(001)▪︎[ The 24 Things … 2025 ]

Well … Listing (30) Things That Make Me Happy Can Be Tricky Because That Is A Big Number To Come Up With ]
1. [ My Wife ]
2. [ My Marriage ]
3a. [ Roxie, My Dog ]
3b. [ J.B.D. ]
4a. [ My Early Caregiver, Chrissy ]
4b. [ My Daily Caregiver, Susan ]
5. [ The Wt. That I Am @. I Am @ My Lowest Wt. Since 2015 ]
6a. [ Elizabeth, My Friend ]
6b. [ The “F.F.ofF.” ]
7. [ Rita, My Friend ]
8. [ Lisa, My BFF ]
9. [ My Writing ]
10. [ Our Home ]
11. [ Silvia, Our Car ]
12. [ My Collections ]
13. [ Nick, My Friend ]
14. [ The Thought That Frump Will Not Be The POTUS Forever ]
15. [ Where We Live ]
16. [ My Accomplishments ]
17. [ The “Good” Barbara ]
18. [ Our Possessions ]
19. [ Our W.W. Tribe ]
20. [ My Health @ My Age ]
21. [ That I Have Not Had A Drop Of Alcohol In Almost (30yrs) ]
22. [ That I Did Not Fall Down The Same Drug Rabbit Hole, Like My (2) Older Sisters ]
23. [ My Sense Of Humor ]
24. [ B.D. ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(857)▪︎[ Happy 29th … 2023 ]

[ (29) Looks Good On You ]
[ Your Looks Are All The Rave ]
[ Someday You Should Come Down The Street ]
[ & Let MeyIn On What You Use To Hide Your Age ]

[ Thank You For Allowing Me To Be Able To ]
[ Say That I Have A Friend In You ]qqqqqq

[ So, Happy Birthday To Someone So Nice ]
[ Even Though This Is Celebrating Your (29th) ]
[ Birthday Twice ]

[ Tell All Of Those Unfriendly’s, To Just Pack Up & Go To Hell ]
[ I Guarantee You That They Won’t Like The Smell ]
[ If Hell Is A Humid Heat ]
[ You Know That They Will Not Do So Well ]

[ You Could Clearly Take A Poke ]
[ & Make A Joke ]
[ That Sydney & His Relatives Are An Example Of Being Woke ]

[ Andrew & His Relatives WILL Surely Cut In Line ]
[ Since Their Family Moral Compass ]
[ Is All Intertwined ]

[ With Each Other ]
[ Father To Mother ]
[ Sister To Brother ]

[ Since They Try To Be Such The Big Problem ]
[ Rest Assured ]
[ That You Are Not Legally Bound To Them ]

[ Stick With Nicole & Myself ]
[ With All Of Our Gemini Personalities ]
[ You Don’t Need Anyone Else ]

[ Birthdays Always Come & Go ]
[ Sometimes Rather Quickly ]
[ But Sometimes It Goes By Really Slow ]

[ I Am So Glad That You Enjoy Being Around My Beautifful, Young Wife ]
[ I Owe Her My Life ]

[ Several Times In The Past ]
[ A Really Stern Conversation ]
[ Made The Points That She Wanted To Make ]
[ Come @ Me Really Really Fast ]

[ I Hope That She Enlightens Your Life, As She Has Done With Mine ]
[ On A Scale Of (1-10) ]
[ She Would Walk Away With A (9.999)

[ In Your Story I Did Not Want To Throw A Hail Mary Into The Ground ]
q1q[ I Also Feel That It Is Important For You To Know ]
[ That There Is Not A Single Rose Around ]

[ Wouldn’t That Be A Wonderful Way ]
[ To Start Your Day? ]

[ Wouldn’t It Be Fun & Rewarding, If You Could Take The Master Schedule & Give It A Couple Of Tweaks ]
[ Of Course Alot Would Have Had To Gone On ]
[ If You Could Schedule Them Off For A Couple Of Weeks? ]

