[ Help Me Up When I Fall ]
[ Answer The Phone When I Call ]
[ Be Excited To Think About What’s Next ]
[ Answer Me In A Timely Manner, When I Text ]
[ Be Quick ]
[ To Help Me When I’m Sick ]
[ When I’m Waiting For You @ The Door ]
[ Come Running Across The Floor ]
[ Please Don’t Make A Peep ]
[ When I’ve Finally Gone Into A Deep ]
[ Sleep ]
[ Don’t Blatantly Watch The Clock ]
[ When We’re Finally Able To Sit Down & Talk ]
[ You Can Never Go Wrong ]
[ When You Take A Little Time Out Of Your Day ]
[ To Sing Me A Song ]
[ I Thank The Big Man Above ]
[ For Giving You The Want & Ability To Show Me Your Love ]
[ Thank You God For Not Letting Me Be Done ]
[ When There Are Those Times ]
[ When Life Was No Fun ]
[ The Joy That It Brings ]
[ Comes Out When You Act Like A Kid ]
[ Playing On The Swings ]
[ Never Make Up An Excuse ]
[ When You Point The Finger & Accuse ]
[ Help Me Be The Man ]
[ That I Think I Can ]
[ Please Spend The Rest Of Your Life ]
[ Putting Forth The Effort To Be The Very Best Wife ]
[ I Try Every Night ]
[ To Be Your Guiding Light ]
[ Then During The Day ]
[ I’ll Make A Path To Show You The Way ]
[ I Have A Son, Not A Daughter ]
[ So Please Give Me The Strength ]
[ To Be A Loving, Understanding, Non-Judgmental Father ]
[ Don’t Push Our Love Off Of A Cliff ]
[ Just Because We Have A Rift ]
[ I Hope I Never Give You The Shaft ]
[ By Not Giving You An Oar ]
[ In Life’s Raft ]
[ Your Love ]
[ Covers My Heart ]
[ Like A Tight Fitting Glove ]
[ You Are Worth Every Dime ]
[ Of My Time ]
[ I Don’t Ever Want You To Run ]
[ When You’re Angry ]
[ & Think That We’re Done ]
[ You Never Needed A Book ]
[ To Teach Yourself How To Cook ]
[ Always Think That Is The Norm ]
[ When I Want To Protect You ]
[ From An Incoming Storm ]
[ Never Think Of It Is A Joke ]
[ When It’s Cold Outside ]
[ & I Offer You My Coat ]
[ I Won’t Give A Hoot ]
[ If You Want To Go Out & Buy ]
[ A Brand New Pair Of Boots ]
[ I Always Feel That I’m Doing A Good Deed ]
[ When I Help Those In Need ]
[ During The Times That We Fight ]
[ I Don’t Ever Want To Lose Sight ]
[ Of What We Both Know Is Right ]
[ Please Help Me Show My Son ]
[ That He & I Are Not Done ]
[ You’ve Had My Heart ]
[ From The Very Start ]
[ I’ve Always Known That You Could ]
[ Once You Agreed That You Would ]
[ When We’re Apart ]
[ I Feel An Ache In My Heart ]
[ I’ve Tried To Do My Part ]
[ Since The Very Start ]
[ When You Used Come Over & Talk For Hours Every
Night ]
[ It Made My Outlook On The Next More Bright ]
[ Please Don’t Build A Fence
[ With A Long Silence ]
[ All Of The Time That I Spend With You, Is A Play ]
[ Day ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(75)▪︎[ Why? … 1•20•2020 ]
[ Why Do I See The Need To Write How I Feel? ]
[ Is It To Earn My Next Meal? ]
[ No ]
[ That’s Not How Things Go ]
[ In The World That I Live ]
[ Spilling Your Feelings ]
[ Is Too Much Show & Give ]
[ Some People Think That If Someone Gives Them Their Heart ]
[ It’s Their God-Given Right ]
[ To Rip It Apart ]
[ & When Your Heart Has Been Torn ]
[ It Never Heals Right Again ]
[ Because It Feels So Worn ]
[ Out! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(1017)▪︎[ Confusing Thoughts … 12•2•2020 ]
[ Another Day Of Confusing Thoughts Running
Through My Mind ]
[ Another Day That I Would Not Rewind ]
[ Thoughts Float In Like Clouds On Air ]
[ Some Floated By So Fast ]
[ I Never Realized They Were There ]
[ There Was Not One Thought About Some Thoughts ]
[ But For Some, I Have Lots ]
[ They Spread Out Like Dots ]
[ Spread Out In A Long Line ]
[ Pointing Me In The Direction ]
[ To Go Dakine ]
[ Did It Always Lead Me To The Promise Land? ]
