When They Are Going To Be Out Of Your View ]
[ You Can Never Feel It, Say It, Mean It Or Hear It
Too Much ]
[ Say It With A Warm & Loving Touch ]
[ Reach Out ]
[ When There’s Doubt ]
[ Care ]
[ & Share ]
[ Always Be There ]
[ Anytime ]
[ From Anywhere ]
[ Friends & Family Really IS What Makes The World Go
Around ]
[ Because I Have Found ]
[ They Are The Ones That Help Keep ]
[ My Feet ]
[ Firmly Planted On The Ground! ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1134)▪︎[ One Hard Year … 12•23•2020 ]
[ When Will The Year 2020 Give Us Good News? ]
[ If The Year Was Set To Music ]
[ It Would Definitely Be Someone Singing The Blues ]
[ The Year Started With A Bang But It Sure Is Ending
With A Whimper ]
[ If This Was A Cinderella Movie ]
[ She Would Never Be Able To Find Her Slipper ]
[ Or Was It A Brand New ]
[ Shoe? ]
[ It Started Out Being Made Of Gold ]
[ But Because This Year Had Been A Year Of Death & Sickness ]
[ That Missing Shoe Would Be Torn Up & Old ]
[ Year 2020 Had Alot More Downs Than Ups ]
[ There Were So Many Mountains To Climb ]
[ & Long Roads Laden With Bumps ]
[ A Bumpy Ride Would Be Putting It Mildly ]
[ Getting Better By The 1st Of The Year ]
[ Will Be Highly ]
[ Unlikely ]
[ Some Say That This Vaccine Is Like The Lone Ranger Riding
In, To Save The Day ]
[ Others Don’t Think So ]
[ Because Most Of Society Won’t Change Their Ways ]
[ Far Too Many People Only Care About Themselves ]
[ & Refuse To Wear A Mask ]
[ Even After They’ve Been Nicely Asked ]
[ To Help Save Someone Else ]
[ 2020 Has Brought Out The Selfish Side In Some ]
[ Okay, Many ]
[ The Many Reasons They Follow A False Messiah Is So Dumb ]
[ It Is Uncanny ]
[ Those People Will Never Listen To Reason ]
[ All That Some Of Them Care About Right Now ]
[ Will Be The Bowl Winners Of This Years College Football
Season ]
[ To A Man ]
[ They Would Never Reach Out Their Hand ]
[ To Help A Stranger ]
[ Because Their Head Has Been Buried In The Sand ]
[ Good Times In 2020 Have Been Very Lean ]
[ Good Times This Past Year ]
[ Have Been Very Few & Far In-Between ]
[ So After The Year 2020 Is All Done ]
[ Hope Is All We Have ]
[ For The Incoming Year, Of 2021 ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1116)▪︎[ What Is Eternal? … 12•16•2020 ]
[ When People Say ( HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL ) What Do They
Really Mean? ]
[ Are They Putting Their Faith ]
[ Into Something That Is Sight Unseen? ]
[ How Much Is Faith Worth? ]
[ Do People Always Have To Have Faith Only When Their
Circumstances Could ]
[ Should ]
[ Or Would ]
[ Get Worse? ]
[ Nobody Wants Things To Get Worse By Any Means ]
[ It Could Be As Detrimental To Some ]
[ As Having An Anaphylactic Shock Reaction After Eating
Some Beans ]
[ Being Killed Would Be The Very Worse, Of Course ]
[ You Never Want Your Last Ride Through Town ]
[ Being The Only Passenger In The Back Of A Hearse ]
[ But Some Say Having Hope Is A Terrible Thing
To Count On ]
[ Alot Of Life Can Go By ]
[ By The Time All Of Your Hope Is Gone ]
[ You Can’t Physically Hold Hope In The Palm Of
Your Hand ]
[ Is Relying On Hope Like Burying Your Head In The Sand? ]
[ Not Working Towards Anything ]
[ But Expecting Something ]
[ To Happen ]
[ But When? ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(168)▪︎[ Society … 2•24•2021 ]
[ Why Do We In Society Consider Someone A Threat ]
[ When That Person Doesn’t Look Like Someone We
Have Never Met? ]
[ Okay, You Don’t Understand Their Ways ]
[ Should That Be The Reason That You Don’t Want
Them To Stay? ]
[ The Question Is ( WHY? ) ]