[ But My Hunches ]
[ Is That You Always Roll With The Punches ]

[ Now A Good Rhyme ]
[ Would Be ]
[ You Have A New Partner In Crime ]

[ To Laugh With & Lean On ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(402)▪︎[ On Your Birthday … 6•6•2022 ]

[ So I Hear That You Wanted A Poem On Your Birthday ]
[ I Told You That I Would Come To Your Help In Any Way ]

[ I Was Not Given A Warning Days Ahead ]
[ It Would Have Been Nice To Gets A Heads Up Instead ]

[ You Should Be Doing Nothing But Smiling ]
[ Nobody Has You Tied Up In An Office Filing ]

[ When It Comes To Being My C.G, You Are Quite New ]
[ I Wished That You Had More Hours Than A Few ]

[ So You Went Riding ]
[ On The Beach ]
[ Did It Feel Like You Were Gliding? ]
[ On A Part Of Your Body You Just Could Not Reach? ]

[ I Have Always Heard That A Horse Is The Biggest Piece Of
Meat That Women Can Get Between There Legs? ]
[ Does All Of That Pounding Affect Your Eggs? ]

[ I Found It Funny How You Came Here Walking Bowlegged
Like A Cowboy ]
[ I Guess You Can Say That Riding A Horse Is Not An Adult Toy ]

[ The Main Thing Is That You Were With Your Man ]
[ As You Were Riding In The Sand ]

[ You Said That You Had Sore Muscles That You Thought
You Never Had ]
[ Maybe Next Time Your Birthday Will Be Really Mellow ]
[ While You Get Yourself A Cowboy Hat ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1129)▪︎[ Happy 30th Birthday, Pam … 9•6•2019 ]

[ Happy Birthday To My Friend Pam ]
[ Do I Miss You Dearly? ]
[ Oh, Yes Ma’am ]

[ Saturdays, Have Never Been The Same ]
[ Ever Since Jori ]
[ Stopped Calling Your Name ]

[ You Moved Far Far Away ]
[ That Means We Can’t See You ]
[ Every Saturday ]

[ So Today Was The Celebration Of Your Birth ]
[ We All Should Celebrate Every Day You’ve Been On
This Earth ]
[ So If The Celebrating Must Be Condensed To Just One Day ]
[ I’ll Try To Find A Way ]
[ To Shorten Down What I Want To Say ]
[ I’ll Write It In A Story ]
[ If I May ]

[ So How Many Times Have You Celebrated Turning Thirty? ]
[ The Only One Who Knows The Truth Is Only A Little Birdie? ]

[ I Hope You Had Fun Today & Celebrated In Style ]
[ After Writing This ]
[ I’ll Be Sad For Awhile ]

[ Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Sorry This Is Late ]
[ Next Year I’ll Remember This Date ]

[ I Hope You Like Everything That You Got ]
[ But True Friendship Can Never Be Bought ]
[ & A Friendly Story Was Something You Sought ]
[ But Bottom Line Pam ]
[ We Miss You Lots! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(073)▪︎[ Happier Times … 1•24•2022 ]

[ Oftentimes, When One Is Searching For Solace, They Go @ It All
Alone ]
[ When They Pick Up The Phone ]
[ Listening For The Voice Of Reason ]
[ They Only Get The Dial Tone ]

[ You Can’t Wash Lonely Off Of Your Back In The Shower ]
[ You Neither Have The Patience Or The Power ]

[ It Is A Common Mistake To Look For Love In All Of The Wrong
Places ]
[ You Only Think There Is Love ]
[ In All Of The Wrong Faces ]

[ You’ve Heard (1000) Stories But None Of Them Rings True ]
[ White Is Black ]
[ & Red Is Blue ]

[ Nobody Tells The Truth Anymore ]
[ Not The Lady Leaning Against The Wall ]
[ Or ]
[ The Guy Who Just Walked Through The Door ]

[ You Had The Bright Idea That When You Had $200 In Your
Pocket You Made It Rich ]
[ & You No Longer Had To Scratch That Itch ]