[ Did That Thought Help Me Stand? ]
[ Up ]
[ & Fight Against All Of The Demands? ]
[ If Yes ]
[ Then Who Will Take The Command? ]
[ Me? You? ]
[ It Usually Just Takes One ]
[ Maybe Now It Takes 2 ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(59)▪︎[ Paris, France … 1•16•2020 ]
[ When I Was Sittin’ In The Park In Paris France ]
[ The Music In My Head ]
[ Made Me Want To Stand Up & Dance ]
[ But Instead ]
[ I Got Cold Feet & Didn’t Want To Take A Chance ]
[ A Chance Of Embarrassing Myself ]
[ @ The Time ]
[ I Couldn’t Think Of Anything Else ]
[ Dance Without Music Playing Out Loud ]
[ What If I Looked So Silly ]
[ I Drew A Crowd? ]
[ Oh How Embarrassing That Could Be ]
[ For Me ]
[ I’d Probably Shrink To My Knees ]
[ & Crawl Into The Sea ]
[ Then I’d Want To Be Unrecognizable ]
[ Not Desirable ]
[ I Would Have Really Liked To Have Gathered Up All Of
My Hodge Podge ]
[ & Taken The First Amtrak Train Out Of Dodge ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(566)▪︎[ Team SATURDAY … 9•4•2022 ]
[ Well Jori, You & Team Saturday Forever Changed My Life ]
[ Because Of Unforseen Circumstances ]
[ Myself & My Wife ]
[ Had To Stop ]
[ I Am Sorry That It Feels Like An Abrupt Drop ]
[ We Are Trying To Stay On Our Feet ]
[ But In The Meantime We Will Have To Remember All That You
Have Taught Us When We Sit Down To Eat ]
[ We Started The WW Program (2) Years After 2010 ]
[ I Did Not Want To Do It ]
[ & Then … ]
[ Eventually I Reached My Goal ]
[ So I Thought That I Could Reach (LIFE TIME) ]
[ Since I Was On A Roll ]
[ No Joking About Bread ]
[ I Was Talking About Hard Work Instead ]
[ We Stumbled Into (TEAM SATURDAY) & You Off Of A
Recommendation From Another Member ]
[ Right Now, I Wish I Could Remember ]
[ Who To Thank ]
[ But My Mind Draws A Blank ]
[ Now Let Me Explain Something To My (TEAM SATURDAY)
Members About What I Do During Our Weekly Meetings ]
[ I Write A Story With What I Hear So I Can Read It @ A
Different Time ]
[ I Am Also Not Just Reading ]
[ No Checking On Facebook During My WW Time ]
[ As I Listen To All Of The Day’s Information ]
[ I Will Take Notes By Writing A Story That Will Rhyme ]
[ Then I Can Go Back & Read What I Wrote ]
[ For Me, That Is Much Better Than Taking A Couple Of Notes ]
[ Jori, We Thank You For All Of Your Guidance & Advice ]
[ Everytime I Went To The Meeting I Wondered How You’d
Be Dressed ]
[ & Every Single Meeting You Were Always So Nice ]
[ You Were ½ The Reason That We Succeeded, The Other ½
Was Because Of Those Who Were On The Same Journey ]
[ Each Person Walks The Path Differently ]
[ Sherpa Steps, One After The Other ]
[ Trusting Your Brother ]
[ (TEAM SATURDAY) Was The Best, Most Inclusive, Supportive
Group Of People That We Had Ever Met ]
[ People Would Come & Go ]
[ But The Core Group Was Set ]
[ The Only Thing That I’ve Been A Part Of Longer, In Years, Is My
Marriage, 26 & Counting ]
[ We Are Sorry About Being So Hit & Miss Towards The End ]
[ Since The ‘VID19, Pressure Had Been Mounting ]
[ Please Know That This Was Because Of Unfortunate Problems &
Nothing More ]
[ There Have Been Surprises Galore ]
[ Who Knows, When Things Level Out ]
[ We Will Come Back, To Where People Shout ]
[ T E A M S A T U R D A Y! ]
[ Thank You All ]
[ Nicole & Robert DeVoe ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(71)▪︎[ Why Do I? … 1•19•2020 ]
[ How & Why Do I Stay Sober? ]
[ It’s Not Because I Found A Field Covered With Four
Leaf Clover ]
[ Every Day That I Did Not Take A Drink ]
[ I Didn’t Spend One Minute Living On The Brink ]
[ Of Ruining My Life ]
[ Because I Cherish My Son & Wife ]
