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2 HAWAI‘I ISLAND MIDWEEK JANUARY 11, 2023
Da Hardest Ting Eva!
“Are kids here to make us crazy?” — Anonymous parent
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with Linda Tagawa
Isquatted on the concrete driveway chewing the fat with Mamo, my brother- in-law, while he tinkered with his car.
“When I retired, hoo! Wen my grandkids came ova, I jus loved it. I jus said, ‘Hi!’ when dey came, an ‘Bye!’ wen dey left. Was so nice.
“Sometimes, da baby asleep and it’s time fo pick up da big kid from school, so I wake her up an she come all cranky! I gotta pack up her bag, da diapers, powder, juice, extra clothes an all dat kine stuff. Man, by da time I pick up da big kid and come home, I’m pooped!
“Just like my tutu used to tell me, you gotta walk in someone’s slippahs before you talk stink.
He said: “Ya know, I neva knew how hard it was to raise kids until ...
“But now, since my wife wen back to work, I gotta take da grandkids whereeva I go!
“Befo if I hadda run to da store was no big deal. I just pack up eveyting. Cannot leave da baby in da car even tho I jus going get ony one ting! Afta dat, I gotta cook da dinna an give baby one bath. AndiftwoofdakidsfightI gotta be da referee.
“Like I said before, raising kids ain’t easy. And, ya know, it’ da most important ting I eva did.”
“When our kids was small my wife use to grumble about dis or dat, an I use to tink, ‘Cheeze! Wats da big deal?’ I mean wats so hard about changing diapers or feeding da kids? I use to tink she was
“I used to try take a nap wen da kids wen sleep; but if dey get up befo me, dey get into all kine trouble.
making a mountain out of a molehill! But now dat I’ m taking care of my grandkids, I’m finding out dat raising kids ain’t dat easy! In fact, it’s da hardest ting I eva had to do!
‘Grandpa, look! Snow!’ A nd den da house is all upside down!
“I like my wife come home so she can help out, but wen she come home, she always grumbling, ‘You no do noting around here!’ She tinks I’ m sitting around all day watch- ingTV.
Linda Tagawa is a retired school- teacher, and enjoys writing about island life.
Chasing The Light is produced by Robin Stephens Rohr and Lynne Johnson.
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