Levnah Leaf
Levnah Leaf, A me nā moʻolelo o nā wahineʻeleʻele e wehe
Nā hua'ōlelo e JoliMour Dumike-Morris
kiʻi e Kohlo Minshin Finley
"E lawe i kahi kauhale e hāpai i kahi keiki." ʻO kēia kahi'ōlelo e lohe pinepine ai mākou. Ua hoʻohanaʻia nā makuahine he nui, a he nui nā makuahine e pono ai nā makuahine i kēia'ōlelo e hōʻoluʻolu i ke kaumaha a lākou e hana nei i nā mea a pau kūʻokoʻa. Moewah A hoʻopaʻa wau i kēia hua'ōlelo, Kekahi MisoGynoir, Wela wahine, a me ke kamaʻilioʻana o ka makuahine, Hāʻawi, a hāʻawiʻia me ka hoʻopauʻana. ʻO ka lauʻo kekahi o nā mea he nui-he moʻolelo mele Pelekane-American, he mea hana ma mua, a kaikamahine. ʻO ke kauoha o kēlā mau mea i hoʻohālikelikeʻia, Akāʻo lākou kahi'āpana āpau o ka mea e hana aiʻo Savanah Leaf nāna ia.
Hoʻomaka kā mākou kamaʻilio ma ka haleʻo Ludlow ma ke kakahiaka Pōʻalima. ʻO ia ka waena oʻApelila. He mau minuke i hala 10 AmU, a uhiʻia ka papaʻaina i nā aniani piha piha o ka wai o ka wai a me kahi kīʻaha o ka hua i piʻi i ka paia. Ke hele nei au ma nā nīnau iʻikeʻia ma luna o kahi notepad notepad, Aʻo ka mea hana e noho i hope-mau wāwae i hala, ʻO ka lole keleaweʻeleʻele a me ka hui pūʻana o Beanie, a me ia, ʻO nā Wales Bonner lokomaikaʻi. Ma hope o kahi manawa o ka noho mālie, E paʻi wau i ka palapala kākau.
He aha ka mea e lawe mai iā mākou i kēia papa papa i hope i ke kiʻi Mua Mama, ka mea i hoohanohano ma ka pona sundean ma Ianuali 20, 2023. Ma hope i kēlā makahiki, Ua hoʻokuʻuʻia maʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa ma Iulai 7th o ka makahiki hoʻokahi. ʻO kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni he mea kūikawā wale nō. E hana ia i ka meaʻike e noho me ka manaʻo, Nā pepeiao, a wehe nā maka i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i nā mea i hala ma mua o nā hana hana. He kaumaha me ka manaʻo e pili ana i nāʻano o nā hanauna i nā wahine he nui o nā wahineʻeleʻele, Ke ola nei i nā wahineʻeleʻele, ʻO nā makuahineʻeleʻeleʻelua, ke olaʻana i nā makuahineʻeleʻele-a me nā mea maikaʻi a mākou e hele ai mai ka loaʻaʻana o nā manaʻo o nā kaiāulu. ʻO kahi koina mauʻana mai ke aupuni e hana i nā mea āpau, a lawe iā ia a pau no ko mākou ikaika-ʻaʻole mau ke nānā mauʻole, Akā no ka meaʻaʻole i hāʻawiʻia i kahi koho.
Honuaʻo MA nā moʻolelo unravels me ka protagonist gia, Pāʻani Tia Nowe, ʻO wai e hana ma kahi hale kiʻi kiʻi ma kahi e lawe ai lākou i nā kiʻiʻohana. He nui nā mahina he nui, Me nā keikiʻelua āna iʻike ai ma ke kumu i kohoʻia me ka huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe. E like me kāna mau keiki hakakā mai ka hikiʻole keʻike pinepine iā ia, ʻO GIA nā manaʻo a iʻole e hāʻawiʻo ia i kāna keiki hānauʻole me kahi hopena'ē aʻe. I kahi kanaka e kū pono i ka hakakā pilikino, ʻO kāna mau pilikia o ka makuahine o ka nohoʻana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻaʻana o ka mea "he ola maikaʻi". He makuahine e hāpai ana i kāu keiki, a iʻole e hāʻawi iā lākou? Nā kākoʻo kākoʻo o TIA, Miss Carmen (Pāʻani Erika moana Alexander), A me trina (Pāʻani Dopomii) E hoʻomaka i nāʻaoʻaoʻelua o ke kālā. Eia naʻe, KAKANA, ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui loa i kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni e hāʻawiʻia i ke kumu kulaʻaʻole e hāʻawi hou i ko mākou kaiāulu i ke kākoʻo hou aku no nā makuahine. No ke aha e pono ai nā gia gia gothome e pono ai kona makuahine no kahi kaiāulu i hoʻopaʻaʻia iā ia?
