Manaʻo nā kāne e hoʻomaha ana e hoʻomau ka Jewel of a Business

No 35 mau makahiki, ua holo ʻo ia me kāna wahine ʻo Jackie Foley i ka Jar Jewellers ma Kitchener.

Mai ka makahiki 1987, ua noho ʻo Jar (pōkole no "Jackie lāua ʻo Ron") i ka hale kūʻai like ʻole 850-square-foot ma ke alanui Krug Street Plaza, he hale kūʻai, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he mea maʻamau ke nānā aku ma waho.

Akā ʻo ka poʻe i loko, a me nā lawelawe a lākou e hoʻolako ai, e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia, wahi a Andraza.

E lawe i kona makemake e ʻae i ka uku ma nā pūliki, no ka laʻana, i hōʻike ʻia i ka wā o kahi kipa ʻana i ka wā e pono ai ka mea kūʻai aku i kahi hoʻoponopono liʻiliʻi.

A i ʻole ka laulā o nā waiwai i hāʻawi ʻia - nā mea āpau mai nā mea nani maʻamau a me nā ʻāpana "preloved" i nā lako makana a me nā kāleka aloha lima.

A i ʻole ka makemake o Andraza e hoʻoponopono i nā mea āpau a nā mea kūʻai aku i lawe mai ai, mai nā mea nani a me nā kāhiko a i nā seramika.

Aia kekahi ipu i wehe ʻia e kali ana i nā lima hoʻōla o Andraza.

"ʻO nā mea a pau e hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo pehea e hoʻoponopono ai, hoʻoponopono wau," wahi āna. "Inā makemake lākou e uku mai iaʻu no koʻu manawa, ʻaʻole wau e hoʻolei i koʻu ihu." Ua kahe mau ke kahawai o nā mea kūʻai aku ma ka puka i ka ʻauinalā o ka pule i hala iho nei, ua hoʻonui iki ʻia, ma muli paha o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā kāne e hoʻomaha ana lākou i ka hopena o Mei.

Ua hoʻoholo lākou e hoʻonui i ka manawa me ka ʻohana a e ʻimi i nā mea ʻē aʻe.

No Andraza, 72, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka manawa ma lalo o nā kukui, ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani me nā hui kūloko e like me ka K-W Silver Stars a me Melody Train. Makemake ʻo Foley, 67, e hāʻawi manawaleʻa i kona manawa ma nā hale o nā ʻelemakule.

"Ua hana mau mākou i nā hoʻolālā no ka hoʻomaha ʻana, a ua hiki iā mākou ke hana i kekahi manawa ma mua, akā ʻaʻole wau i wikiwiki e haʻalele," wahi a Andraza. "Ua hauʻoli wau i kaʻu hana." He manaʻo ia a Foley.

"He kaikamahine kanaka au," wahi āna. "He nui nā mea kūʻai aku e like me ka ʻohana. ʻO ia kaʻu e nalo nui ai." Manaʻolana lākou e hoʻomau ka hale kūʻai, a me kekahi o kāna mau limahana limahana manawa piha ʻekolu, e hoʻomau ʻia ma lalo o ka mana hou.

"Ke leʻaleʻa nei mākou i kahi hāʻawi e kūʻai," wahi a Foley.

I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hana ʻo Andraza ma ke ʻano he metallurgist a ʻo Foley i ka ʻoihana panakō i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou e kūʻai aku i nā mea kūʻai lole ma nā mākeke puaʻa ma ka ʻaoʻao.

Ua hele lākou i ka ʻoihana manawa piha i ka makahiki 1981 me kahi hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi a me kahi hale kūʻai makana ma ka HiWay Market ma Kitchener.

"Ua ʻano kā mākou ʻāʻī i waho," ʻakaʻaka ʻo Andraza. "Akā ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻāʻo." Ua noho lākou ma laila no ʻeono makahiki, a hiki i ka pani ʻana o ka ʻāina kūʻai i kona mau puka no ka maikaʻi i ka makahiki 1987. Mai laila mai, neʻe lākou i ka Krug Street Plaza.

Hoʻopaʻa nā mea helu mea kūʻai ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka hale kūʻai, ʻoiai e hōʻike ʻia nā mea makana me nā kiʻi kiʻi, nā kiʻi a me nā mea aniani ma kekahi ʻaoʻao. Ke kū nei ka hale hana ma hope, me nā mea hana a me nā mea hana no ka hoʻopili ʻana, ka poli a me ka ʻoki pōhaku a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana.

Ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia a loiloi hou ʻia nā ʻāpana āpau i aloha ʻia a i ʻole, akā kūʻai aku no ka hapalua o ke kumu kūʻai kūʻai maʻamau o kahi mea hou.

Hoʻokumu pū ʻo Andraza i nā ʻāpana maʻamau, makemake nui i ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻike o ka mea kūʻai aku i ke ola.

"ʻO ka nānā ʻana i ka maka o kekahi ke ʻike lākou i kahi mea a lākou e aloha ai" he mea ia e poina ai, wahi a Foley.

"Makemake wale mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā mākou mea kūʻai kūpaʻa a maikaʻi loa no 35 mau makahiki maikaʻi, no ka mea me ka ʻole o lākou, ʻaʻohe mākou." , Twitter:@DavisRecord