Pērā i a Māmā, he mahi uaua, ā, he mahi whakarihariha anō hoki te mahi a Pāpā ki te whakatipu tamariki. Heoi, he rerekē ki ngā māmā, kāore ngā pāpā e tino mōhiotia ana mō tā rātou mahi i roto i ō tātou oranga.
He awhi rātou, he kaiwhakatakoto katakata kino, he kaipatu pepeke hoki. Ka tautoko mai ngā pāpā i a tātou i te taumata teitei rawa, ā, ka ako mai hoki i a tātou me pēhea te wikitoria i te taumata iti rawa.
Nā Pāpā mātou i ako ki te whiu pēhipōro, ki te tākaro whutupōro rānei. I a mātou e taraiwa ana, ka kawea mai e rātou ā mātou potae pākarukaru me ngā pakaru ki te toa nā te mea kāore mātou i mōhio he potae pākarukaru tā mātou, ā, i whakaaro noa mātou he raruraru kei te urungi (aroha mai, e Pāpā).
Hei whakanui i te Rā o ngā Pāpā i tēnei tau, ka whakanuia e Greeley Tribune ngā pāpā maha o tō tātou hapori mā te kōrero i ngā kōrero me ngā wheako o ō rātou pāpā.
He pāpā kōtiro tō mātou, he pāpā pirihimana, he pāpā takakau, he pāpā whāngai, he pāpā whāngai, he pāpā kaipatu ahi, he pāpā pakeke, he pāpā tama, me te pāpā taitamariki.
Ahakoa he pāpā te katoa, he kōrero ahurei me te tirohanga a te katoa mō te mea e kiia nei e te tini o rātou ko "te mahi pai rawa atu o te ao".
He nui rawa ngā rārangi mō tēnei kōrero i tae mai i te hapori, ā, kāore i taea e mātou te tuhi i ngā ingoa o ia pāpā. Ko te tumanako a te Tribune kia hurihia tēnei tuhinga hei huihuinga ā-tau kia taea ai e mātou te ripoata atu i ētahi atu kōrero mō ngā pāpā i roto i tō mātou hapori. Nō reira, kia maumahara ki ēnei pāpā i te tau e tū mai nei, nā te mea e hiahia ana mātou kia taea te kōrero i ā rātou kōrero.
Mō ngā tau maha, i mahi a Mike Peters hei kairīpoata mō te niupepa hei whakamōhio i ngā hapori o Greeley me Weld County mō ngā mahi taihara, ngā pirihimana, me ētahi atu kōrero nui. Kei te tuhituhi tonu ia mō te Tribune, e whakapuaki ana i ōna whakaaro i roto i te "Rough Trombone" i ia Rāhoroi, ā, e tuhi ana hoki i ngā pūrongo hītori mō te pou "100 Years Ago".
Ahakoa he mea pai te rongonui i roto i te hapori mō ngā kairīpoata, ka taea hoki te waiho hei mea whakarihariha mō ā rātou tamariki.
"Ki te kore tetahi e mea mai, 'Āe, ko koe te tamaiti a Mike Peters,' kāore e taea e koe te haere ki hea," te tāpiri a Vanessa Peters-Leonard me te ataata. "E mōhio ana te katoa ki tōku matua. He mea pai ina kore te iwi e mōhio ki a ia."
I mea atu a Mick: "Me mahi tahi māua ko pāpā i ngā wā maha, me noho tahi ki waenganui o te tāone, ā, me hoki mai anō ina haumaru." "Me tūtaki ahau ki tētahi rōpū tāngata. He mea ngahau. Kei roto a Pāpā i ngā pāpāho ka tūtaki ia ki ngā momo tāngata katoa. Ko tētahi o ngā mea."
He nui te pānga o te rongonui pai o Mike Peters hei kairīpoata ki te tipu ake o Mick rāua ko Vanessa.
"Mēnā he mea kua akohia e au i tōku pāpā, ko te aroha me te ngākau pono," te whakamārama a Vanessa. "Mai i tana mahi ki tōna whānau me ōna hoa, ko ia tēnei. Ka whakawhirinaki te tangata ki a ia nā tōna ngākau pono ki te tuhituhi, tōna whanaungatanga ki te tangata, me tana manaaki i a rātou i roto i te huarahi e hiahia ana te tangata kia manaakihia."
I kī a Mick ko te manawanui me te whakarongo ki ētahi atu ngā mea tino nui e rua i akohia e ia i tōna matua.
"Me manawanui koe, me whakarongo koe," te kī a Mick. "Ko ia tētahi o ngā tāngata tino manawanui e mōhiotia ana e au. Kei te ako tonu ahau ki te manawanui me te whakarongo. He roa te wā e pau ana, engari kua tino mōhio ia ki tēnā."
Ko tētahi atu mea i akohia e ngā tamariki a Peters mai i tō rātou pāpā me tō rātou māmā, ko te pūtake o tētahi marena me tētahi whanaungatanga pai.
