(001)▪︎[ Writing Space … 2025 ]

You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?

[ What Would Your Room Look Like? ]

[ Your Room Would Have A Comfortable Colored Paint Color ]

[ It Would Have A Nice Comfortable Recliner]

[ You Would Also Have A Comfortable Couch ]

[ An “Alexa” In The Corner Playing Whatever Music You Would Be In The Mood For ]

[ It Could Be Country, Rap, Funk, ’80’s, ’90’s Or Mainstream ]

[ It Would Have A Dog Bed In The Corner With Dog Toys On The Floor ]

[ It Would Have Cupboards On One Wall ]

[ With Snacks For Yourself & Snacks For Your Dog ]

[ You Would Have A Full Refrigerator With Drinks & Snacks ]

[ You Would Have A “Do Not Disturb” Sign On The Door ]

[ The Main Thing You Would Want In This Room Would Be Anything That Would Make For A Calm Atmosphere With Zero Distractions ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(486)▪︎[ A Final Goodbye … 12/22/2025 ]

[ It Is With A Heavy Heart ]
[ That You Must Say ]
[ Something Is Going To Happen In The Next Hour That Is Tearing Your Insides Apart ]
[ In (100) Different Ways ]

[ You Wouldn’t Be Lying ]
[ If You Were To Say Each Day In The Last Couple Of Weeks ]
[ Your Dog Started Dying ]

[ Little By Little & Pound By Pound ]
[ You Found ]
[ That Something Inside Of Her Was Killing Her, But She Never Made A Sound ]

[ You Never Knew What Kind Of Trauma She Went Through ]
[ Before She Ever Set A Paw Down In Your House ]
[ It Is So Cruel What Some People Do ]
[ But Even Through Her Abuse, She Probably Stayed As Quiet As A Small Field Mouse ]

[ It Probably Wasn’t A Voluntary Choice ]
[ For Her To Not Use Her Voice ]
[ You Have No Idea What Happened When She Used To Bark ]
[ Maybe She Was Punished Because A Past Owner Thought That When She Did It Only Sounded Like Noise ]

[ That Owner Told You That Roxie Was (5yrs) Old ]
[ When You Later Took Her To The ‘Vet ]
[ You Found Out Her Age Was Closer To (8), You Felt That Last Owner Was Really Bold ]
[ Because Lying To You To Get Rid Of Roxie, Was Pretty Cold ]

[ The Night That You Got Her, She Never Even Made The Slightest Sound ]
[ Because You Did Not Hear Anything When You Got Up In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ You Thought You Would Look Around ]
[ You Really Wondered Where Your New Dog Would Be Found ]
[ It Did Not Take You Long To Find Her, But You Were Astonished @ The Sight ]

[ She Was Curled Up On Your Recliner Chair ]
[ In A Deep ]
[ Sleep! ]
[ That Was Where You Usually Sat, But She Seemed To Not Care ]

[ Or Maybe She Actually Did ]
[ Maybe That Was The Point ]
[ You Smiled Like A Little Kid ]

[ You Actually Wondered If She Jumped Up & Went To Sleep Because That Was Where You Were Sitting When The (2) Of You Met? ]
[ You Actually Wondered, “How Much Better Can This New Situation Get?” ]
[ If You Were To Wager That It Wouldn’t ]
[ The Other Person Would Still Be Laughing Because You Would Really Lose That Bet ]
[ You Shouldn’t ]
[ Have Thought That She Did Not Want To Sleep Some Place Where She Could FINALLY Have A Peaceful Rest ]
[ & She Couldn’t ]
[ Have Figured Out The Place That Was Best? ]

[ You Failed To See ]
[ @ The Time ]
[ That She Already Figured Out Who She Wanted Her Person To Be ]
[ It Would Have Also Been A Crime ]
[ If She Did Not Also Feel Free ]

[ Free From ANY Abuse ]
[ Free From ANY Bad Excuse ]
[ Free From ANY Adult Being Around Her That Was Very Obtuse ]

[ About Why She Got Hit, Shocked Or Given A Hard Kick ]
[ The Thought About The Amount Of Abuse She Might Have Suffered ]
[ Really Made Your Stomach Sick ]

[ One Thing That You Are Sure ]
[ Roxie Was The Sweetest, Friendliest, Quietest Animal With Fur ]
[ She Was So Quiet ]
[ & Her Heart Was Pure ]

[ That Owner Was In A Hurry To Put Her In A Different Home ]
[ She Told You That We Could Have Her For A (3) Night Trial Basis ]
[ You Knew That It Would Take Awhile Before Her True Personality Would Be Shown ]
[ Alot Of Things About Her Past Was Unknown ]
[ So That Owner Left, After Telling You To Text Her On The Phone ]

[ (2) Days Later You Text That Owner To Let Her Know ]
[ That We Wanted Roxie To Stay ]
[ That We Never Wanted To Let Her Go ]

[ Once She Started To Feel Comfortable Her Personality Came Out ]
[ There Was Not A Single Doubt ]
[ That She Never Would Sit Around & Pout ]

