Ua ʻike ʻoe i kēlā manawa ke nānā ʻoe i kou pā hale hope a noʻonoʻo, "Hiki i kēia wahi ke hoʻohana i kahi loko ʻauʻau 10 mika"? ʻAe, ʻo mākou nō ia. Ma waena o nā kelepona Zoom, nā keiki e lele ana mai nā paia, a me kā mākou golden retriever e hana ana ... ʻae, nā mea āpau, pono mākou i kahi oasis.
Ua hoʻomaka kā mākou huakaʻi ma ka pūnaewele, ma ke ao hihiu o nā hulina Google. Ua paʻi mākou i ka "nā loko ʻauʻau maikaʻi loa no ka pā hale hope" a ua pau i loko o ka lua lapine o nā loiloi FSPA. Hoʻokahi kaomi i alakaʻi i kekahi, a ma mua o ko mākou ʻike ʻana, ua kahaha mākou i kā lākou mau loko ʻauʻau 10-mika nani—kūpono no nā laps, nā kau splash ʻohana, a me ka hoʻohālike ʻana he mau mea pāʻani ʻOlumepika mākou (koe wale nō ka wikiwiki, ka lokomaikaʻi, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana).
ʻO ka hana aʻe: ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ka hui FSPA. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua manaʻo iki wau e paʻa i loko o kahi pōʻai kamaʻilio pau ʻole, akā ʻaʻole—ua ahonui lākou, ua maopopo, a ua aloha maoli. Ua nīnau mākou i nā nīnau a pau i hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia: "Hiki i kaʻu ʻīlio ke ʻauʻau?" "E ola anei ka loko wai i kahi pōkā pū keiki?" "Ehia mau noodles loko wai he nui loa?" Ua kikoʻī kā lākou mau pane, ua hōʻoluʻolu, a i kekahi manawa ua kāpīpī ʻia me ka ʻakaʻaka, ka mea i hoʻolilo i ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa i mea pilikino.
Ua like ke kauoha ʻana me ka Kalikimaka ma mua o ka Kalikimaka. Ua hōʻike hou mai lākou iā mākou i kēlā me kēia pae—"Ua hoʻomaka ka hana ʻana!" "Ua pau ka pale wai!" "Ke hele nei kāu loko i ke kahua hoʻouna!" - a ua aneane mākou e hahai iā ia e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o NASA.
I ke kū ʻana o ke kalaka, ua ʻuwā mākou a pau. ʻO ka wehe ʻana a me ke kau ʻana iā ia ua like ia me ka hoʻākoakoa ʻana i kahi moeʻuhane ma ka pā hale. ʻO ka pīpī mua? Hauʻoli maoli. Ua ʻuwā nā keiki, lele ka ʻīlio i loko me nā wāwae lepo, a ʻo mākou, nā mākua, ua komo i loko o ka hauʻoli o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi loko wai e kūpono i ko mākou pā hale.
E wikiwiki i mua i kekahi mau mahina: ua hoʻololi kā mākou loko wai FSPA 10-mika i ko mākou ola home. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻāla ʻana o nā ʻūhā kakahiaka iā mākou ma mua o ke kofe. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka leʻaleʻa ʻohana hopena pule. A ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā BBQ ma ka pā hale? Ua hoʻomaikaʻi loa ʻia. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka mālama ʻana ma mua o ka mea a mākou i hopohopo ai, a ke ʻālohilohi nei ka loko wai me he mea lā ua hiki wale mai.
E paipai anei mākou iā ia? ʻAe nō. Inā ua moeʻuhane ʻoe i kahi loko wai i lawa ka nui no ka leʻaleʻa koʻikoʻi akā liʻiliʻi e mālama i kou noʻonoʻo pono i kou pā hale, hāʻawi ʻo FSPA. ʻO kā mākou ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka paradaiso, i wahī ʻia i ka wai polū a me ka ʻakaʻaka.