Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

[ Incredibly Attached To As A Youth ]

[ Well Your Youth Was (50yrs) Ago, Depending On What Qualifies As Your Youth ]

[ Your Oldest Possession You Still Have Is A Bible That You Got While You Were In Your 2nd Foster Home ]

[ The Next Possession That You Treasure Is A Watch That You Received From Don When You Graduated From High School. Don Never Showed He Was Proud Of You ]

[ The Next Possession You Treasure To This Day, Is A Teddy Bear, Whose Name Is Jesse. You Received Him On Your (21st) Birthday, From The Woman That You Were Dating, Adrienne, @ The Time. It Is Not That It Was From Her, Or Because It Was Your (21st) Birthday. This Might Be Looked @ As Childish, But Jesse Is All About Comfort. You Have Had Him For (41yrs) Now. He Has Comforted You While You’ve Gone Through Hell & Back Several Times. Jesse’s Spirit & Personality Is Solely In Your Mind, Your Imagination. Sure There Is A Physical Teddy Bear, But The Imagination Is Where The Power Is ]

[ Physical Possessions Are Just That, Possessions.  It Is The Memories That You Tag Them With That Gives Them The Importance That They Have ]

[ Someone Could Say After Reading This, Big Deal, You Have An Old Bible, An Old Watch & An Old Teddy Bear ]

[ That Is Not What They Are To You ]

[ Memories Are Attached To Each One ]

[ It Is Your Imagination That Keeps Them Real. Instead Of Just Placing Them In A Safe Or On Your Bookshelf ]

[ Your Imagination Is The Key ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What could you do differently?

[ What Could You Do Differently? ]

[ Lots Of Things ]

[ Get More Sleep ]

[ Eat Better ]

[ Get Back In To The Gym. Surgery Was Almost (2mo’s) Ago ]

[ Make (2) Stranger’s Smile Everyday, Instead Of Just One ]

[ Teach The Younger Generation What You Know About Life, That They Might Yet Not Know ]

[ Work With Kids, Instead Of Just Worry About Them ]

[ Spread Friendliness ]

[ Show Care To Others, Instead Of Fear ]

[ Buy A Homeless Person Lunch ]

[ Give Without Expecting Anything Back ]

[ Let Old Grudges Wash Off Your Shoulders With The Next Rain ]

[ Lend A Hand Instead Of Walking Past Someone ]

[ Give From The Heart, Instead Of Shooting From The Hip ]

[ A New Friend Is Just A “Hello” Away. Be The One That Says It First ]

[ Go The Extra Step ]

[ Be Able To Go To Bed With A Clean Conscience That You Did The Best You Could ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?

[ What Would Your Free Billboard Say? ]

[ Your Billboard Would Be Plain ]

[ The Message Would Be Simple & Straight Forward ]

[ It Would Say, “Life Is Already Hard, Try Being Nice To Each Other!” ]

[ Simple & To The Point ]

[ You Feel That Treating Each Other Humanely Has Been Lost In Society ]

[ The Affects Of The Costly ‘VID’19 Virus Has Never Subsided ]

[ Most People In Public Treat Strangers Like They Are Dangerous & Avoids All Eye Contact @ Any Cost ]

[ Alot Of The People In Society Walk Around Like Sheep ]

[ Lost … ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

[ The Future Or The Past? ]

[ This Is A Horrible Question For You ]

[ You Spend WAY Too Much Time Wrestling With Things In The Past! ]

[ You Don’t Know Why Your Brain Relives Things In Your Past Over & Over Again? ]

[ You Have PTSD From An Incident That Happened During One Night Shift When You Were Working In Juvenile Corrections ]

[ This Happened In August Of 2002. It Continues To Feel Like It Happened Yesterday ]

[ You Have Been Through All Different Kinds Of Therapy ]

[ Nothing Helps Make It Go Away ]

[ Just Like You Can’t Help Who Your Heart Turns Towards, You Seem To Not Always Be In Control Of All Of Your Thoughts ]

[ You Can Control The Actions You Do After Having The Thoughts ]

[ Your Heart Is Still With The Same Beautiful Woman It Has Been With Since The Summer Of 1994 ]

[ That Is An Easy One ]

[ You Have Yet To Find The Mystical Time Machine Where You Can Go Back In Time & Correct Misdeeds, Change Regrets Or Apologize To Those You Might Have Wronged While Traveling On Life’s Path ]

[ You Have Yet To Change A Single Event From Your Past ]

[ Maybe That Is What’s Wrong With People That Experience PTSD ]

[ Somehow They Get Stuck On The Event That Caused Horrible Trauma & Like A Ship That Has Run Aground, They Are Unable To Move Off Of It ]

[ PTSD Is Not Just For Veterans Or Soldiers That Were @ War. A Traumatic Event Can Happen To Anyone ]

[ Just Because You Have A Bad Dream & You Remember It, Doesn’t Mean You Suffer From PTSD ]

[ What You Might Have Is A Memory ]

[ Everybody Experience’s PTSD Differently ]

[ PTSD Will Not Manifest Itself The Same Way For (2) People, Even If (2) People Suffer Through The Same Traumatic Event ]

[ Each Brain Is Different, Of Course! ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What is the greatest gift someone could give you?

[ What Is The Greatest Gift Someone Could Give You? ]

[ Well There Are (2) Things That Come To Mind ]

[ 1st One Would Be Life, As In A Mother Giving Life To Her Newborn Child ]

[ 2nd Would Be Love ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What colleges have you attended?

[ What Colleges Have You Attended? ]

[ The Fall Of ’81 You Took A Calligraphy Class @ Portland Community College (Sylvania Campus) ]

[ Fall Of ’82 You Moved All Of Your Belongings To The Most Southern School In Oregon, @ The Time It Was ‘Southern Oregon State College’, In Ashland, Oregon ]

[ You Were There For (2) Full Years, But Your Grades Dipped & So Fall Of ’84 You Enrolled @ ‘Rogue Community College’, In Grants Pass, Oregon. You Were There For (2) Terms. You Brought Your Grades Up ]

[ The Spring Of ’85 You Re-Enrolled @ “S.O.S.C.” You Finished In Spring Of ’86, But Fell Short Of Graduating ]

[ The Fall Of ’95 You Enrolled @ ‘Chemeketa Community College’ & Graduated With An “Oregon Transfer” Degree In The Spring Of ’96 ]

[ The Fall Of ’96 You Enrolled @ ‘Western Oregon University’. You Graduated In The Spring Of ’98 ]

[ No More College Education Needed After That ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?

[ What Says Playtime To You? ]

[ You Can Only Imagine What The Definition Of “Playtime” Is? ]

[ As You Age, The Definition Can Change ]

[ When You Are Young, Playtime Can Mean Pure Fun ]

[ While In Grade School, Playtime Was Time On The Playground, Getting Out All Of Your Pent Up Energy ]

[ So Playtime Depends On The Age ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

What makes you feel nostalgic?

[ What Makes You Feel Nostalgic? ]

[ It Could Be Hearing A Song ]

[ It Could Be Like A Scent ]

[ You Grew Up Playing Baseball, & The Smell Of Cut Grass In The Spring Reminds You About The Start Of The Baseball Season ]

[ The Smell Of A Perfume Will Remind You Of Someone From Your Past ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

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 ~

How are you creative?

[ How Are You Creative? ]

[ You Feel That The Only Way That You Are Creative Is Through Your Writing ]

[ You Don’t Paint Or Do Anything On The Creative Scale ]

[ You Are Not Creative With Your Cooking ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~