[ But If You Don’t Keep Moving, That Itch Will Turn Into A Scratch
That Gets Infected ]
[ You Will Wait So Long To Get Some Medicine ]
[ It Would Need To Be Injected ]

[ Stay Stagnant & You Turn Fat & Lazy ]
[ When You Hesitate Too Long & Talk To Yourself Too Much ]
[ People Will Start Calling You Crazy ]

[ All Because You Thought You Had Made It Too Early In Life ]
[ So You Have No Kids ]
[ You Never Had The Pleasure Of Having A Wife ]

[ Because You Were Always Looking For The Next ]
[ You Always Thought That You Would Find The Best Woman
Through A Text ]

[ Not The Old Fashioned Way Of Getting Out Of The House &
Meeting Her ]
[ If You Look @ A Text You Can Never Be Sure ]

[ Friends Have Passed You By & Moved Away ]
[ You Have Not Seen A Friendly Face All Day ]

[ You Are Relegated To A Monotonous Routine ]
[ You Are Neither The King Of All You Can See ]
[ You’ve Never Been Able To Share It With A Queen ]

[ Time Passes By When A Day Turns Into A Week ]
[ & You Have Aged Past Your Peak ]

[ Sooner, Rather Than Later, You Lay In Your Bed, Waiting For
Death To Give Your Ticket A Punch ]
[ You All Of Sudden Flash Back To Happier Times When You
Were Sharing A Lunch ]
[ With … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(901)▪︎[ Happy Hallowgivings … 10•26•2021 ]

[ The Thunder Flashes Across The Sky ]
[ Then The Rain Leaves Me High & Dry ]

[ Why Does The Sky Leave Me With A Sunburn Everytime
I Hear A Cloud? ]
[ Then The Silence Sounds So Loud ]

[ The Crackling In My Nose ]
[ Sounds Like When My Eyes Feel Thirsty Everytime It Snows ]

[ After Walking (3) Miles, My Hands Really Hurt ]
[ But I Have To Tell Myself That I Still Need To Put (1) Foot
After The Other ]
[ When I Button Up My Shirt ]

[ My Lips Get Tired When I Blink ]
[ Then My Hair Hurts When I Think ]

[ Why Did I Paint (4) Fingers With Eye Liner? ]
[ It Was To Shut Them Down ]
[ & Too Stop Them Being A Winer ]

[ I Try To Have A Dry Eye In My Hand Everyday ]
[ Before I Step Off The Scale To Weigh ]
[ For The Day ]

[ I Have Never Understood Why My Eyes Make A Creaking Noise ]
[ & I Have To Snap My Toes, Before Anyone Hears My Voice ]

[ It Seems Like My Hips Always Crack ]
[ & I Can Never Wake Up If I Was Sitting On My Back ]

[ My Back Will Often Talk ]
[ After I Have Put My Shoulders Through A Lazy Walk ]

[ It Seems Like My Whole Life Is Going Up The Winding
Staircase ]
[ When Every Donut I Have Heard Has Been Baked In Haste ]

[ I Look Forward For My Birthday That Is (3) Weeks Ago ]
[ I Hope Everything Is Worked In By The Fourth Rain Of
The First Summer Snow ]

[ Snow Is Loud When It Comes Into Hearing Distance
Of Land ]
[ During That Time They Are Missing A Drummer In Their Band ]

[ Our SUV Mistakenly Lost The (S) ]
[ So Our Truck Will Remain Nameless ]

[ It Is Very Bad Off Of Gas ]
[ It Is Fun When We Can’t Stand Down & Enjoy Our Past ]

[ What To Do, What To Do ]
[ When You Try To Comb, A Too Small Shoe ]

[ I Guess I Might Donate It To McDonald’s The Next Time
That They Eat Here ]
[ So Ho Ho Ho ]
[ Thank You For Sending Me Some Hallowgivings Cheer! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(520)▪︎[ A Happy Marriage … 6•26•2021 ]

