Pinai mau ia ka puana, “aloha aina,” ina he lilo loa ka aina o ua poe aloha la, he aha ka kakou mea e aloha ai? Ina o ka lilo loa no kai hiki ole ke alo ae, pehea ana la hoi kakou, na poe o keia honua, e aua ai i keia wahi aloha, e onipaa ai no ka pono o ka aina, e noke mau ai i keia nohona kanaka ana.

I ka mahina ʻo Malaki i kēia makahiki o 2020, ua pae maila ka maʻi ahulau ʻo COVID-19 i Hawaiʻi nei. Ma muli hoʻi o kēia maʻi, ua hoʻokū ʻia ke kipa ʻana mai o nā malihini, pani ʻia nā ʻoihana like ʻole, a pāpā ʻia ka lehulehu, ʻaʻole e hele i nā pāka a me kahakai. A no ia mau kumu ke ʻike ʻia nei ma Hawaiʻi ka ulu hou ʻana o ka ʻāina a me ke kai, ma o ka nui iʻa, ka limu, a me ka polapola ʻana o nā wahi i pā nui i nā malihini.

Ma ka lā 16 o Malaki i panikū ʻia ai ka ʻīpuka ma ke kai kūʻono ʻo Hanauma e ko Honolulu meia, e Kirk Caldwell. I ia manawa ua kūkala ʻia e hoʻohāmama hou ʻia no ka lehulehu ma ka lā 30 o ʻApelila. Eia naʻe ua hōʻea maila ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa a mau nō kona paʻa ʻana. No ke aha? He pono anei ka wehe hou ʻana?

Ke hoʻolei ʻia aku nei kēia lei iā ʻoe e ka mea heluhelu, he kāhea aku e makaʻala a e mālama pono i nā manu ʻōiwi o Hawaiʻi a e kūkākūkā nō hoʻi no ko ka poʻe kahiko mālama ʻana i kēia mau manu henoheno nō. He nīnau hoihoi i loko, ua like a like paha me kēia mau lā?

I ka wa mamua, he umikumakolu ahupuaa o Ewa. Aka i keia au nei o kakou, ke ninauia na kanaka e noho ana mao maanei o Ewa, o wai ka inoa o kona ahupuaa? aohe ona manao. Ua uhiia keia mau inoa i na inoa kulanakauhale a me na inoa “moku” hou o keia wa, e laa me Kapolei, Waipahu, Pearl City, Pearl Harbor, a pela wale aku.