[ Are You Judging Them With Your Eyes? ]
[ Maybe You Don’t Hear What You Need ]
[ You Don’t See How They Eat ]
[ Maybe The Parents Do Not Feed ]
[ Their Children Meat ]
[ It Could Be Because Of Their Religious Values ]
[ Or Their Personal Views ]
[ Not Everyone Is The Same ]
[ Not Every Race Calls Each Other By The Same Kinds
Of Names ]
[ Not Everybody That Is Hairy ]
[ Turns Out To Be Scary ]
[ & Not Every Bald Man ]
[ Will Do Everything That He Can ]
[ Some People Lie ]
[ Because Others Have Raised The Bar Really High ]
[ & They Have Never Met ]
[ Where It Has Been Set ]
[ So There Are Overachievers ]
[ Underachievers ]
[ & Bottom Feeders ]
[ Time Will Tell ]
[ If Someone Is Not Doing Too Well ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(201)▪︎[ Ride Away … 3•10•2021 ]
[ Do You Wake Up Every Morning Hoping For
The Best ]
[ But Expect The Worst? ]
[ All Through The Days It Feels Like Taking Test
After Test ]
[ Trying To Keep One Step Ahead Of The Curse ]
[ The Curse That Has Been Over Your Head Since
Your Birth ]
[ By Always Making You Prove Your Worth ]
[ Day In & Day Out ]
[ You Have Always Needed To Convince Those Surrounding
You That Have Doubt ]
[ Doubt About Your Sanity ]
[ Then Accusing You Of Vanity ]
[ But Sometimes You Let Your Mind Drift High Into
The Clouds ]
[ When You Are Surrounded By Crowds ]
[ That Are Loud ]
[ Because You Really Do Not Have Much To Say ]
[ & You Have Never Fit In ]
[ When You Will One Day ]
[ How Do You Begin? ]
[ Do You Cause A Commotion Before Uttering Your
First Words ]
[ What If No One Is Paying Attention? ]
[ What If You Are Never Heard? ]
[ I Think That You Should Turn Your Back ]
[ Then Ride Into The Sunset ]
[ Grab Your Backpack ]
[ Then Walk Away & Forget ]
[ About All Of Those Who You Have Just Met ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
( 286)▪︎[ 6 Feet Apart … 4•6•2021 ]
[ How Do We Bring Each Other ]
[ Back Together ]
[ When We Are Told To Still Stay 6 Feet Apart? ]
[ Will Intimacy ]
[ Now Be A Progressive Art? ]
[ Always Learning Something New ]
[ Always Paying Attention To All & Any Social Cues ]
[ How Do I Touch Someone Without Touching Them
@ The Same Time? ]
[ Would It Really Matter If I Expressed My Love In A
Story That Will Rhyme? ]
[ The Big Problem With The Written Word ]
[ Is That There Is No Chance Of Any Emotion Being
Heard ]
[ Zero Highs & Way Too Many Lows ]
[ The Words Being Said Really Fast ]
[ But The Thinking Might Come To The Front Really Slow ]
[ Words & Sentences Sounding Like I Am Rebelling ]
[ But Being Thought & Expressed ]
[ Without The Obnoxious, Loud Yelling ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(294)▪︎[ Reinvent … 4•7•2021 ]
[ In This Period Of Your Life, Would This Be A Good
Time To Reinvent Your Outlook On Your Life? ]
[ Do You Need To Re-Evaluate Your Perceptions Of What
You Feel Is Wrong Or Right? ]
[ Maybe Something That Was ( RIGHT ) Before The ‘VID, Is
Now Considered Wrong ]
[ The Old Way Of Greeting Others Is Now Going, Going Gone ]
[ A Handshake Is Now Not The Proper Way To Greet ]
[ & A Person’s Personal Bubble Has Extended To Be @
Least Six Feet ]
[ Now The Act Of Someone Coming Up & Hugging You ]
[ Is Totally Taboo ]
[ Maybe A Touch Of Elbows ]
[ For Someone You Know ]
[ Being Socially Distant In It’s Most Basic Form ]
[ Is What Society Now Considers The Norm ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(295)▪︎[ What Happened? … 4•7•2021 ]
[ Sometimes I Catch Myself Staring Off Into The
Distance ]
[ If You Triy To Pull Me Back In ]