Ke nānāʻoe Mua Mama, ʻikeʻoe i kou mau puʻuwai o kou makuahine. Nā lanakila. Nā haʻawina. Ke kaua, A ola. Mua Mama he moʻolelo paha he nui o mākou e hiki ke hoʻoponopono me, Akāʻo Savanah Leaf hiki ke haʻi aku iā ia i ke ala āna i hana ai. I ko mākou hālāwai ninanina, Hoʻomakaʻo ia me kona kumu. Ua'ōleloʻo ia, "Ua hānauʻia au ma Ladana. Ua ulu wau me koʻu māmā a me koʻuʻano e like me kēia alanui a he alanui nui loa ke alanui āpau e hānai i kā lākou mau keiki, E like me koʻu hoalauna, ʻO kaʻu mau hoalauna mau aloha mau wau. A he makuahine hoʻokahi e hānai ana i kāna kaikamahine. No laila ua like ia e like me nā makuahine āpau ma ke alanui e hāpai ana i nā keiki a kekahi. No laila aia kēlā'ōnaehana kākoʻo ma Ladana, A ke manaʻo nei au ua kiko'ī i koʻuʻike ma Ladana. "
ʻO kēia kaʻike e loaʻa ai ka lau, ʻO kahi'āpana o ke kauhale, a hāpaiʻia e nā kiʻi he nui i hōʻikeʻia i kahi mea e pili ana i keʻano o hope Mua Mama. E like me kāna mau kamaliʻi e hoʻohālikelikeʻia ma waena o London a me ka'āina Bay (Oakland a san jose)-She ka mea iʻikeʻia i kaʻike o kaʻikeʻana i nā wahine he nui e hoʻohana i kēlā me kēia e like me kekahi e like me ka heleʻana.
"Manaʻo wau he nui loa kaʻu pahuhopu nui loa i keʻano o ka mālamalama o kona māmā. A hiki i kēlā mauʻano he nui. Hiki iā ia ma keʻano o Gia, Hiki iā ia ma keʻano o Monica, ka makuahine. Hiki iā ia ma keʻano o ka Miss Carmen kahiʻano o kēia-ʻo ia e like me keʻano o ka makuahine i nā makuahine a pau. A ke manaʻo nei au no ka poʻe eʻoluʻolu wale nō ma ko lākou huakaʻi a laila no laila e wehe pū kekahi poʻe, malia paha i loko o ko lākouʻohana pono'ī a iʻole kahi lima i hōʻea iā lākou. Manaʻo wau he mea hoihoi [e pili ana] ʻO ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoniʻo ia ka mea i manaʻoʻia e pili ana i ka bay, i nā kānaka i kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni. " Ua haʻiʻiaʻo Leaf.
Ua'ōleloʻo Leaf e pili ana i ka wā e pau ai ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, Nui nā poʻe i hoʻohana i kēiaʻike e kūkākūkā i ko lākou kaua me ka makuahine. "Ua maopopo iaʻu he nui nā poʻe i kūkākūkāʻaʻole ia i kūkākūkā i kā lākou keiki i ko lākou keiki aʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mea i lilo iā lākou iho. Aʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike i ka mea e hele ana i kahi, He aha ka mea e mālama ai kekahi i loko o lākou no nā makahiki he nui. A ke manaʻo nei au heʻaoʻao kūikawā maoli ia o kēia hoʻokuʻu-o kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni
Ma kā mākou kamaʻilioʻana, Ua'ōlelo mākou e pili ana i keʻano o ke kiʻi kiʻi, Aʻo kāna mau punahele punahele. Ma mua o ka heleʻana o Leaf ma mua o ka heleʻana i nā haʻuki a me ka hoʻokūkū-i kahi mea pāʻani prop-Volleyball, e hoʻokūkū ana no nā Pelekane Nui ma nā olympics i loko 2012, Gina Prince-bythewood's's Aloha a me ke kolepa he kiʻi nui loa i ka lau e like me ke uluʻana, "E hoʻomanaʻo wau i kaʻikeʻana a me ka makemake waleʻia e like me aʻu e nānā i kahi manawa biliona aʻike. Pono wau i loko o ke kula waena aʻo wau e hele ana i loko o ka pôpeku. ʻO ke kiʻi pāʻaniʻo ia kaʻu haʻuki. ʻAʻole wau i aloha i Volleyball, Makemake wau i ka pôpeku. A ke manaʻo nei wau ua hiki iaʻu ke pāʻani i ke kolepa a hiki ke uku no kaʻu kiʻi. Keʻano o ka weheʻana i koʻu mau maka i ka hiki ke loaʻa i nā haʻuki ma ke ala. ʻAʻole like ia i kēia lā. Ke lili nei au i nā keiki i kēia mau lā no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke latch i nā mea pāʻani couna i nā mea pāʻani a me nā mea pāʻani ma o Instagram a me nā Media. A ua manaʻo wau he meaʻo ia he dope [ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni]. Aloha wau i ka hopena o kona wahi i ka hōkū. ʻO ia kāna moʻolelo. ʻO ia ka mea paʻa a ke hāpai neiʻo ia i ke keiki i ka hopena, A ua manaʻo wau ua nui loa kēlā, no laila e kau nei iaʻu noʻu. " Ua noʻonoʻoʻo ia.
