Pāhonoa te oro

For three straight years, my life was nothing but work. I had a full-time job during the day, worked evenings at a retail store, and spent weekends doing delivery gigs. I lived paycheck to paycheck, barely sleeping, cutting out everything that wasn’t essential. No trips, no eating out, no hanging with friends. Every extra dollar went into savings. All for one thing: my dream car. The day I finally bought it felt unreal. Sitting behind the wheel, knowing I earned it myself, made every exhaustin