Me 69 mau makahiki, kaʻana like lākou i ko lākou mau lā hope i ka haukapila

ʻO ke aloha ka manaʻo e mālama i nā kānaka ʻelua a pale i ka manawa a me nā pilikia. Akā i kēia lā, ʻike ʻia kēia kaula ʻike ʻole e hoʻopaʻa i nā mea aloha 2 me he mea lā e haki me ka wikiwiki hilahila. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, hiki ke ʻike i nā kāne i hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou paʻa a lanakila i ko lākou mau manaʻo, e like me ka kāne a mākou e haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe i kēia lā. ʻO Virginia lāua ʻo Tommy.

Aia kēia moʻolelo hoʻoneʻe i ka pūnaewele a he mea ia e hooiaio ai e mau ana ke aloha. ʻO Virginia lāua ʻo Tommy, male ʻia ma hope mai 69 mau makahiki, ua noho lokahi lakou i ko lakou ma'i ana, i ko lakou noho ana i ka halemai. Hānau ʻia ma Tennessee, ua hui lāua i ka wā ʻōpio Ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Dobyns-Bennett. I loko o 1954 ua male lāua ʻaʻole lāua i kaʻawale mai ia manawa mai. ʻOiai i ka wā i haʻalele ai ʻo Tommy no ka pūʻali koa hana, hahai aku la o Virginia ia ia.

I ko lakou nee ana i Memphis, he 2 a laua keiki, ʻO Caren lāua ʻo Greg. Ma ke ola ua hiki iā lākou ke hana, mahalo i ke kākoʻo like ʻana a me ka hoʻopili ʻana, ka hui lawe ʻohana, ka Nā lawelawe hoʻolaha a me ka lawe ʻana.

ʻO Virginia lāua ʻo Tommy, he ola pū

Ke ulu ʻo Tommy, ua maʻi ʻo ia Alzheimer a e noho mau ana o Vireginia ma kona aoao, oiai oia i ka halema'i ma kaʻOihana mālama Palliative ma Vanderbilt, i ka wa e pau ai kona ola. ʻO ka hopena e loaʻa i ka manawa like, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Virginia i ka haukapila hoʻokahi no he haule.

I ka ʻike ʻana o ka haukapila i kā lākou moʻolelo, hoʻokomo lākou iā lākou i loko 2 moena e pili ana kekahi i kekahi. He mau lā ma mua o ka makahiki 69 ua hala ʻo Tommy a 9 lā ma hope iho, hui pū ʻo Virginia me ia. ʻAʻole hiki i ka make ke hoʻokaʻawale i kēia aloha nui.

He ʻono ko kēia moʻolelo moʻolelo a hōʻike i ka ikaika o ka manaʻo. Ma ka hui pū ʻana i ko lākou pūʻali koa, ka mahalo kekahi i kekahi a ma ke aloha ʻana i kekahi i kekahi, ua hiki iā lāua ke noho pū i nā manawa a pau, e hana i ka wā e hiki mai ana no lākou iho, e hoʻokumu i ʻohana a e noho like hoʻokahi wale nō kanaka a hiki i ka make.