E like me Aloha a me ke kolepa ʻo ia kekahi o nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni e loaʻa i ka moʻomeheuʻeleʻele, 90st Black Rom-coms, ʻEleʻele i nā mea āpau. Ua'ōleloʻo Leaf e pili ana i ka nui o nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni āna e aloha ai e like me ke keiki, ʻAʻoleʻo ia iʻikeʻia e lākou i hanaʻia e nā wahine e like me ia. Ua haʻalele pinepineʻia nā wahineʻeleʻele i ke kamaʻilio kiʻi ma muli o ka nui o nā kāne ma luna o nā kānaka. Ke kūkākūkāʻana i nā'ōlelo i hāʻawiʻia iā ia i ka wā e hana ai i ke kiʻi, Ua'ōleloʻo ia, "Manaʻo wau e like paha me kaʻu e loaʻa ai nā'ōlelo aʻo mai nā kāne e haʻi ana iaʻu e hana i kēia.
ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu inā he nui nā mea he nui no ka mea he nui nā kāne e manaʻo neiʻaʻoleʻoe iʻike i kekahi. A pēlā paha ka'ōlelo aʻo maikaʻi loa aʻu e komo ai i nā mea pāʻani'ē aʻe’ 'ōlelo i keʻano o ka honua a iʻole ke unuhiʻana i nā'ōlelo a nā mele mele i loko o ke ao kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi, ʻO ke aʻoʻana a ka mea kākau i loko o ke ao kiʻi kiʻi a iʻole ka heluheluʻana. Hoʻomanaʻo wau i ka heluheluʻana i nā puke ma o ka wahine i kapaʻiaʻo Judith Weston aʻikeʻo ia i nā mea e'ōlelo ai e hilinaʻi i kā lākou mau luna. No lailaʻo ia ka mea nui o nā'ōlelo aʻo. Ka hapa nui o nā poʻe, ʻO ka hapa nui o nā luna'ē aʻe i'ōleloʻia ma ke ala, ua'ōleloʻia, "Ināʻaʻoleʻoe e loaʻa i kāu ala, Ponoʻoe eʻae a [nui]. Aʻo ia kaʻuʻano ma koʻuʻano. A ua like wau, "ʻAe, hana ia no ke kanaka keʻokeʻo kahiko, Akā inā wau e hele i loko o ka lumi a hoʻomaka i ka untling e like me ia, ʻAʻole wau iʻike inā loaʻa iaʻu kahi pane like meʻoe. " No laila he mea hoihoi ia e ho'āʻo e nānā i nā'ōlelo aʻo e lawe a me nā mea e hana ai noʻu. "
ʻAʻole pono ka lau i nā aniani i nāʻano o nā kāne pono, No ka mea,ʻaʻole e loaʻa ka pahuhopu i kāna kaʻina kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi, Akā e hoʻolaha i kaʻike-aloha-aloha, emithy, ke kamaʻilioʻana - i loko o ka inoa o nā poʻeʻeleʻele, Wahine wahine, Kaumaha nāʻohana, a me nā kaiāulu.
ʻOiaiʻo ia paha ka luna, E kiʻi mauʻo Leaf e noʻonoʻo i ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni e like me ke kaikamahine wale nō, pū kekahi. "Manaʻo wauʻo ia [Mua Mama] aeʻae wale mai iaʻu i kahi wahi hou e hoʻolohe ai i nā makuahine likeʻole a hoʻolohe i koʻu makuahine a loaʻa i ke aloha a me nāʻoluʻolu a puni. Manaʻo wau he maʻamau ka manaʻo, ʻAʻohe mea kiko'ī. Manaʻo wau e hoʻololiʻiaʻo ia, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hoʻolohe waleʻana. " E like me kā mākou kamaʻilioʻana e hele mai i kahi palapala e hiki mai ana e hele mai i kahi mau moʻolelo e pani ai i nā wahineʻeleʻele e lawe mau loa, Aʻo Savannah lau e lilo i kekahi o nā mea kiʻiʻoniʻoni e hōʻoia ai.