"He tino kaha tonu tā rāua whakahoahoa, he tino kaha te whanaungatanga. Kei te tuhituhi tonu ia i ngā reta aroha ki a ia," te kī a Vanessa. "He mea iti noa iho, ahakoa kua pakeke ahau, ki taku titiro, koinei te āhua o te marena."
Ahakoa te pakeke o āu tamariki, ko koe tonu ō rātou mātua, engari ki te whānau Peters, i a Vanessa rāua ko Mick e tipu ake ana, he rite tonu tēnei whanaungatanga ki te whakahoahoa.
I a ia e noho ana i runga i te sofa, e titiro ana ki a Vanessa rāua ko Mick, e kitea ngāwari ana te whakahīhī, te aroha me te whakaute o Mike Peters mō āna tamariki tokorua kua pakeke, me te tangata kua riro mai i a rāua.
"He whānau whakamiharo tō mātou, ā, he whānau aroha hoki," te kī a Mike Peters me tōna reo mārie. "Nui atu tōku whakahīhī ki a rātou."
Ahakoa e taea e Vanessa rāua ko Mick te whakarārangi i ngā tini mea kua akohia e rāua i tō rāua pāpā i ngā tau kua pahure ake nei, mō te pāpā hou, a Tommy Dyer, he kaiako āna tamariki tokorua, ā, he ākonga ia.
Ko Tommy Dyer te rangatira tahi o Brix Brew and Tap. Kei te 8th St. 813 a Tommy Dyer, ko ia te matua o ngā kōtiro ataahua e rua, he wahine māwhero - ko Lyon, 3 tau te pakeke, 1/2 tau te pakeke, me Lucy, 8 marama te pakeke.
"I te whānautanga o tā māua tama, i tīmata anō hoki māua i tēnei pakihi, nō reira i nui taku haumi ki tētahi mea hou," te kī a Dell. "He tino taumaha te tau tuatahi. He roa te wā i pau ki te urutau ki tōku tūnga pāpā. Kāore au i tino rite ki tētahi pāpā tae noa ki te whānautanga mai o (Lucy)."
I muri i te whānautanga o tā Dale tamāhine, ka rerekē ōna tirohanga mō te tūnga pāpā. Mō Lucy, ko tana nonoke me tana whakataetae ki a Lyon tētahi mea e whakaaroarohia ana e ia.
"He rite ake ahau ki tētahi kaitiaki. Ko tāku tumanako kia noho ko au te tāne i roto i tōna ao i mua i tōna marena," tana kī me te awhi i tana tamahine nohinohi.
Hei matua mō ngā tamariki tokorua e mātakitaki ana, e rumakina ana hoki e ia ngā mea katoa, i tere tonu a Dell te ako i te manawanui me te aro ki ana kupu me ana mahi.
"Ka pāngia rātou e ngā mea iti katoa, nō reira me whakarite kia tika ngā kōrero i tō rātou taha," te kī a Dell. "He hautai nohinohi rātou, nō reira he mea nui ō kupu me ō mahi."
Ko tētahi mea e tino pai ana ki a Dyer te kite ko te whanaketanga o ngā tuakiri o Leon rāua ko Lucy, me tō rāua rerekētanga.
"He momo tangata ātaahua a Leon, ā, ko ia he momo tangata paru, he tinana whānui," tana kī. "He tino katakata."
"He pono, he pukumahi ia," tana kī. "He maha ngā pō kāore au i te kāinga. Engari he mea pai ki te whai wā ki a rātou i te ata, me te pupuri i tēnei taurite. He mahi tahi tēnei a te tāne me te wahine, ā, kāore e taea e au te mahi me te kore ia."
I te pātaitanga atu ki a Dale he aha tāna tohutohu mō ētahi atu pāpā hou, ka mea ia, ehara te pāpā i te mea ka taea e koe te whakarite. I tupu, ka "whakatikatika koe, ka kimi huarahi".
"Kāore he pukapuka, kāore he mea rānei e taea te pānui," tana kī. "He rerekē te katoa, ā, he rerekē ngā āhuatanga ka pā ki a rātou. Nō reira, ko taku tohutohu kia whakawhirinaki koe ki ō kare ā-roto, kia noho hoki te whānau me ngā hoa ki tō taha."
He uaua te noho hei mātua. He uaua ake ngā whaea takakau. Engari ko te noho hei mātua takakau mō tētahi tamaiti o te ira tangata kē tētahi o ngā mahi tino uaua.
Kua taea e Cory Hill, he kainoho nō Greeley, me tana tamāhine 12-tau te pakeke, a Ariana, te wikitoria i te wero o te noho hei mātua takakau, me te kore rawa e kōrero mō te noho hei matua takakau mō tētahi kōtiro. I tukuna te mana tiaki tamariki ki a Hill i te wā e tata ana ki te toru tau te pakeke o Ariane.
"He pāpā taitamariki ahau;" I whānau ia i ahau e 20 tau te pakeke. Pērā i te maha o ngā tāne me ngā wāhine taitamariki, kāore māua i whakakorikori tinana mō ngā take maha," te whakamārama a Hill. "Kāore tōna whaea i te wāhi e taea ai e ia te manaaki i a ia, nō reira he mea tika kia tukua ia e au kia mahi wā-katoa. Kei te noho tonu i tēnei āhua."
