E like me ka makuahine, he hana paʻakikī ka hana a ka makuakāne a i kekahi manawa he mea hoʻonāukiuki hoʻi, ke hānai ʻana i nā keiki. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole e like me nā makuahine, ʻaʻole i lawa ka mahalo ʻia o nā makuakāne no kā lākou kuleana i ko kākou ola.
He poʻe hāʻawi lākou i nā ʻapo, hoʻolaha i nā ʻakaʻaka maikaʻi ʻole a pepehi i nā nalo. Hoʻohauʻoli nā makuakāne no mākou i ko mākou wahi kiʻekiʻe loa a aʻo mai iā mākou pehea e lanakila ai i ka wahi haʻahaʻa loa.
Ua aʻo mai ʻo Pāpā iā mākou pehea e hoʻolei ai i ka pōhili a i ʻole e pāʻani i ka pōpeku. I ko mākou kalaiwa ʻana, lawe mai lākou i kā mākou mau huila palahalaha a me nā ʻūpā i ka hale kūʻai no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike he palahalaha ko mākou huila a manaʻo wale he pilikia me ka huila hoʻokele (e kala mai, e Pāpā).
No ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka Lā Makua i kēia makahiki, hoʻohanohano ʻo Greeley Tribune i nā makuakāne like ʻole o ko mākou kaiāulu ma ka haʻi ʻana i nā moʻolelo a me nā ʻike o ko lākou makuakāne.
He makuakāne kaikamahine ko mākou, he makuakāne mākaʻi, he makuakāne hoʻokahi, he makuakāne hānai, he makuakāne hānai, he makuakāne mea kinai ahi, he makuakāne makua, he makuakāne keikikāne, a he makuakāne ʻōpio.
ʻOiai he makuakāne nā kānaka a pau, he moʻolelo kūikawā ko kēlā me kēia kanaka a me ko lākou manaʻo no ka mea a lākou e kapa nei he "ʻoihana maikaʻi loa ma ka honua".
Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā papa inoa he nui e pili ana i kēia moʻolelo mai ke kaiāulu mai, a ʻo ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kākau i ka inoa o kēlā me kēia makuakāne. Manaʻolana ka Tribune e hoʻolilo i kēia ʻatikala i hanana makahiki i hiki ai iā mākou ke hōʻike i nā moʻolelo hou aʻe o ka makuakāne i loko o ko mākou kaiāulu. No laila e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomanaʻo i kēia mau makuakāne i ka makahiki aʻe, no ka mea makemake mākou e hiki ke haʻi i kā lākou mau moʻolelo.
No nā makahiki he nui, ua lawelawe ʻo Mike Peters ma ke ʻano he mea kākau moʻolelo no ka nūpepa e hoʻomaopopo i nā kaiāulu ʻo Greeley a me Weld County i ka hewa, nā mākaʻi, a me nā ʻike koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia i ke kākau ʻana no ka Tribune, kaʻana like i kona mau manaʻo ma ka "Rough Trombone" i kēlā me kēia Pōʻaono, a kākau i nā hōʻike mōʻaukala no ke kolamu "100 Years Ago".
ʻOiai he mea maikaʻi ka kaulana ʻana i ke kaiāulu no nā mea kākau moʻolelo, hiki ke lilo i mea hoʻonāukiuki iki no kā lākou mau keiki.
"Inā ʻaʻohe mea e ʻōlelo mai, 'ʻAuē, ʻo ʻoe ke keiki a Mike Peters,' ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kahi ʻē," wahi a Vanessa Peters-Leonard me ka ʻakaʻaka. "Ua ʻike nā kānaka a pau i koʻu makuakāne. He mea maikaʻi ia i ka wā ʻaʻole ʻike ka poʻe iā ia."
ʻĪ maila ʻo Mick: “Pono wau e hana pū me koʻu makuakāne i nā manawa he nui, e hele i ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale, a hoʻi mai i ka wā palekana.” “Pono wau e hālāwai me kahi hui o nā kānaka. He mea leʻaleʻa. Aia ʻo Pāpā ma ka pāpāho kahi āna e hālāwai ai me nā ʻano kanaka like ʻole. ʻO kekahi o nā mea.”
