"Hele mai ʻo Sam i kā mākou hale"

Ma ka ʻatikala, hoʻohana pinepine ka mea kākau i ka wehewehe ʻana i ka "palm" e pili ana iā Dracaena. Ua loaʻa kēia ʻōlelo kuhi hewa i waena o nā poʻe ulu ulu mua no ka mea o Dracaena e like me nā lāʻau pāma. I loko o ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā, ʻo dracaena a me kekahi mau mea kanu e like me nā lāʻau pāma i kapa ʻia he pāwela ʻole. ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻoponopono i kēia kuhihewa i mea e mālama ai i ka ʻuhane o ka ʻatikala, akā ua hōʻike ʻia i ka huaʻōlelo palapa me nā māmole.

ʻO ka ʻohana ʻo Dracaena no ka ʻohana iglitz, e like me nā ʻano kumuwaiwai, aia ma kahi o 150 mau ʻano lāʻau like ʻole o kēia ʻohana. ʻO Dracaena Marginata ka mea kanu mākou i kēia manawa i ka home. ʻO ka moʻolelo maoli o ke ʻano o kēia lāʻau i loko o kā mākou hale e hauʻoli nui ai. He mau makahiki i hala aku nei.

I ke ua ua nui, ua kakahiaka nui, hele wau i ka hale kūʻai. Ma ke alanui kokoke i ka hale ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi "lāʻau lāʻau pāma". He 50 kenimita kona kiʻekiʻe. Ma ke alanui, ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻano o ke ʻano o ka wahi ma hope o ka manawa “home showdowns”. Aia nā mea a me nā lako lako hale e waiho ana ma ke alanui. Me nā pahu pua he nui. Ua akaka ia, eia nō he ʻaʻa home, akā no ke aha e hoʻopōʻino ai i nā pua i kūʻai ʻia i ka wā mua e lawe ai i ka hauʻoli i ka hale. ʻO lākou nō kekahi, ke nānā pū nei nō hoʻi, pane aku i ko mākou mau manaʻo, a pua a hāʻawi mai i ko mākou nani i kahi ʻano maikaʻi iā lākou.

Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei ua makemake koʻu māmā i kēlā "palm" like, ua lawe wau i kona home. ʻAʻole ʻike ka hauʻoli o ka makuahine. Makemake nui ʻo ia e loaʻa iā ia kahi "lāʻau pama", akā i ke ʻano "ʻaʻole ia he hopena." Hoʻopau mau ʻia kekahi mea me ka loaʻa ʻana. ʻO ia ka nele o ke kālā manuahi ʻole ma luna o ia mea, a laila ʻaʻole like me ka "lāʻau lāʻau" ma ke kūʻai. Akā, paʻa ka hopena i kona iho ponoʻī a "ua kū maoli ʻia ka" lāʻau lāʻau "i kā mākou hale iho." Ua loaʻa koke ʻo Mom i kahi "lāʻau lāʻau" kūpono i loko o ka pā pua pua nui.

Pono e koho ʻia ka nui o ka pua pua a i kāpīpī ʻia nā aʻa o kāu "palma" me ka honua. Pono e hana ʻia nā lua liʻiliʻi ma lalo o ka pua pua, i.e. ʻOi aʻe ma ka lalo o ka ipuhao e pono ai e kau i nā ʻōpala liʻiliʻi e like me nā kai o ka moana. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike iā ia i ka lima, he kūpono kahi māla kūpono. E hoʻopiha i nā pebbs liʻiliʻi me ka honua, e kau i ka "palma" iā ia iho, e waiho mālie i ke aʻa o kou "palma". Ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao, hoʻopiha i ka pua pua i ka honua, i ka pōʻai a puni ke kumu o kāu "palma". ʻO kēia "lāʻau nikma" aloha nui ia i ka kukui, akā ʻaʻole i kuhikuhi ka lā. Noi ʻia ia e kau i ka puka ma ka puka makani ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina. Pōkō, pono e hoʻōla ʻia me ka wai kū. ʻO kekahi manawa, kokoke i kēlā me kēia ʻekolu makahiki, pono ke kanu ʻia kou lāʻau pāma i kahi pua nani, i ka wā e ulu ana. Kahi ʻia ka "lāʻau pāma" me ia i hōʻike mua ʻia ai mākou e kanu ai. Mai ka manawa e hiki ai ke kau ʻia i loko o kahi kaukau me ka wai wela wai. No ka hana ʻana i kēia, pono ʻoe e kau i kahi pua lāʻau me ka "lāʻau lāʻau" i loko o ka lumi ʻauʻau a e holoi lūlū i nā lepo mai kona mau lau me ka papalū, a hiki iā ʻoe ke holoi i ka wai me ka wai piha wai.

I kēia lā, ua ulu a kokoke i hoʻokahi a me ka hapa mika. Mai kona ulu ʻana ʻaʻole ia i kau ʻia ma ka windowsill no ka wā lōʻihi, ua haʻalele mākou iā ia mai ka puka aniani a waiho i loko o kahi lumi kukui e kokoke ana i ka puka makani ma ka pā. Ua makemake nui loa ia i ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ia a mālama iā ia. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻike nā pua i nā mea āpau a hāʻawi iā mākou i nā mea a mākou e hāʻawi ai iā lākou. Maikaʻi maikaʻi i nā poʻe āpau e makemake e ulu a maikaʻi e like me ia. ʻO ka mea nui ke makemake wale ʻoe i kēia mea kanu a e pōmaikaʻi ʻoe.