na Jennifer Shakeel
Ua huli ʻoe i ka piko a me ke poʻo i ka home. Ua kūʻai ʻoe i nā keiki liʻiliʻi maikaʻi no ka pēpē, ua kūʻai paha ʻoe i ka noho kaʻa a me nā lole hoʻi i ka home. Ke helu nei i nā lā a hiki i kāu pokii pōmaikaʻi i ka honua. Ua lawe paha ʻoe i ka manawa e hana ai i kāu papahana hana, ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo i kāu mea e hana ai i ka wā hana.
E hoʻomaha, mai hoʻokaumaha… no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe i noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ia mea a ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ke ʻano o ka hoʻolālā hana. I koʻu noho ʻana ma ʻaneʻi e noʻonoʻo ana i kaʻu papahana hana aʻu e manaʻo nei e hoʻomaka i ka hana i kēlā me kēia lā e kōkua wau iā ʻoe. ʻO ka mea mua, inā ua male ʻoe, hana kāu kāne ma kahi kokoke i ka home a i ʻole kahi mamao? ʻO kēia ke kī. Inā ʻoe ma ka home a hele ʻoe i ka hana, aia ka manawa e hoʻi ai kāu kāne i ka home e lawe iā ʻoe a i ʻole ke kelepona ʻana iā 911?
ʻOiai makemake wau e haʻi aku iā ʻoe e ʻike ʻoe i ka wā e hele ai ʻoe i ka hana, he nui ka manawa ma waena o kēlā mau ʻoki mua a me ka manawa e puka mai ai ka pēpē i ka honua, akā ʻaʻole. Me kaʻu keiki mua ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e hele ai i ka haukapila, kaʻahele i nā alaloa a me ka ʻauʻau ma mua o kona hiki ʻana mai i ka honua. ʻO ke keiki ʻelua, ʻaʻole like ka moʻolelo. ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo i ka hānau keiki, hele wau e nānā, kipaku ʻo ia i ka lima o ke kauka i waho a ua wikiwiki lākou iaʻu i kahi ʻāpana C pilikia. No laila ua mākaukau wau i kēia manawa no kekahi mea.
E hōʻoia i loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻohana a i ʻole he hoaaloha ma ke kūlana "On Call" inā ʻoe e hele i ka hana. ʻO kēia no nā kumu ʻekolu, inā ʻaʻole hana kāu hoa pili kokoke hiki i kāu hoaaloha ke kiʻi iā ʻoe i ka haukapila inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e kelepona iā 911. Hiki i kāu hoaaloha a ʻohana paha ke kali ma kou home no kāu mau keiki ʻē aʻe e hoʻi mai i ka home no laila ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻi mai i ka hale i ka hale kaʻawale a kali i nā hola a hiki i kāu hoa ke hoʻi i ka home. ʻO ke kumu ʻekolu, hiki i kāu hoaaloha a ʻohana paha ke lawe i kāu mau keiki i ka haukapila e hālāwai me ko lākou kaikuahine pēpē hou.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokomo i kēlā ʻeke haukapila. ʻOiai he kahu hānai hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku iā ʻoe e paipai nui wau iā ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa i kāu mau maxi pads a me Tuffs wipes. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kumukūʻai inā kūʻai ʻoe iā lākou a lawe pū me ʻoe a laila inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka haukapila e hoʻolako iā lākou no ʻoe. ʻO ka hānau maʻamau maʻamau e hoʻopaʻa iā ʻoe i ka haukapila no 24 mau hola. E mālama ka ʻāpana c iā ʻoe ma kahi o 3 mau lā, inā maikaʻi nā mea a pau. No laila e hoʻopaʻa i kāu pulupulu niho, paʻi niho, shampoo, deodorant. E hōʻoia i nā lole e hoʻi ai i ka home.
Manaʻo pū au e kamaʻilio pū me ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha a ʻike inā makemake kekahi e kōkua iā ʻoe i nā meaʻai no ka ʻohana a me nā hana liʻiliʻi o ka hale no nā pule mua ʻelua akā ʻoi aku i kēlā mau lā mua. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka ʻaina ahiahi, a e paʻa ana kāu hoa me nā keiki a hoʻāʻo e kōkua iā ʻoe. ʻO kēia ka manawa e noi ai i ke kōkua a hoʻonohonoho i ke kōkua.
Mai poina i ke koʻikoʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoʻolālā hana. E kōkua ia i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke kaumaha ʻaʻole wale iā ʻoe akā i kou ʻohana. E kōkua pū kekahi hoʻolālā hana i ka hele ʻana i ka haukapila a me ka hoʻi ʻana i ka home me ka maʻalahi.
He mea kākau ʻo Jennifer Shakeel a he kahu hānai ma mua o 12 mau makahiki o ka ʻike olakino. Ma ke ʻano he makuahine o nā keiki maikaʻi ʻole ʻelua me hoʻokahi ma ke ala, eia wau e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i nā mea aʻu i aʻo ai e pili ana i ka makua. Ua loaʻa iā ADD kekahi o kaʻu mau keiki, ʻo kā mākou huakaʻi aʻo e hoʻokō i nā ʻōlelo me ka maʻi maʻi a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka mea maikaʻi loa no mākou he paʻakikī a hauʻoli. Ua ʻike ʻia kā mākou keiki ma kahi o ʻelua a me ka hapa makahiki i hala, a ua loaʻa iā mākou nā piʻi a me nā haʻahaʻa, nā hauʻoli a me nā kaumaha. Inā hiki iaʻu ke hāʻawi wale aku iā ʻoe i hoʻokahi lā o ka manaʻolana a i ʻole kekahi manaʻo e kōkua iā ʻoe a me kou ʻohana a laila ʻike wau ua hoʻokō ʻia kaʻu kumu. Makemake au e kaʻana like me ʻoe i nā leʻaleʻa a me nā loli i hana ʻia i ka wā hāpai. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻakaʻaka a uē a hauʻoli i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he mau makuahine mākou!
[...] Ua lawe anei ʻoe i ka manawa e hana ai i kāu hoʻolālā hana? ʻAʻole pili ka hoʻolālā hana i kāu mea e hana ai i ka wā o ka hana, akā e pili ana i ka hele ʻana i ka haukapila a me ka hoʻi ʻana i ka home i maʻalahi a emi ke kaumaha. heluhelu i ka ʻatikala piha… […]