ʻO ke kūlana maikaʻi loa o Mike Peters ma ke ʻano he mea kākau moʻolelo ua nui ka hopena iā Mick lāua ʻo Vanessa i ko lāua ulu ʻana.
"Inā ua aʻo au i kekahi mea mai koʻu makuakāne mai, ʻo ia ke aloha a me ka kūpaʻa," wahi a Vanessa. "Mai kāna hana a i kona ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha, ʻo ia kēia. Hilinaʻi ka poʻe iā ia ma muli o kona kūpaʻa kākau ʻana, kona pilina me nā kānaka, a me ka mālama ʻana iā lākou ma ke ʻano e makemake ai kekahi e mālama ʻia."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mick ʻo ke ahonui a me ka hoʻolohe ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe nā mea nui ʻelua āna i aʻo ai mai kona makuakāne mai.
"Pono ʻoe e hoʻomanawanui, pono ʻoe e hoʻolohe," wahi a Mick. "ʻO ia kekahi o nā kānaka hoʻomanawanui loa aʻu i ʻike ai. Ke aʻo nei au e hoʻomanawanui a hoʻolohe. He ola holoʻokoʻa ia, akā ua akamai ʻo ia."
ʻO kekahi mea a nā keiki a Peters i aʻo ai mai ko lākou makuakāne a me ko lākou makuahine, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻolilo ai i ka male a me ka pilina maikaʻi.
"He pilina aloha ikaika ko lāua, he pilina paʻa loa. Ke kākau mau nei ʻo ia i nā leka aloha iā ia," wahi a Vanessa. "He mea liʻiliʻi loa ia, ʻoiai he kanaka makua, ke nānā nei au a manaʻo e like kēia me ke ʻano o ka male ʻana."
ʻAʻole pili i ka nui o nā makahiki o kāu mau keiki, e mau ana ʻoe ko lākou mau mākua, akā no ka ʻohana Peters, i ka wā e ulu ana ʻo Vanessa lāua ʻo Mick, ua like kēia pilina me ka pilina aloha.
I ka noho ʻana ma luna o ka sofa a nānā aku iā Vanessa lāua ʻo Mick, he mea maʻalahi ke ʻike i ka haʻaheo, ke aloha a me ka mahalo o Mike Peters no kāna mau keiki makua ʻelua a me ke ʻano o ko lāua lilo ʻana.
“He ʻohana kupaianaha ko mākou a he ʻohana aloha,” wahi a Mike Peters me kona leo mālie. “Haʻaheo nui wau iā lākou.”
ʻOiai hiki iā Vanessa lāua ʻo Mick ke papa inoa i nā ʻumi o nā mea a lāua i aʻo ai mai ko lāua makuakāne i nā makahiki i hala, no ka makuakāne hou ʻo Tommy Dyer, he mau kumu kāna mau keiki ʻelua a he haumāna ʻo ia.
ʻO Tommy Dyer ka mea nona pū ʻo Brix Brew and Tap. Aia ma ke Alanui 8. 813, ʻo Tommy Dyer ka makuakāne o ʻelua mau kaikamahine uʻi lauoho melemele - ʻo Lyon, 3 1/2 makahiki, a me Lucy, 8 mahina.
"I ka wā i loaʻa ai iā mākou kahi keikikāne, ua hoʻomaka pū mākou i kēia ʻoihana, no laila ua hoʻopukapuka nui wau i hoʻokahi hāʻule ʻana," wahi a Dell. "He mea kaumaha loa ka makahiki mua. Ua lōʻihi ka manawa e hoʻomaʻamaʻa wale ai i koʻu makuakāne. ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo maoli he makuakāne a hiki i ka hānau ʻana (Lucy)."
Ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o Dale i kāna kaikamahine ʻōpio, ua loli kona manaʻo no ka makuakāne. I ka wā e pili ana iā Lucy, ʻo kāna hakakā ʻino a me ka hoʻolei ʻana me Lyon kekahi mea āna e noʻonoʻo hou ai.
"Manaʻo wau ua like wau me he mea pale lā. Ke lana nei koʻu manaʻo e lilo i ke kāne i loko o kona ola ma mua o kona male ʻana," wahi āna me ka ʻapo ʻana i kāna kaikamahine liʻiliʻi.