Nā ngā kawenga o te noho hei matua mō tētahi tamaiti nohinohi i tere ai te tipu o Hill, ā, i whakanuia e ia tana tamāhine mō te "pupuri i a ia kia pono, kia mataara hoki".
"Me i kore taua kawenga i a au, tērā pea ka anga whakamua māua ko ia i roto i te ao," tana kī. "Ki taku whakaaro he mea pai tēnei, he manaakitanga hoki mō māua tokorua."
I tipu ake a Hill me tōna teina kotahi, ā, kāore he tuahine hei kōrero, me ako e ia ngā mea katoa mō te whakatipu i tana tamāhine ko ia anake.
"I a ia e pakeke haere ana, he ara ako tēnei. Ināianei kua taiohi ia, ā, he maha ngā mea pāpori kāore au i te mōhio me pēhea te whakatau, te aro atu rānei. Ngā huringa tinana, me ngā huringa kare ā-roto kāore anō kia pā ki tētahi o māua," te kī a Hill me te ataata. "Koinei te wā tuatahi mō māua tokorua, ā, tera pea ka pai ake ngā mea. Ehara rawa ahau i te tohunga ki tēnei mara - ā, kāore anō kia kī ahau he tohunga ahau."
Ina puta ngā raruraru pēnei i te paheketanga, ngā pōtae me ētahi atu raruraru e pā ana ki ngā wāhine, ka mahi tahi a Hill rāua ko Ariana ki te whakaoti i aua raruraru, ka rangahau i ngā hua, ka kōrero hoki ki ngā hoa wahine me te whānau.
"He waimarie ia ki te whai kaiako tino pai puta noa i te kura tuatahi, ā, nā ia me te momo kaiako e tino hono ana ki a ia i tiaki ia ia, ā, i whakarato i te tūranga whaea," te kī a Hill. "Ki taku whakaaro he tino āwhina. Ki tana whakaaro he wāhine kei te taha o ia ka taea te whiwhi i ngā mea kāore e taea e au te whakarato."
Ko ētahi atu wero mō Hill hei mātua takakau ko te kore e taea e ia te haere ki hea i te wā kotahi, ko ia anake te kaiwhakatau me te tautoko i te whānau.
"Me whakatau koe i tāu ake whakatau. Kāore he whakaaro tuarua āu hei aukati, hei āwhina rānei ki te whakaoti i tēnei raruraru," te kī a Hill. "He uaua tonu, ā, ka piki ake te ahotea, nā te mea ki te kore e taea e au te whakatipu pai i tēnei tamaiti, kei ahau te tikanga."
Ka hoatu e Hill ētahi tohutohu ki ētahi atu mātua takakau, inā koa ko ngā pāpā kua kitea he mātua takakau rātou, me kimi e koe he huarahi hei whakaoti rapanga, ā, me mahi i ia taahiraa i ia taahiraa.
"I taku whiwhinga tuatahi i te mana tiaki o Ariana, i pukumahi ahau ki te mahi; kāore āku moni; me nama moni ahau hei reti whare. I raru mātou mō tētahi wā," te kī a Hill. "He mea porangi tēnei. Kāore au i whakaaro ka angitu mātou, ka tae rānei ki tēnei taumata, engari ināianei he kāinga ataahua tō mātou, he pakihi pai te whakahaere. He mea porangi te nui o te pūmanawa kei a koe i a koe e kore e mōhio. Up."
I a ia e noho ana i te wharekai o te whānau, ko The Bricktop Grill, ka ataata a Anderson, ahakoa i kī tonu ōna kanohi i te roimata, i tana tīmatanga ki te kōrero mō Kelsey.
"Kāore rawa taku pāpā tūturu i roto i tōku ao. Kāore ia e waea mai; kāore ia e tirotiro, kāore he mea, nō reira kāore au e whakaaro ko ia taku pāpā," te kī a Anderson. "I taku toru tau, i pātai atu ahau ki a Kelsey mēnā e pai ana ia ki te noho hei pāpā mōku, ā, ka whakaae ia. He maha āna mahi. I noho tonu ia ki tōna taha, he mea tino nui tēnei ki ahau."
"I taku tau kura tuarua me taku tau tuatahi me te tau tuarua, i kōrero mai ia ki ahau mō te kura me te hiranga o te kura," tana kī. "I mahara ahau ko ia anake te hiahia ki te whakatipu i ahau, engari i ako ahau i muri i taku hinganga i ētahi akomanga."
Ahakoa i haere a Anderson ki ngā akomanga tuihono nā te mate urutā, i mahara ia i tono a Kelsey ki a ia kia ara wawe ki te whakarite mō te kura, me te mea nei i haere ia ki te akomanga.
"He rārangi wā katoa kei reira, kia taea ai e tātou te whakaoti i ngā mahi kura me te noho hihiri tonu," te kī a Anderson.