[ In College I Became A Week-End Drinker ]
[ But That Didn’t Cause Me To Be A Foggy Thinker ]
[ It Did Seem That I Got Drunk Real Quick ]
[ I Was Always Thankful That Come Morning I Never
Had A Hangover Or Got Sick ]
[ I Never Did Aquire A Taste For Beer Or Wine ]
[ Even When We Went Out To Dine ]
[ I Don’t Think That I Ever Had A Drink When We Were Out
About The Town ]
[ I Never Threw Up Or Fell Down ]
[ My Dad Shot Himself When He Came Home Drunk From
The Bar ]
[ @ Least He Didn’t Kill Anybody With His Car ]
[ That’s One Of The Reasons Alcohol Has No Place In My Life ]
[ I’m So Thankful I Have A Like-Minded Thinking Wife ]
[ I’ve Celebrated With Alcohol Once In The Last 34 Years ]
[ Getting Hooked & Addicted Brings Me No Fears ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Brings People To Tears ]
[ Alcohol Alcohol, It’s Not For Me ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Is Not Something That I Will Be ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(1436)▪︎[ Life, Or … ? … 12•28•2019 ]
[ Life & Death ]
[ Is Like The Difference Between Snorting Coke ]
[ & Smoking Meth ]
[ Cocaine Sends You On A Mello High ]
[ Meth Can Send You Spiraling Down ]
[ Until You Die ]
[ Actually I Don’t Have Experience With Either One Of These ]
[ I Just Know From What I Read ]
[ To Understand It ]
[ You Don’t Have To Have An M.D. ]
[ After Your Name ]
[ We All Play The Same Game ]
[ The Results Just Might Not Be The Same ]
[ But Then Why Do You Point The Finger ]
[ @ Someone To Blame? ]
[ I Don’t Think That’s Right ]
[ Especially If They Don’t Want To Put Up A Fight ]
[ When You Point The Finger, Three Are Pointing Back Your Way ]
[ Does That Make For A Positive Day? ]
[ So, Do You Have A Say? ]
[ Hell Yes, You Do ]
[ Who Is Going To Stand Up For You, Except You? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(1424)▪︎[ Who? … 12•23•2019 ]
[ Do You Know That It Is Time For Me ]
[ To Be Who I Was Meant To Be ]
[ Not The Person Who People Think That I Should ]
[ Because I Don’t Think That I Would ]
[ Even If I Thought That I Could ]
[ Does Anyone ]
[ Actually Become ]
[ Who, In Their Own Mind, Is Number One? ]
[ It Would Always Take Alot ]
[ Of Thought ]
[ To Come To Terms With What I’ve Actually Got ]
[ Do Things Become Controversial ]
[ Or Conventional ]
[ When You Think That You’ve Reached Your Potential? ]
[ When Reaching One’s Potential, It Sure Can Be A Mystery ]
[ Sometimes Getting There ]
[ Is Pure Misery ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(326)▪︎[ Have You Ever? … 4•1•2020 ]
[ Sometimes Have You Ever Hated Where You’re @? ]
[ & You’d Love To Run Away ]
[ & Never Go Back? ]
[ Who Says You’d Have To Go Back, Again? ]
[ Just Say That You Do ]
[ & Then? ]
[ What Has Changed There? ]
[ If You Know ]
[ Will You Please Share? ]
[ I Bet The Answer Is No ]
[ Because You Know They Don’t Care ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(323)▪︎[ Can You Say Untruthful? … 3•31•2020 ]
[ I Really Cannot Believe What I Just Read ]
[ That Was Something That I Never Expected To Be Fed ]
[ It Weighed Me Down Like Lead ]
[ Where Did They Come Up With These Lies? ]
[ They Were Almost Being Masked As Chocolate Moon Pies ]
[ But These Words Came Across Hollow ]
[ & Were Hard To Swallow ]
[ I Don’t Know Where These Words Came From ]
[ I Think The Thoughts Were Dumb ]
[ Leaving Me Numb ]
[ Now You Can Bet ]
[ That I Have No Idea What They Were Trying To Get ]
[ Accolades Or Boo’s? ]
[ From My Point Of View ]
[ They Don’t Deserve Any Good News ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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