Ma ke ʻano he makua o nā keiki ʻelua e nānā ana a komo i loko o nā mea āpau, ua aʻo koke ʻo Dell e hoʻomanawanui a hoʻolohe i kāna mau ʻōlelo a me nā hana.
"Hoʻopilikia kēlā me kēia mea liʻiliʻi iā lākou, no laila pono ʻoe e hōʻoia e ʻōlelo i nā mea kūpono a puni lākou," wahi a Dell. "He mau huʻa liʻiliʻi lākou, no laila he mea nui kāu mau ʻōlelo a me kāu mau hana."
ʻO kahi mea a Dyer e makemake nui ai e ʻike, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻano o Leon lāua ʻo Lucy a me ko lāua ʻokoʻa.
“He ʻano kanaka maʻemaʻe ʻo Leon, a ʻo ia ke ʻano o ke kanaka haumia a piha ke kino,” wahi āna. “He mea ʻakaʻaka loa ia.”
"ʻOiaʻiʻo, hana nui ʻo ia," wahi āna. "Nui nā pō ʻaʻole au ma ka home. Akā, he mea maikaʻi ke loaʻa ka manawa me lākou i ke kakahiaka a mālama i kēia kaulike. ʻO kēia ka hana like a ke kāne a me ka wahine, a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana me ka ʻole o ia."
I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo āna e hāʻawi aku ai i nā makuakāne hou ʻē aʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dale ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomākaukau no ka makuakāne. Ua hana ʻia, "hoʻololi a hoʻomaopopo ʻoe".
"ʻAʻohe puke a i ʻole kekahi mea hiki iā ʻoe ke heluhelu," wahi āna. "He ʻokoʻa nā kānaka a pau a he ʻokoʻa nā kūlana. No laila, ʻo kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, e hilinaʻi i kou mau manaʻo ponoʻī a e loaʻa ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha ma kou ʻaoʻao."
He paʻakikī ke lilo i makua. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o nā makuahine hoʻokahi. Akā, ʻo ka lilo ʻana i makua hoʻokahi o kahi keiki o ke kāne ʻē aʻe kekahi o nā hana paʻakikī loa.
Ua lanakila ʻo Cory Hill, he kamaʻāina no Greeley, a me kāna kaikamahine he 12 makahiki ʻo Ariana, i ka pilikia o ka lilo ʻana i makua hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole hoʻi e ʻōlelo ʻia he makuakāne hoʻokahi no ke kaikamahine. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Hill i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā i aneane 3 makahiki o Ariane.
“He makuakāne ʻōpio wau;” Ua hānau au iā ia i koʻu mau makahiki he 20. E like me nā kāne ʻōpio he nui, ʻaʻole mākou i hoʻoikaika kino no nā kumu like ʻole,” wahi a Hill. “ʻAʻole kona makuahine ma kahi e hiki ai iā ia ke hāʻawi iā ia i ka mālama e pono ai, no laila he mea kūpono iaʻu ke ʻae iā ia e hana manawa piha. Noho mau ia ma kēia kūlana. ”
ʻO nā kuleana o ka lilo ʻana i makuakāne o kahi keiki liʻiliʻi i kōkua iā Hill e ulu koke, a ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i kāna kaikamahine no ka "mālama pono iā ia a hoʻomau i ka makaʻala".
“Inā ʻaʻole iaʻu kēlā kuleana, e hele paha wau i mua ma ke ola me ia,” wahi āna. “Manaʻo wau he mea maikaʻi kēia a he hoʻomaikaʻi no māua ʻelua.”
I kona wā e ulu ana me hoʻokahi wale nō kaikunāne a ʻaʻohe kaikuahine e pili ana, pono ʻo Hill e aʻo i nā mea āpau e pili ana i ka hānai ʻana i kāna kaikamahine nāna iho.
"I kona wā ʻelemakule, he piʻo aʻo ia. I kēia manawa, aia ʻo ia i loko o ka wā ʻōpio, a he nui nā mea pilikanaka aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai pehea e hana ai a pane aku paha. Nā loli kino, a me nā loli naʻau i ʻike ʻole ʻia e kekahi o mākou," wahi a Hill me ka minoʻaka. "ʻO kēia ka manawa mua no mākou ʻelua, a e hoʻomaikaʻi paha ia i nā mea. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu he loea wau i kēia wahi - a ʻaʻole wau i ʻōlelo he loea wau."