[ Being ½ Of A Successful Marriage Partnership, Has Been The
     Hardest Job, You Have Ever Had ]
[ Though Alot More Rewarding, Than Your Failed Attempt @
     Being A Dad ]

[ You Can’t Make Somebody, Love You ]
[ No Matter How Hard You Try ]
[ & No Matter, What You Do ]

[ In A Marriage, You Get What You Give ]
[ It All Depends, On How You Want To Live ]

[ Peace & Harmony Are Two Important Ingredients, To Work
     For ]
[ If You Don’t Have That, For The Majority Of The Time ]
[ Someone, Would Be Headed For The Door ]

[ One Thing, That People Say ]
[ Is That You Don’t Want To Be Mad @ Each Other @ The End Of
     The Day ]

[ That Is Nearly Impossible To Happen ]
[ Once Something Is Said … ]
[ Then … ]

[ An Argument Is Hard To Stop ]
[ A Subject That You Are Talking About, Is Hard To Drop ]

[ Being Understanding & Having Patience Are A Must ]
[ (2) Very Important Tasks, Is To Give & Have Trust ]

[ ( HELLO ) Turns To Like, Then Turns To Love ]
[ A Committment Is Made, That Is As Tight As A Glove ]

[ Through The Years, Each Other Goes Through Changes, But
     They Always Need To Adjust As They Come ]
[ Never, You Say Never, Call Your Spouse Dumb ]

[ It Is Imperative ]
[ That In Stressful Times, You Need To Get Creative ]

[ Understand That Each Of You Comes With Emotional
     Baggage & Faults ]
[ Always Give, From The Heart ]
[ & Show More Emotions Than A Robot ]

[ Celebrate Milestones & Never Forget Birthdays Or The
     Anniversary Of Your Wedding Day ]
[ Stick Together Through The Good & The Bad ]
[ & … Stay ]

[ You Are 25 Years In ]
[ & You Would Do All Of This All Over Again & Again ]

[ But You Would Also Change A Few Events That Blocked
     Your Path ]
[ You Would Have Done Better In Your Classes While In
     College ]
[ Especially In Math ]

[ Maybe You Would Have Called Out Of Work, The Night Of
     The Life-Changing Riot ]
[ & Stayed Home Where There Was Peace & Quiet ]

[ You Would Change How You Raised Your Son ]
[ The Way He Is Now ]
[ You Never Liked How It Was All Done ]

[ Other Than That One Major Thing ]
[ You Sure Picked The Right Woman To Give Your Ring ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(144)▪︎[ Roses … 2•15•2020 ]

[ Roses, Roses A Dozen Roses For You ]
[ How Many, How Many? ]
[ There Should Be A Bunch Of Six Times Two ]

[ I Wanted To Send Two Bunches Of Six In Each ]
[ One Bunch Is Yellow ]
[ & The Other Is Peach ]

[ I Hope In Some Small Way ]
[ That It Would Make Your Day ]

[ I Wanted It To Be Large ]
[ & In Charge ]

[ Stand It High On Top Of A Book ]
[ So When Your Fellow Employees Walk By ]
[ They Can Do Nothing But Look ]

[ They Might Ignore You, But I Won’t ]
[ If They Knew The You @ Home ]
[ They Will Answer The Question Of Why I Don’t ]

[ So You Could Act Like The Mad Hatter ]
[ & Show Those People ]
[ That To Me, You Matter ]

[ @ Home You Have A Loving Husband & Son ]
[ I Am Your Moon ]
[ Like You Are My Sun ]

[ My Stories May Not Earn Me Money ]
[ & That Is Okay With Me ]

[ I Don’t Need A Holiday To Do This ]
[ I Have Been Remiss ]
[ Because Sending You Flowers ]
[ Is Something I Miss ]

[ I Love You Forever & Ever … Amen ]
[ I Hope You Never Feel That I Only Love You ]
[ Now & Then ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(541)▪︎[ Happy Birthday … 7•4•2021 ]

