Hauʻoli lā Makua: Hoʻolauleʻa i nā Heroes Unsung of Our Lives**

He hanana kūikawā ka Lā Makua no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i nā makua kāne kupaianaha a me nā kiʻi makua kāne i hana nui i ko mākou ola. Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia i ka Lāpule ʻekolu o Iune ma nā ʻāina he nui, he manawa kūpono kēia e hōʻike ai i ka mahalo a me ka mahalo no ke kākoʻo paʻa ʻole, ke aloha, a me ke alakaʻi ʻana a nā makua kāne.

Ke hoʻokokoke nei mākou i ka lā Makua, pono e noʻonoʻo i ka pilina kūʻokoʻa a mākou e kaʻana like me ko mākou mau makua. Mai ke aʻo ʻana iā mākou pehea e holo ai i ke kaʻa a hiki i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo naʻauao i nā manawa paʻakikī, lawelawe pinepine nā makuakāne i ko mākou mau koa mua. ʻO lākou ka poʻe e hoʻohauʻoli iā mākou i ka wā o kā mākou kūleʻa a hōʻoluʻolu iā mākou i ko mākou hemahema. ʻAʻole kēia lā e pili ana i ka hāʻawi makana wale ʻana; e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻālana a lākou e hana ai a me nā haʻawina a lākou e hāʻawi ai.

No ka ho'ohanohano 'ana i kēia lā Makua, e no'ono'o e ho'olālā i nā hana e pili ana i ka makemake o kou makuakāne. ʻO ka lā lawaiʻa paha, ka barbecue o hope, a i ʻole ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa maikaʻi e hui pū ai, ʻo ke kī ke hana i nā hoʻomanaʻo mau loa. ʻO nā makana pilikino, e like me ka leka puʻuwai a i ʻole kahi album kiʻi i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā manawa aloha, hiki ke hōʻike i kou aloha a me kou mahalo ma ke ʻano kūpono.

Eia kekahi, he mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole no nā makua ola wale ka lā o ka Makua. He lā ia e hoʻolauleʻa ai i nā makua kāne hānai, nā kūpuna, nā ʻanakala, a me nā kiʻi kāne a pau i hana nui i ko mākou ola. Pono ka mahalo a me ka mahalo ʻia kā lākou mau haʻawina.

I ko kākou hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kēia lā Makua, e ʻōlelo kākou i ka “Hauʻoli lā o ka Makua” i nā kāne nāna i hoʻokumu i ko kākou ʻano i kēia lā. Inā ma ke kelepona maʻalahi, ka makana noʻonoʻo, a i ʻole ka pūliki pumehana, e hōʻoia kākou i ka manaʻo o ko kākou mau kūpuna i ka waiwai a me ke aloha. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo lākou nā koa kaulana ʻole i loko o ko mākou ola, pono lākou i ka hauʻoli a me ka mahalo i kēia lā.