Ua hemo ka wahine i ko'u moena ilihune, moena puna wai, elua makahiki ma hope mai ua loaa ia'u

ʻO yong koʻu inoa, he poʻe kuaʻāina. Ke noho nei māua me kaʻu wahine i ke kamaʻilio kamaʻāina i hoʻolauna ʻia, e ʻike wale ʻoe, he 30 o mākou mau makahiki, ma kuaʻāina, male ka poʻe o kēia mau makahiki, hele nā keiki i ke kula. No laila ke wikiwiki nei mākou, ʻike pinepine ʻia ma hope o ko lāua male ʻana. ʻO ka wahine ʻino, ʻilihune koʻu ʻohana, no laila hele pū mākou. Ua ʻakaʻaka mai ka poʻe o ke kauhale iā mākou, ʻo ka ʻakaʻaka ʻana iā mākou, ʻaneʻane like ia i ka lani. Akā, ʻaʻole māua me kaʻu wahine, ʻoiai ke ola nei mākou e maikaʻi ko mākou mau lā, ʻo ka ʻōlelo a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Ma hope o ka male ʻana, hoʻoikaika au i ka hana, aloha nui ka wahine iaʻu. No ka mea, ʻilihune ka home, ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻai pinepine i ka ʻiʻo e ʻai ai, loaʻa i kekahi manawa ka ʻiʻo e ʻai ai, ʻo ka wahine ka ʻiʻo iaʻu a me koʻu makuahine. Owau loa ko'u makuahine ia ia, aole ia i ai, olelo mai ua makau i ka momona. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻike wau ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e ʻai. Aloha māua me kaʻu wahine i ke ola o kekahi i kekahi, ʻekolu makahiki ma hope mai, ua hānau māua me kaʻu wahine he keikikāne a he wahine ʻelua keiki, he ʻohana e noho ana i kahi ola hauʻoli maʻalahi. ʻO ka wahine ma ka home e mālama i nā keiki ʻelua a me ka makuahine, hiki wau i ka hana mua, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā ma mua. Ke mālama nei au, makemake au e mālama i ke kālā i nā keiki ʻelua e heluhelu ai. Akā, ʻike koke wau ua hewa kāna wahine, hoʻomaha wau ma ka home, ʻōlelo mau ka wahine i kahi mea e hele ai, ʻaʻohe mea pili i nā keiki, hoʻolei iaʻu, hele i ka lā a pau. Nīnau au iā ia i hea e hele ai, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo deadpan, ʻaʻole wau manaʻo. I kekahi manawa, hahai malū au iā ia, akā ua loaʻa ʻo ia. Ua huhū ʻo ia a hakakā wau, walaʻau walaʻau, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu, male iaʻu i nā makahiki e ʻeha nei. 'Ōlelo wau a me kāna, e ho'āʻo wau e loaʻa kālā, e lilo ia i ola maikaʻi i ka hikiwawe. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ka wahine, ʻulaʻula kona mau maka. Ma hope mai, hakakā hou mākou i kekahi mau manawa. ʻO ka manawa hope loa, ua hoʻopiʻi māua me ka wahine no ke oki mare, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole au e loaʻa kālā, he liʻiliʻi loa ke kālā, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻae iā ia i ke ola maikaʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia i kēia mau lā ʻilihune, makemake ʻo ia e ʻimi i kahi male waiwai. E hoʻolohe i ka ʻōlelo a ka wahine, ʻo lenovo hou ʻo ia i koʻu lā hoʻomaha ʻaʻole i ka home, ua loaʻa nā home ma mua. Ua huhū au, manaʻo wau i kinohi inā ʻaʻole ʻilihune au, ʻaʻole hoʻi au e mare iā ia, e haʻalele iaʻu i ka ʻilihune, hemo. Hele au i ka impulse a me kāna hemo ʻana, ʻohi ʻo ia i kekahi o nā ukana a haʻalele. Ma hope o ka hemo ʻana, ʻaʻole au i ʻike iā ia, ua ʻae wau i koʻu makuahine e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā keiki i ka wā e hana ana. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o kāna wahine, ʻaʻohe ʻakaʻaka ma ka home, ʻawaʻawa loa ke ola mehameha. Manaʻo wau i kekahi manawa no ka wahine, nalo mākou i nā lā mahana. Ua like kēia no ʻelua makahiki, ua haki ka moena puna, kūʻai au i ka hoʻi mai, i ka wā i loaʻa ai iaʻu ma hope o ka moena puna puna! ʻO ka moena puna i lalo he leka, wahi a ke kāne aloha rev, wehe koke wau i ka leka, nānā i luna. Na ka wahine ka palapala, olelo ka wahine: E kuu kane aloha, ke ike oe i keia palapala, ua make paha au. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka maʻi kanesa, lanakila paha i kekahi, akā ʻaʻole nui ka manawa e ola ai, no laila ʻaʻole wau makemake e hoʻolilo i ke kālā. Ma mua, ʻilihune ko mākou ʻohana, ʻaʻole au makemake e kauo iā ʻoe a me ʻelua mau keiki, ʻino loa, a ua hemo ʻoe. Aia iā ʻoe ke mālama i nā keiki ʻelua a me ka makuahōnōwai wahine, loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kuleana e mare i hoʻokahi. Ua pulu ka waimaka i ka pepa leka, ua powehiwehi ke kua o ka huaolelo. Mamua, aloha nui ka wahine ia'u! No ka ilihune wahine hoohuoi au oki mare, wehe puna moena, elua makahiki ma hope ua loaa iaʻu, pehea kou manao? ( Nā kiʻi mai ka Pūnaewele, inā he hewa, e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona i ka mea kākau e holoi, pāpā ʻia ke kope ʻana, kope ʻana i ka hōʻike pūnaewele holoʻokoʻa, me ke aloha ʻole!)