MAKAIKAI O KA MAKOU MAKUAKANA O GUADALUPE
OUR ʻO ke kaikamahine muli loa ma kahi o ʻelima mau makahiki i kēlā manawa. ʻAʻole mākou i kōkua i ka loli ʻana o kona ʻano, ke hele nei kona ʻano e like me ka puka o hope.
Hele mākou i Mass i hoʻokahi lā i kahi hale pule liʻiliʻi. Ma ke alo o ke keʻena kapu a hiki i ka ʻaoʻao, he kiʻi e like me ke ola o kā mākou Lede o Guadalupe. keia wahine hoihoi i nā keiki. Ma muli o kona helehelena iā St. Juan Diego i mau kenekulia i hala aku nei, ua pau ka hana Aztec o ka mōhai kanaka me ʻeiwa mau poʻe Mekiko i hoʻohuli ʻia i ka Kakolika. He mea haohao paha ka inoa a ka Pope John Paul II i kapa aku ai iā ia ʻo "Makuahine o ʻAmelika" kahi e hana ʻia ai he mau miliona keiki hemo i kēlā me kēia makahiki?
Ua manaʻo wau i kēia koi i loko e hele i mua o ke kiʻi o kā mākou Lede o Guadalupe ma ke ʻano he ʻohana, a noi iā ia e kōkua i kā mākou kaikamahine. Ua kukuli mākou a pule, a ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi maluhia nui.
Ua paepae mākou a pau i loko o ke kaʻa a hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi i ka home. Koke, Ua loaʻa iaʻu kēia manaʻo ikaika e lawe iā Nicole i ka haukapila. ʻAʻole ia he mea aʻu i manaʻo ai ma mua, akā ua kaʻana like wau me kaʻu wahine.
I ka lā aʻe, ua lawe mākou iā ia i ka haukapila. Ma hope o ka loiloi, ua hōʻike ke kauka i kahi nūhou weliweli: ua kiʻekiʻe loa ke koko o Nicole, a ua makaʻu ʻo ia i ka hahau ʻana i kēlā me kēia manawa. I loko o kekahi mau minuke, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia he pilikia ko ka thyroid e hoʻopōʻino nei me kāna kemika kino.
I kēia lā, ʻo Nicole kahi kaikamahine olakino a aloha. Ua hoʻoilina kekahi ʻanoʻano i kēia manawa!
A no laila i kēia lā ʻahaʻaina ou, hoʻomanaʻo wau i kāu noi a mahalo aku iā ʻoe e ka lede o Guadalupe-ka mea kōkua o kaʻu ʻoihana, a me ke kōkua o nā Karistiano āpau.
