Hāpai ka waitress i ka leo o ke keiki no ke kōkua a hoʻopakele iā ia mai kahi makuahine hoʻomāinoino
ʻOiai i kēia lā eia mākou e haʻi iā ʻoe i kahi moʻolelo a mākou makemake ʻole e lohe. ʻO nā ʻāpana e hoʻomau ʻia ana me ke ʻano kūlohelohe paha. Pehea e hiki ai i ka makuahine hanau keiki, hāʻawi iā ia i ke ola, e hahau iā ia iho bebe lawa e koi aku iā ia e noi i kōkua?
ʻO Ohio, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Flavine Carvalho ʻo ia ka heroine o kēia moʻolelo, ʻo ka ʻānela nāna i hoʻopakele i ke keiki mai ka makuahine hoʻomāinoino. I ke ahiahi o New Year, ka wahine, he kahu wahine, e auwana ana i na papaaina no ka malama ana i na malihini, ike aku la oia i kekahi ohana me ke keiki o Nā makahiki 11.
Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Flavine i nā ʻeha a hoʻāla i nā lawelawe pilikia
ʻAneʻane ʻike koke ʻo ia ua hewa kekahi mea. ʻO ka ʻohana ʻai ʻia me ka leʻaleʻa i ka ʻai ʻana ʻoiai ke keiki e noho ana me nā maka haʻahaʻa me ka pāʻani hakahaka i mua o. I kēlā manawa, nīnau ʻo Flavine i ka ʻohana inā ua maikaʻi nā mea a pau, e nānā ana i ka pā kaʻawale. Ua pane ʻole ka makua kāne e ʻai ke keiki ma hope o ka hale. I kēlā manawa ua ʻike ka mea lawelawe e hoʻāʻo e hālāwai me ka maka o ke keiki ua loaʻa iā ia ka he maka i piha i na eha a me na eha.
ʻO kēia ka manawa i ʻike ai ʻo Flavine he mea hewa maoli ma kēlā pākaukau. I kēlā manawa ua hele ʻo ia i ka hale kūʻai e ʻimi i kahi balota. Loaʻa i kākau i ka huaʻōlelo "Pono ʻoe i kōkua?” a hoouka aku la ma hope o kona kua. Ma hope o ka papaʻaina, huli ʻo ia i hope i ke keiki, e hāʻawi iā ia i ka manawa e heluhelu ai i ka leka me ka ʻike ʻole o nā mākua.
A laila huli aʻela ʻo ia a hoʻāʻo e hoʻomaopopo mai kona maka inā makemake maoli ʻo ia i ke kōkua. ʻO ke keiki i ka pane ke kunou nei a ho'ā koke ka waitress i ka lawelawe pilikia.
E kelepona koke makai hoʻohewa a hana ino i ke keiki oo ole. Hiki koke mai na makai, hopuia na makua a lawe i ke keiki i ka haukapila. Ua ike koke na kauka, mai nā ʻeha a me nā ʻeha ua pilikia ke keiki ʻilihune hana ino no na makahiki. Akā i kēia manawa mahalo iā Flavine, ua palekana ke keiki a hiki iā ia ke noho i kahi ola maluhia mai ka poʻe i hāʻawi iā ia i Gehena, ma kahi o ka pale a aloha iā ia.