[ Just Because You Are Out Of Sight ]
[ Doesn’t Mean That You Are Out Of My Mind ]
[ It Is A Fight ]
[ Of The Hardest Kind ]

[ Hard, Because Oftentimes Memories Can Fade ]
[ There Is Not Always A Frame Of Reference ]
[ When Those Memories Were Made ]

[ It Is Not Like It Is A Fade To Black ]
[ Like I Have Ever Turned My Back ]

[ Quite To The Contrary My Friend ]
[ Because I Don’t See An End ]

[ Our Friendship Was Sealed Many Years Ago ]
[ How Do I Know ]
[ This? ]
[ It Is Because That Is How I Said It To Be So ]

[ We Used To Talk For Hours ]
[ When It Was Sunny In The Sky ]
[ & Through The Dark Sky & Thunder Showers ]

[ But Now … ]
[ How? ]

[ You Have Project On Top Of Project ]
[ & Then Work ]
[ How Would We Ever Have Time To Connect? ]

[ I Am Always Just Sitting Here ]
[ Ready To Talk ]
[ Or Just Lend An Ear ]

[ I Am Not Just One Of Those Ordinary Guys ]
[ That You Deal With Everyday ]
[ Because When I Listen To Your Eyes ]
[ You Always Have An Ice Cold Mt. Dew On Its Way ]

[ It Is So Uncanny ]
[ That There Has Never Been Another Dani ]

[ I Find It Extremely Hard ]
[ To Tone Down How I Really Feel About You ]
[ To Saying ( WITH DEEPEST REGARDS ) ]

[ You Know By Choice ]
[ That In Your Book ]
[ I Am Not Qualified To Raise My Voice ]

[ so I will just say, much love & respect ]
[ this is the softest Whisper I can get! 🤫🤫🤫 ]
[ through text ]

[ Happy Birthday To My Good Friend … Dani ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(539)▪︎[ To You, My Wife … 7•3•2021 ]

[ Well The Year Was 1994 ]
[ I Was In A Tumultuous Relationship ]
[ So I Decided That I Didn’t Want Anymore ]

[ I Moved To A New City For A Fresh Start ]
[ To Lick My Wounds ]
[ & Try My Hardest To Mend My Bruised Heart ]

[ Then This Nice Fellow Employee That I Worked With
Came Up To Me & Asked Me Out For Her Good Friend ]
[ I Smiled & Told Her That I Was Flattered ]
[ But I Said ( NO ) & Told Her It Was Because My Heart
Was On The Mend ]

[ Then I Met This Girl In The Breakroom For Employees
One Day ]
[ I Guess I Only Had A Few Words To Say ]

[ That Chance Meeting Completely Changed The Trajectory
Of My Life ]
[ That Chance Meeting Was With My Future Wife ]

[ It Took Me A Few Months To Realize Who She Was Going
To Turn Into ]
[ Because Throughout The Years I Had Unsuccessful
Relationships With Quite A Few ]

[ I Finally Found The Cinderella That Would Fit Into My
Slipper Of Glass ]
[ My Heart Was Telling Me That This Relationship Will Last ]
[ & She Is Nothing Like Any Of Those Women In My Past ]

[ If Women Have Dreams Of A Knight In Shining Armor, What
Do Men Have To Dream Of? ]
[ How About A Beautiful, Caring, Understanding Princess
That Is Full Of Love ]

[ That Lady That I Met In The Break Room By Chance ]
[ Is The Only Woman Who Makes My Heart Dance ]

[ She Has A Beautiful Soul ]
[ & She Is The Reason That I Feel Whole ]

[ We Have Been Through Our Ups & Downs ]
[ & Through The Last 27 Years We Have Covered Alot Of
Ground ]
[ But From What I’ve Found ]

[ My Only Role ]
[ In Life ]
[ Is To Try To Be The Best Husband To Nicole ]
[ My Wife ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]