[ Again ]
[ Because It Would Have Been A Sin ]
[ If You Did Not Show When The Love Would Begin ]

[ Everynight You Would Give Her Daddy Time & Get Down With Her On The Floor ]
[ You Wouldn’t Stop ]
[ Even If There Was A Knock On The Door ]

[ But Everything Changed When You Were In The Hospital To Have Surgery On Your Spine ]
[ Roxie Started To Become Ill ]
[ So Your Wife Told You, “No, Everything Is Not Fine” ]

[ Roxie Was Getting Sick After Eating ]
[ But Nothing Had Changed With Her Feedings ]
[ Since She Wouldn’t Make A Sound, You Never Knew What She Was Feeling ]
[ Getting This News Felt So Defeating ]

[ We Then Took Her To The ‘Vet ]
[ For Some Blood Work & Other Tests ]

[ Everything Began To Get Hazy ]
[ The Tests Came Back Fine ]
[ But She Kept Losing Weight Like Crazy ]

[ The ‘Vet Said There Was Nothing They Could Do ]
[ Your Fear Grew ]
[ Because Nobody Had A Clue ]

[ When She Stopped Eating All Together ]
[ & She Became As Light As A Feather ]
[ Her Weight Was The Lightest Ever ]

[ You Made The Hardest Call To The ‘Vet To Make That Dreaded Appointment ]
[ Because Roxie’s Energy Level Was So Spent ]
[ It Was Like Roxie Knew What This Meant ]

[ When We Took Roxie To The ‘Vet, She Was So Lethargic ]
[ & Sick ]
[ You Wish The ‘Vet Had Some Kind Of Trick ]
[ From Which She Could Pick ]

[ To Make Roxie Feel All Better, But That Was Not To Be ]
[ When We All Went Into A Room ]
[ The ‘Vet Could See ]

[ & It Became The Hardest Decision We Could Make ]
[ This Would Be The Last Time That You Would Ever See Roxie Awake ]

[ Roxie Laid Down On The Blanket ]
[ Because She Felt So Tired ]
[ & She Looked Like She Was Set ]
[ You Knew That It Is So Hard To Say Goodbye To A Loving Pet ]

[ We Were Only Able To Have Her (9mo’s) ]
[ This Was Ripping Out Your Guts ]

[ When The ‘Vet Mentioned Cheese ]
[ She Raised Her Head Off The Blanket Then Went To Her Knees ]
[ She Looked @ The ‘Vet As If Saying, “Oh, Yes Please!” ]

[ That Caused Everyone In The Room To Laugh ]
[ That Really Cut The Tension In The Room In ½ ]

[ The ‘Vet Came In & Gave Her The Shot That Made Her Go To Sleep For The Last Time ]
[ So This Is Where You Have To End This Rhyme ]

[ We All Love You Roxie! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Share … 2025 ]

Share what you know about the year you were born.

[ Share What You Know About The Year You Were Born? ]

[ One Of The Main Events That Happened In 1963 Was The November 22nd Assassination Of President John F. Kennedy ]

[ Who Knew That In (19yrs) You Would Become So Fascinated With Everything That Has To Do With The Life & Tragic Death Of JFK. That Year In College You Would Begin Your Book Collection Of Anything That Had Been Written About JFK. Your Collection Is Over (175) Books & Growing! ]

[ Another Event That Occurred Was Martin Luther King Jr’s Iconic “I Have A Dream” Speech, During His March On Washington D.C. ]

[ The Civil Rights Movement Was Also During This Year ]

[ There Was The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Which Killed (4) Girls, In Birmingham, Alabama ]

[ There Was Also The 1st Female Astronaut, Soviet Cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, In Space ]

[ With Jomo Kenyatta As Prime Minister, Kenya Became An Independent Republic ]

[ JFK Called For Civil Rights Legislation ]

[ Bell System Introduced The 1st Push Button Telephone ]

[ This Saw The Rise Of Bob Dylan As A Significant Voice ]

[ The Beatles Band Rose To Fame In The U.K. ]

[ The U.S., U.K. & The USSR Signed The Partial Test Ban Treaty ]

[ Alot Happened Before & After My Birth In June Of 1963 ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(485)▪︎[ Angel’s In The Room … 2025 ]

[ There Are Times When Angel’s Actually Do Roam The Earth ]
[ You Know That When A Bell Rings ]
[ Everytime There Is A Child’s Birth ]

[ It Is Not Always The Norm ]
[ For An Angel To Show Themselves ]
[ In Human Form ]

[ They Just Might ]
[ Take Flight ]
[ During The Morning ]
[ Instead Of Always Being @ Night ]

[ They Are Not Like Santa ]
[ Who Is Always Looking For All Of The Good Girls & Boys ]
[ They Don’t Have A GPS Antenna ]
[ So They Can Deliver Goodies & Toys ]

[ Angel’s & Santa Claus’s Purpose In Life Are Worlds Apart ]
[ Santa Might Live In The Mind ]
[ While Angel’s Live In The Heart ]
[ Because They Are So Kind ]

