(930)▪︎[ Be The One … 11•6•2020 ]

[ Every Single Day, Celebrate Life ]
[ Enjoy The Light ]

[ Sleep When It’s Dark ]
[ Keep Your Drive Going ]
[ Don’t Let Your Mind Stay In Park ]

[ You Can Yield When You Need To ]
[ But Then Go Back To Do What You ]
[ Want & Need To Do ]

[ Always Move Onward ]
[ Always Upward ]
[ Going Forward ]

[ Should Be Your Only Direction ]
[ Thank Those That Are Kind Enough ]
[ To Help You Make The Appropriate Corrections ]
[ That Seems Tough ]

[ Learn Who Is A Good Influence In Your Life & Who Is Not ]
[ Then Hug, Cherish, Respect, Honor & Love ]
[ Those Few That You’ve Got ]

[ Don’t Spend Another Minute Of Your Time For Those
That You Kicked To The Curb ]
[ Spend Time With The Positive Ones Who Deserve The Time
& Effort ]
[ That Would Help You Make A Better Verb ]

[ Sleep & Rest As Hard As You Play ]
[ Think About The Positive Things That Happened During
The Day ]
[ Then Try To Figure Out A Way ]
[ To Keep The Negative Thoughts @ Bey ]

[ Build On What Has Been Good ]
[ When Common Sense Says You Should ]
[ & Build It In Stone ]
[ Not Wood ]

[ Build A Base That Is Rock Solid Not Hollow ]
[ Be A Voice Of Reason ]
[ Be The Type Of Person That Others Want To Emulate
& Follow ]

[ Don’t Be The Follower ]
[ Take The Lead ]
[ & Be The Caller ]

[ Look Low Then Look High ]
[ Be That Type Of Girl Or Guy ]

[ That People Want To Look Up To ]
[ Be One Of The Very Few ]
[ That Gives Their Word ]
[ & Then Comes Through ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1066)▪︎[ My Nephew, Vladi … 12•23•2021 ]

[ I Have This Nephew Named Vladi ]
[ He Is Kind Of Special To Me ]

[ We Have So Much In Common, Except Age ]
[ That Should Be Put On Another Page ]

[ I Took A Chance On Saturday, March 17th, 2018 ]
[ I Noticed You Before You Were A Teen ]

[ I Asked If I Could Come & Talk To You ]
[ Because That Is What I Wanted To Do ]

[ You Were Sitting Almost In The Corner, Beside Your Dad ]
[ I Could Barely See You, I Might Add ]

[ I Told You That Me & You Have Something Important In
     Common ]
[ & That Is Adoption ]

[ A Loving Family Became Yours, Too ]
[ When You Are In Foster Care, That’s What You Are Always
     Wishing A Family Would Do ]

[ We Talked About Your Hobbies & I Found Out That We Both
     Collected Basketball Cards ]
[ My Collection Might Be A Little Bit Bigger ]
[ & Collecting The Older Cards Have Become Kind Of Hard ]

[ Are You Doing Okay In School, This Year? ]
[ Don’t Look @ School With Fear ]

[ Make Sure That You Always Find A Way ]
[ To Get To Your Classes Everyday ]

[ I Would Love To Hear What You Might Think Is A Fun Activity ]
[ Is It Basketball, Football, Baseball, LaCrosse Or Hockey? ]
[ Or Do You Lean More Towards Your Creativity ]

[ Activities Do Not Always Have To Have Sports @ The Center ]
[ I Wish I Lived Closer ]
[ It Would Have Been Fun To Be Your Mentor ]

[ How Was Your Summer? ]
[ Did You Get Enough Slumber? ]

[ How Many States Did You Travel To? ]
[ Did You Only Travel On The Days When The Sky Was Blue? ]

[ Which State Was Your Favorite One? ]
[ Did You Like The Rainy Ones?]
[ Or Only The States That Have Sun? ]

[ I Want You To Know I Have Not Forgotten About You ]
[ & You Make A Fantastic Nephew ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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