(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 ]

(370)▪︎[ Love You … 5•6•2021 ]

[ To My Wife ]
[ The One Woman Whom I Said That I Will Love For
     The Rest Of My Life ]

[ When I Said ( I DO ) ]
[ That I Will ]
[ Love You ]
[ Then ]
[ & I Want To Tell You That I Love You Still ]

[ There Is One Thing That I Know ]
[ That It Was Well Over 9,133 Days Ago ]
[ When I Decided That I Could Never Let You Go ]

[ It Would Certainly Hurt The Heart Of This Plain, Old,,
      Ordinary Guy ]
[ If Another Man Could Catch Your Eye ]

[ I Am A Simple Man With Really Simple Tastes ]
[ As I Get Older ]
[ I Am Sorry About My Ever Expanding Waist ]

[ We Are Not The Spring Chickens Anymore ]
[ So We Cannot Dance As Long As We Did Before ]

[ I Always Love Telling New Acquaintenances Our Wonderful
     Love Story ]
[ I Must Have Told It @ Least 25 Times ]
[ & It’s Never Boring ]

[ It Sure Has Been A Bumpy Ride ]
[ I Tell Everyone About Our Longevity With Pride ]

[ If I Had The Choice To Do This All Over Again ]
[ I Would Say ( YES ) ]
[ Again & Again ]

[ I Think The Phrase I Was Looking For Was ( IN A NEW
     YORK MINUTE ) ]
[ Yes, I Will Jump Back In It ]

[ Meeting You Almost 27 Years Ago Was Perfect Timing ]
[ Who Knew That Four Years Ago ]
[ I Would Receive The Gift From God That I Could Write
     Stories That Are Rhyming ]

[ We Have Been Through So Much, But We Stayed
     Together ]
[ We Never Discarded Each Other When There Was A Change
     In The Weather ]

[ Since We Live In Oregon There Are 10 Changes Every Day ]
[ When The Negative People Voiced Their Opinion ]
[ We Continue To Stay ]

[ We Are Good With Hunches ]
[ & We Have Never Resorted To Throwing Punches ]

[ We Never Touch Each Other In An Angry Way ]
[ We Keep Loving Each Other Even Though The Hair On My
     Head Nearly All Went Away ]

[ It All Went Away To La-La Land ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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