[ Unfortunately There Times When An Angel Will Appear Before A Man’s Eyes Right Before Death ]
[ Maybe Drug Abusers Are Trying To To See The Angels]
[ When They Start Smoking Meth ]

[ They Keep Wanting To Get To An Even Higher High ]
[ Hopefully They Pass Out ]
[ Before They Die ]

[ Angel’s Will Sometimes Lead A Man Down A Better Path ]
[ Sad To Say That If You Have Test Anxiety In Class ]
[ Angel’s Will Not Help You During Your Finals Test In Math ]

[ Children Tend To See Angel’s More Often Than Adult’s, Because They Really Believe ]
[ If An Adult Told His Friends That They Saw One ]
[ His Friends Would Probably Think That He Was Hiding Something Up His Sleeve ]

[ Maybe That’s Why Adults Won’t Admit ]
[ That They Ever Noticed It ]

[ It Wouldn’t Sound Believable To See An Angel Fly ]
[ By ]
[ Unless You Were Probably High ]

[ Sometimes Angel’s Do Good Deed’s ]
[ Other Times They Help Those That Are In Need ]

[ They Don’t Ever Give Out Money ]
[ They Probabaly Wouldn’t Lead Someone To The Land Of Milk & Honey ]

[ Rest Assure That Angel’s Are Here To Stay ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Fun … 2025 ]

What was the last thing you did for play or fun?

[ What Was The Last Thing You Did For Play Or Fun? ]

[ What You Do For Fun Has Evolved Over The Years ]

[ You & Your Wife Was Blessed/Cursed With The Birth Of A Boy In October Of 2002 ]

[ You Say Blessed Because Your Wife Carried Him To Full-Term & He Came Out Healthy ]

[ We Tried The Best We Could As Parents ]

[ We Raised Him In A House, Only Moving Twice. We Have Been Married Not Quite (30yrs) (3•16•1996) & Have Lived In This House Since March Of 2008. In Neighborhoods, Close To Schools, Close To Parks, Non-Violent Area, No Separations Marriage Wise ]

[ You Guess You Say The Negative Things That We Did Was Spoil Him, He Never Wanted For A Thing! ]

[ You Thought You Would Find Joy & Fun Being A Dad ]

[ That Was Not Meant To Be ]

[ He Was Explosive & Negative & Then Very Calm & Sweet ]

[ We Had Him Seeing Therapists & Other Dr.’s ]

[ He Became Very Competitive, Disrespective & Angry With You ]

[ He Disliked Any Attention That Your Wife Gave You & Competed For Her Time. You Are The Husband & The Father, Not The Competition ]

[ The Son Turned Caustic In The House, In The Family & In The Marriage ]

[ 7/14/2021 Is What You Call YOUR Independence Day ]

[ Our Son Moved Out. He Started Growing Up Where He Lives, He Likes His Roommates, He Has Been Employed Since 2021 ]

[ But Now He Has Become Disrespectful Towards Your Wife. THAT Is What You Won’t Be Okay With. When He TRIES To Be Disrespectful To You, You Smile Or Chuckle. The Much Wanted/Hoped For (By You) Father/Son Connection Was Long Gone. But Disrespecting The Parent That Brought Him Into This World Lights Your Fire. Your Wife Has Stated That You Can Have A Very Sharp Tongue & She Is The Only Barrier Between You & Him. You Have Never Been Physical With Him & @ (62yrs) Old, Physical Play With Your Disrespectful Son Is Way Behind You. Now He Does Not Talk With Either Of Us ]

[ The Reason For Writing All Of That Word Vomit Was To Explain How Fun Can Unexpectedly Change ]

[ What Do You Do For Fun Now, Late In Life? ]

[ You Spend As Much Time As You Can With Your Wife ]

[ You Enjoy Being Around Your Dream Team Of Caregivers ]

[ You Love Writing As Long As The Words Keep Flowing ]

[ You Love Playing Word Games That Constantly Challenge Your Mind ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Top (5) … 2025 ]

List your top 5 grocery store items.

[ Another Very Broad Question ]

[ You Can Honestly Say That You Do Not Have An Ounce Of Food Imagination ]

[ That Means When Someone Asks You The Dreaded Question, “What Are You Hungry For?” ]

[ You Have No Idea ]

[ What Helps You Along Is When Your Wife Or Your Caregiver Offers CHOICES! ]

[ This Happens Everyday With Your Caregiver ]

[ This Happens Every Saturday When Your Wife Asks You, “What Do You Want Added To The Grocery List?” ]

[ You Are Not Playing Games, When You Answer, “I Really Don’t Know!” ]

[ The Best Way That You Go Grocery Shopping, Is Actually Going Up & Down The Aisles In The Grocery Store ]

[ So … To Answer The Question. “I Don’t Know” ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Hope … 2025 ]

Tell us one thing you hope people say about you.

[ What Would I Hope People Would Say? ]

[ Well, That Is Kind Of A Broad Question, Really ]

[ I Want Them To Say, “He Always Tried” ]

[ I Tried To Play The Games That Go On In Life ]

[ I Feel That I Am Either Succeeding, Succeeded Or Failed Trying ]

Mahalo nui loa,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~