Ndi Mpumulo Wotani
Mwezi watha, mwana wanga wamkazi wazaka 2 adalandira kuwombera koyamba kwa COVID-19. Zinali mpumulo bwanji! Moyo wake mpaka pano waphimbidwa ndi mliri wa COVID-19. Monga mabanja ambiri pa nthawi ya mliri, mafunso ambiri akhala akuvutitsa ine ndi mwamuna wanga za zomwe zili zotetezeka kuchita, yemwe sawoneka bwino, komanso momwe tingathanirane ndi chiwopsezo cha kudwala kwathu. Kuti tithe kumupatsa chitetezo china ku COVID-19 zidatibweretsera mtendere wamumtima womwe timafunikira. Zimapangitsa kukhala kosavuta kuyika patsogolo kuwona abwenzi ndi abale, komanso kusangalala ndi zochitika zaubwana.
Ine ndi mwamuna wanga tinalandira kuwombera kwathu ndi zolimbitsa thupi mwachangu momwe tingathere. Koma kwakhala kuyembekezera kwa nthawi yayitali kuti ana ang'onoang'ono ndi makanda akhale oyenerera, zomwe zakhala zokhumudwitsa nthawi zina. Chosangalatsa changa pa izi, komabe, ndikuti zimatipatsa chitsimikizo chowonjezera chokhudza chitetezo ndi mphamvu ya katemera - pamapeto pake, nthawi yowonjezera yomwe idatenga kuti ivomerezedwe itanthauza kuti titha kukhala ndi chikhulupiriro chokulirapo pa katemera ndi kukula kwake.
Mwana wathu wamkazi sanachite mantha ndi katemerayu. Pamene awirife tinkadikirira pamzere wina wa zipatala zam'manja za Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), tinkaimba nyimbo ndikusewera ndi zoseweretsa. “Magudumu M’basi” linali pempho lofala, popeza mwana wanga wamkazi anasangalala kwambiri kulandira mfuti yake m’basi. (Pa mlingo wake wachiwiri, mwina tingapeze chipatala cha katemera pa sitima ya choo choo, ndipo mwina sangachoke.) Ngakhale kuti anadikirira pang'ono pamzere, chinali chofulumira kwambiri. Panali misozi pamene mfutiyo inaperekedwa, koma mwamsanga anachira ndipo, mwamwayi, sanakumane ndi zotsatirapo zilizonse.
Kwa mabanja ambiri, ichi chingakhale chisankho chovuta, choncho ndithudi lankhulani ndi dokotala wanu kapena akatswiri ena azaumoyo za kuopsa ndi ubwino wake. Koma, kwa ife, inali mphindi yachisangalalo ndi mpumulo - mofanana ndi pamene tinalandira katemera tokha!
Mliriwu sunathe ndipo katemerayu sangateteze mwana wathu wamkazi ku chilichonse koma ndi sitepe linanso lopita ku chikhalidwe chathu chatsopanocho. Ndine wothokoza kwambiri chifukwa cha madokotala, ofufuza, ndi mabanja amene anathandiza kuti katemerayu apezeke kwa tonsefe, kuphatikizapo ana aang’ono kwambiri.