Ke kū mai nā pilikia e like me ka menstruation, nā bras a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā wahine, hana pū ʻo Hill lāua ʻo Ariana e hoʻoponopono iā lākou, e noiʻi i nā huahana a kamaʻilio me nā hoaaloha wahine a me ka ʻohana.
"He pōmaikaʻi ʻo ia i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mau kumu maikaʻi ma ke kula haʻahaʻa, a ʻo ia a me ke ʻano o nā kumu i pili maoli iā ia i waiho iā ia ma lalo o ko lākou palekana a hāʻawi i ke kuleana o ka makuahine," wahi a Hill. "Manaʻo wau he kōkua nui ia. Manaʻo ʻo ia aia nā wahine a puni iā ​​​​ia e hiki ke loaʻa i ka mea hiki ʻole iaʻu ke hāʻawi."
ʻO nā pilikia ʻē aʻe no Hill ma ke ʻano he makua hoʻokahi, ʻo ia ka hiki ʻole ke hele i kahi i ka manawa like, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea hoʻoholo a me ke kanaka kōkua kālā hoʻokahi.
"Ua koi ʻia ʻoe e hana i kāu hoʻoholo ponoʻī. ʻAʻohe ou manaʻo ʻelua e hoʻōki a kōkua paha i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēia pilikia," wahi a Hill. "He mea paʻakikī mau ia, a e hoʻonui ia i kekahi ʻano o ke kaumaha, no ka mea, inā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hānai maikaʻi i kēia keiki, naʻu nō ia e mālama."
E hāʻawi ʻo Hill i kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i nā mākua hoʻokahi ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai kēlā mau makuakāne i ʻike he mau mākua hoʻokahi lākou, pono ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi ala e hoʻoponopono ai i ka pilikia a hana ia ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu.
"I koʻu loaʻa mua ʻana o ka mālama ʻana iā Ariana, ua paʻahana wau i ka hana; ʻAʻohe aʻu kālā; Pono wau e hōʻaiʻē kālā e hoʻolimalima i hale. Ua hakakā mākou no kekahi manawa," wahi a Hill. "He pupule kēia. ʻAʻole au i manaʻo e holomua mākou a hiki paha i kēia mamao, akā i kēia manawa he home nani ko mākou, he ʻoihana i mālama pono ʻia. He pupule ka nui o ka hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike ʻole ʻoe. I luna."
I kona noho ʻana ma ka hale ʻaina o ka ʻohana ʻo The Bricktop Grill, ua minoʻaka ʻo Anderson, ʻoiai ua piha kona mau maka i ka waimaka, i kona hoʻomaka ʻana e kamaʻilio e pili ana iā Kelsey.
"ʻAʻole loa koʻu makuakāne hānau i loko o koʻu ola. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e kāhea mai; ʻaʻole ʻo ia e nānā mai, ʻaʻohe mea, no laila, ʻaʻole au e manaʻo iā ia he makuakāne koʻu," wahi a Anderson. "I koʻu wā he 3 makahiki, ua nīnau au iā Kelsey inā makemake ʻo ia e lilo i makuakāne noʻu, a ʻae maila ʻo ia. Ua hana ʻo ia i nā mea he nui. Noho mau ʻo ia ma kona ʻaoʻao, he mea nui ia iaʻu."
"I ke kula waena a me koʻu makahiki mua a me ka lua o ka makahiki, ua kamaʻilio mai ʻo ia iaʻu e pili ana i ke kula a me ke koʻikoʻi o ke kula," wahi āna. "Ua manaʻo wau makemake wale ʻo ia e hānai iaʻu, akā ua aʻo au ia mea ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana i kekahi mau papa."
ʻOiai ua lawe ʻo Anderson i nā papa ma ka pūnaewele ma muli o ke ahulau, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia ua noi ʻo Kelsey iā ia e ala i kakahiaka nui e hoʻomākaukau no ke kula, me he mea lā ua hele kino ʻo ia i ka papa.
"Aia kahi papa manawa piha, i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopau i nā hana kula a noho hoʻoikaika," wahi a Anderson.