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Hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka mahalo

Inā hele mai ʻoe i koʻu hale, ʻo ka mea mua āu e ʻike ai ke hele ʻoe ma ka puka ʻo Mr. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻaiʻē i ka manaʻo noʻonoʻo o kaʻu keiki 2.5 makahiki no kēlā. He olohelohe o Mr. Tureke i keia manawa, koe wale no kekahi mau hulu. Ma ka mahina o Nowemapa, e loaʻa ana iā ia ka nui o nā hulu. Ma kēlā me kēia hulu, ʻike ʻoe i nā huaʻōlelo e like me “mama,” “dada,” “Play-Doh,” a me “pancakes”. ʻIke ʻoe, ʻo Mr. I kēlā me kēia lā, haʻi mai kaʻu keiki liʻiliʻi iā mākou i hoʻokahi mea āna e mahalo ai. I ka pau ʻana o ka mahina, loaʻa iā mākou kahi pipi piha i ka hulu i loko o nā mea punahele a kaʻu keiki. (Manaʻo ʻaoʻao: Manaʻo wau e hiki iaʻu ke lawe i ka hōʻaiʻē no kēia manaʻo. Akā naʻe mai ka @busytoddler ma Instagram. Inā he mau keiki kāu, pono ʻoe iā ia i kou ola).

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻuʻuku loa kaʻu keiki no ka hoʻomaopopo maoli ʻana i ke ʻano o ka mahalo, akā ʻike ʻo ia i kāna mea aloha. No laila ke nīnau mākou iā ia "he aha kāu makemake?" a pane ʻo ia me "ke kahua pāʻani," ʻōlelo mākou iā ia "mahalo ʻoe i kāu kahua pāʻani." He manaʻo maʻalahi loa ia, ke noʻonoʻo ʻoe; mahalo i nā mea i loaʻa iā mākou a me nā mea a mākou e aloha ai. Eia naʻe, hiki ke paʻakikī i ka poʻe, me aʻu hoʻi, e hoʻomanaʻo. No kekahi kumu, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea e hoʻopiʻi ai. I kēia mahina, hoʻomaʻamaʻa wau i ka hoʻololi ʻana i kaʻu mau hoʻopiʻi i mau mahalo. No laila ma kahi o "ugh. Ke kali hou nei ka'u keiki i ka manawa moe. ʻO kaʻu mea makemake e hana, ʻo ka hoʻomaha ʻana iaʻu iho no hoʻokahi minute," Ke hana nei au i ka hoʻololi ʻana i kēlā "Mahalo wau no kēia manawa hou e launa pū me kaʻu keiki. Aloha au i kona manaʻo palekana me aʻu a makemake e hoʻolimalima manawa me aʻu. " Ua haʻi wau ʻo wau hoʻomaʻamaʻa keia? No ka mea, ʻaʻole maʻalahi kēia. Akā, ua aʻo au i ka loli ʻana o ka noʻonoʻo hiki ke hana i nā mea kupanaha. ʻO ia ke kumu aʻu me kaʻu kāne e aʻo ai i kā mākou mau keikikāne i ka mahalo i ka wā ʻōpio. He hana ia. A he maʻalahi ke hāʻule. No laila, ʻo kahi mea maʻalahi e like me ka hele ʻana i ka papaʻaina i ka ʻaina ahiahi a me ka ʻōlelo ʻana i hoʻokahi mea a mākou e mahalo ai he ala wikiwiki ia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka mahalo. No kaʻu keiki, ʻo kēlā me kēia pō ka pane like. Mahalo ʻo ia no ka hāʻawi ʻana iā mama marshmallows. Ua hana ʻo ia i hoʻokahi manawa a ʻike ʻo ia i hauʻoli iaʻu, no laila ʻo ia kāna mea e mahalo ai i kēlā me kēia lā. He mea hoʻomanaʻo e hiki iā mākou ke mahalo no nā mea maʻalahi loa. A hāʻawi mai iaʻu i marshmallow no ka mea ʻike ʻo ia e hauʻoli iaʻu? ʻO koʻu manaʻo, hele mai. ʻOi aku ka momona. No laila, eia kahi hoʻomanaʻo, noʻu iho a no ʻoe, e ʻimi i kahi mea e mahalo ai i kēia lā. E like me kā Brené Brown maikaʻi i ʻōlelo ai, "Hiki ke ola maikaʻi ke kū ʻoe a mahalo i nā manawa maʻamau a nui ka poʻe o mākou e holo wale nei e hoʻāʻo e ʻimi i kēlā manawa kupaianaha."

* ʻIke wau i koʻu kuleana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea he nui e mahalo ai. ʻO koʻu manaʻolana e hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i hoʻokahi mea, nui a liʻiliʻi paha, e mahalo ai i kēlā me kēia lā.