ʻO ka male ʻana i hoʻololi i koʻu ola

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Ma nā ʻano he nui, ʻo ka hopena o 2006 kekahi manawa pōʻeleʻele loa o koʻu ola. Noho pū wau me nā malihini kokoke ma New York City, ma kahi mamao aku mai ke koleke no kaʻu ʻoihana nui mua loa, i ka manawa o kuʻu ipo o ʻehā mau makahiki - ka mea aʻu i launa ai ma waena o kahi hui o ka hale pule, kahi mea aʻu e aloha nei mai koʻu makahiki 16. - kāhea ʻia e haʻi iaʻu, i kahi wikiwiki a me kahi leo o ka mea o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia a me kahi kaikamahine āna i launa ai ma kahi hoʻomaha Katolika i "pau ka hana ʻana" a manaʻo ʻo ia e "ʻike mākou i kekahi poʻe ʻē aʻe. " Hoʻomaopopo wau i ka hopena o ka visceral i kēia mau huaʻōlelo, ʻoiai wau e noho waihona ana i loko o koʻu lumi moe o East East Side: nausea e hoʻopiha nei i koʻu kino mai lalo a luna. Pā ka hau i kuʻu ihu, papalina, auwae. ʻO kēlā ʻike maopopo loa he ʻokoʻa nā mea, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, no ka wā pau ʻole.

A hele mau ka ʻeha, no nā mahina ma hope mai: maikaʻi wau, e holoholo ana i loko o kaʻu hana ma ka makasina, a laila e noʻonoʻo wau iā ia - ʻaʻole, ʻo ia: ʻo ka kumakaia, kahi kuʻi paʻakikī i ka ʻōpū. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hilinaʻi i kekahi mea aʻu i hilinaʻi nui ai hiki ke hōʻeha nui iaʻu. He mea kaulana ia i kēia manawa, akā ua manaʻo wau me kahi mehameha, mamao loa mai koʻu mau hoa pili, luhi i ka hana maʻamau, a, ma ke ʻano he 20 mau makahiki i hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia, ʻaʻole mākaukau no ka huhū nui i koʻu hoʻolālā ola.

No ka mea e male ana mākou. Ua noʻonoʻo mākou: E hele ʻo ia i ke kula lapaʻau, ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka MCAT ua hoʻohana wau i nā hola e kōkua iā ia e aʻo. Komo ʻo ia i loko o kāna mau polokalamu moemoeā, mahalo i koʻu mau kōkua āpau e hoʻoponopono ana i kēlā mau palapala noi noi. E neʻe mākou i Kikako, kahi kūlanakauhale nui ma kahi o 90 mau minuke mai ko mākou mau mākua mai - ma hope o nā hola he nui a me nā ahiahi a me nā huakaʻi i hele pū ʻia, ʻo kona ʻohana, ma hope o nā mea āpau, ua like pū me koʻu ʻohana. E ʻike wau i kahi hana ma kahi paʻi kūloko. E loaʻa iā mākou kahi male Katolika nui (ʻo wau ʻo Lutheran, akā mākaukau loa wau e hoʻohuli) a me kahi liʻiliʻi, hiki ke helu ʻia o nā keiki. E kamaʻilio ana mākou e pili ana ia mai ka wā i aloha ai mākou i ke kula kiʻekiʻe. Ua hoʻonoho ʻia mākou.

A laila pīpī a hiolo ka wā e hiki mai ana āpau. Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna mea i makemake ai, e like me kaʻu i ʻike ai: Hōʻike ʻo Google-stalking iā ia he kauka i ka Midwest, ua male ʻia i ke kaikamahine Katolika maikaʻi like loa āna i haʻi mai ai iaʻu e pili ana i kēlā pō, e kīkē ana paha nā kapeke ma kona mau wāwae. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu, no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou i kamaʻilio i 10 mau makahiki. Akā manaʻo paha wau ua hauʻoli wau i kona wā e hiki mai ana.

Hoʻomaopopo wau i kekahi pō i ka hopena o 2006, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kū ʻana akā ʻo kēlā me kēia mea nui iaʻu. He mahana wela mau ia no Nowemapa, a ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kahi lā o ka hoʻokomo ʻana ma Times Square, ua hele wāwae wau i Bryant Park. Noho au ma kahi pākaukau ʻōmaʻomaʻo liʻiliʻi a nānā i ka pōpō o ka honua ma nā māwae i nā lāʻau manamana, ʻoiai ua huli nā hale i ke gula i ka mālamalama a me nā poʻe o Nu Ioka i hele a piha i ka mākaukau a me ke kumu. A laila ua lohe wau, e like me ke ʻano o ka hawanawana ʻana o kekahi iā ia i loko o kuʻu pepeiao: "I kēia manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā mea āu e makemake ai."

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