[ I Would Not Offer Any Resistance ]
[ I Seem To Be Looking Past The Rainbow ]
[ But Not Looking For That Pot Of Gold ]
[ How Did I Ever Know? ]
[ That I Would Still Be Looking When I Am Old ]
[ I Always Have Regrets That I Have Not Ever Given
My Beautiful, Understanding Wife ]
[ The Kind Of Rich, Fulfilling Life ]
[ That She Has Earned & Deserved All Of This Time ]
[ I Don’t Have Much To Give ]
[ Except This Silly Rhyme ]
[ In 1998 We Both Started Our Respective Careers ]
[ About The Same Week ]
[ She Has Continued For Over 23 Years ]
[ I Lasted Just Five ]
[ Before My Career Took A Nose Dive ]
[ For The Next 15 Years I Did Not Play So Good, In
The Game Called Life ]
[ Oftentimes I Think The Grass Could Be Greener On The
Other Side Of The Fence ]
[ For My Wife ]
[ Every Morning That I Wake Up, There Is One Thing That
I Am Sure ]
[ The Main Reason That Gets Me Out Of Bed, It Is Because
Of Her ]
[ Sometimes The Look On Her Face Says That She Knows ]
[ She Would Find Happiness Again ]
[ If I Would Just Let Her Go ]
[ I Feel That I Could Go Missing & Not Be Missed For
Very Long ]
[ Nobody Would Think Anything Was Wrong ]
[ I Know We Just Celebrated Year Number 25 ]
[ I Also Celebrate @ 57, That I Am Still Alive ]
[ I Have Always Wanted To Give Her The Best ]
[ Now All I Can Do Is Rest ]
[ I Finally Have Been Able To Know Some Of Life’s Answers ]
[ But Murphy’s Law Has Changed The Test ]
[ She Is The Best Part Of Our Team ]
[ As My Wife ]
[ She Became The Answer To My Dreams ]
[ How Do I Know That She Hasn’t Been Looking Over
The Fence Looking @ The 1000’s Of Miles Of Green Grass ]
[ I Really Fear The Answer ]
[ So I Don’t Have The Courage To Ask ]
[ My Body Seems To Breaking Down Right Before
My Very Eyes ]
[ In The Mornings I Find That Everything Hurts When
I Rise ]
[ I Am Always Scared To Go Away ]
[ For The Day ]
[ Fearful That There Will Be A Surprise ]
[ That She Left To Find If The Grass Is Really Greener ]
[ Someone Who Has A Much Healthier & More Positive
Demeanor ]
[ So Then This Story Will Just Fade To Black ]
[ Because Once You Go … There Is No Looking Back ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(190)▪︎[ If People Are … 3•4•2021 ]
[ If People Are Wrong ]
[ It Does Not Change Anything ]
[ But If The Proof Is Strong ]
[ It Changes Everything ]
[ Sometimes People Do Not Know How To Act ]
[ When They Are Shown The Facts ]
[ They Think They Are Blessed ]
[ When They Are Surrounded By Those That Always
Say ( YES! ) ]
[ But When Pushed ]
[ They Tell You To Your Face That It Was Always Just
A Calculated Guess ]
[ Made On Assumptions ]
[ Not On Deductions ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(198)▪︎[ People Can Be Different … 3•10•2021 ]
[ Some People Are Afraid Of Others Because They
Are Different ]
[ Some Feel That They Are Always Trying To Make
A Statement ]
[ They Are Just Trying To Live The Best Life That They
Can ]
[ That Goes For Every Woman, Child & Man ]
[ They Want To Love & Live With Whomever They Want ]
[ Sometimes They Feel Like The Saying ( THIS IS THE
LAND OF THE FREE ) ]
[ Is A Taunt ]
[ People Should Oftentimes Mind Their Own Business ]
[ They Shouldn’t Guess ]
[ & Make A Mess ]
[ What I Do In My House ]
[ With My Child & Spouse ]
[ Should Not Be Dictated ]
[ Or Medicated ]
[ By Others ]
[ I Don’t Answer To A Mother ]
[ Or Any Sisters, Or Brothers ]
[ But My Mind Is Not So Closed ]
[ Up ]
[ To Think That My Responsibilities End @ The Tip Of
My Nose ]
[ I Have A Big Responsibility ]
[ To Live In Tranquility ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
