(471)▪︎[ Then & Now … 2023 ]

[ Do You Remember When ]
[ This Was That ]
[ & Now Is Then ]

[ It Is About That Time That We Let The Little One’s Leave The Nest ]
[ You Might Not Agree ]
[ But You Have To Know That Is For The Best ]

[ For The First (3) Months, We Can Help With Their Bills ]
[ Through The Winter Months ]
[ We Will Make Sure To Pay The Heating Bill So Chastity Does Not Get The Chills ]

[ The Main Thing That I Taught Them Was To Always Pay Your Mortgage Or Your Rent ]
[ With That Payment ]
[ You Will Know  That You Will Have A Better Roof Over Your Head, Than That Family Living In That Little (2) Person Tent ]

[ Our Friends Say That We Made (3) Good, Well Behaved & Educated Kids Now ]
[ Others Wanted To Know How? ]

[ We Knew That There Wasn’t A Secret That We Could Purchase From The Neighborhood Wizard ]
[ Like A Stew With (5) Small Lizards ]

[ A Couple Of Things That You Must Have Is Patience & The Abilty To Listen To The Craziest Situations That Your Kid Can Get In ]
[ Be Very Aware Of When You Tell Any Of Your Kids That They Committed A  Sin ]

[ You Cannot Make Someone Do Something That They Don’t Want To Do ]
[ Would You Like The Same Done To You? ]

[ @ (14), (15) Or (16) Start Treating Them More Like A Young Adult ]
[ Try To Know Who Is In Their Life ]
[ Beawhere Of Anything Resembling A Cult ]

[ A Cult Will Normally Try To Split The Family Into Fractions ]
[ That Is Their First Sign Of Numerous Actions ]

[ Start The Morning With An (I LOVE YOU) ]
[ End The Day ]
[ The Same Way ]

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~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(558)▪︎[ Better Now Or Not … 7•7•2021 ]

[ Are You Better Off Now, Than You Were Before? ]
[ When You Went Into Your House A Year Ago ]
[ & Closed The Door? ]

[ On Everyone That Did Not Live There ]
[ If The Didn’t ]
[ It Did Not Matter From Where ]
[ Because Death Was Everywhere ]

[ How Are Your Relations With Strangers Now? ]
[ They Are Good? ]
[ How? ]
[ Things Are Just Misunderstood? ]
[ Wow! ]

[ Do You Talk To Strangers Anymore? ]
[ When Your Doorbell Rings ]
[ Are You More Wary Now Than Before ]
[ COVID ’19 ]
[ About Who Is On The Other Side Of The Door? ]

[ How Are Your Views On The Issue Of Race? ]
[ Does It Still Matter About The Color ]
[ Of Another Person’s Face? ]
[ When Looking @ Another ]
[ Why Should It Matter In The First Place? ]

[ You Don’t See Strangers, Stopping & Talking ]
[ You Only See Strangers Walking ]

[ Walking Right By ]
[ Without So Much As Saying ( HI ) ]
[ & No One Looks You In The Eyes ]

[ How Are People Supposed To Start Meeting? ]
[ How Are People Supposed To Meet & Go Out Eating? ]

[ Singles Are Meeting Through Computer Apps & Sights ]
[ Without Meeting ]
[ They Are Spending Their Nights ]

[ Swiping Left Or Swiping Right ]
[ No Arguing, That Causes A Fight ]
[ Even If It Did ]
[ Nobody Is In The Same Room @ Night ]

[ You Still Find It Safer Leaving Your Mask On ]
[ Because The Virus Is Not Gone ]

[ You Don’t Think Things Are Better Off? ]
[ Nobody Can Get Back The Time, Money Or Lives That Were Lost ]

[ That Doesn’t Make Now, Better Than Before The ‘VID ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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