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Usuku lweSizwe loMama abaSebenzayo

Ukuba nabantwana nokuba ngumama yayiyeyona nto inzima, eyona imangalisayo, izalise intliziyo, ithatha ixesha endakha ndayenza. Ndathi ndakufumana unyana wam wokuqala, ndabanethamsanqa lokuba ndiqalise umsebenzi wesingxungxo ukuze ndibe nexesha elaneleyo lokuhlala naye ekhaya. Ngoku ndinabantwana ababini, umzabalazo wokulinganisa ubomi bomsebenzi kunye nobomi bukamama uye wanda ngokuqinisekileyo. Olona nyango lwam ludala lunengxaki yempilo engapheliyo, nto leyo efuna ukutyelelwa esibhedlele kunye nokuya kugqirha. Ndinethamsanqa ukuba neqela elixhasayo emsebenzini kunye nexesha elaneleyo lokuphumla ukuze ndimnike ukhathalelo aludingayo. Kodwa asingabo bonke abahlobo bam abanethamsanqa. Uninzi lwabahlobo bam basebenzise lonke ixesha labo lokuphumla elihlawulelwayo kwikhefu lokuya kubeleka. Xa abantwana babo begula, kufuneka bacinge ukuba banokuthatha ixesha elingahlawulwanga, ukuba ngandlela ithile bangakwazi ukusebenza ecaleni komntwana ogulayo, okanye bafumane ukhathalelo lwabantwana. Uninzi lwethu lwaluneeveki ezili-12 kuphela ekhaya ukuze luchache emva kokuzalwa kwaye luchithe ixesha nosana lwethu olutsha, kodwa abanye babahlobo bam bakwazi ukuthatha iiveki ezintandathu kuphela.

Ukuqala kwam ukubhala ngokuba ngumama osebenzayo, ndacinga ngokutsalwa kwemisebenzi kunye neemfuno zabantwana bam; ukubetha imihla ebekiweyo kunye nokuya ezintlanganisweni, ngelixa ngaxeshanye ndisonga impahla kwaye ndenzela umntwana wam isidlo sasemini. Ndisebenza kude kwaye, nangona omnye woonyana bam ekwindawo yokugcina abantwana imini yonke, omnye unyana wam usesekhaya nam. Andiyi kuxoka, Ininzi. Ngezinye imini ndiya kwiintlanganiso nonyana wam ethangeni lam, yaye ngezinye iintsuku ubukela kakhulu umabonwakude. Kodwa okukhona ndicinga ngebinzana elithi “umama osebenzayo,” kokukhona ndaqonda ukuba, kungakhathaliseki ukuba unomsebenzi ohlawulayo “ngaphandle kwekhaya,” bonke oomama (kunye nabanonopheli) bayasebenza. Ngumsebenzi we-24/7, kwaye akukho xesha lokuphumla elihlawulelwayo.

Ndicinga ukuba eyona ngongoma ibalulekileyo yoSuku lweSizwe lokuSebenza koMama endifuna ukukhumbuza wonke umntu kukuba wonke umama ngumama osebenzayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, abanye bethu banomsebenzi ngaphandle kwekhaya. Ngokuqinisekileyo oko kuza nezinto ezilungileyo nezingalunganga. Ukukwazi ukuphuma endlwini, ukugxila kwimisebenzi yomsebenzi, kunye neencoko zabantu abadala yinto endiyithathileyo phambi kwabantwana. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, ukukwazi ukuhlala ekhaya, ukubila kwam, ukudlala nomntwana wam kubunewunewu endibaziyo oomama abaninzi. Noko ke, kwimeko nganye kwezi, kubakho iingxaki ezifanayo. Ukukhumbula abantwana bethu imini yonke, ukufumana ixesha kude nasemsebenzini ukusa abantwana kugqirha, imonotony yokucula “Amavili ebhasini” kangange-853 ngaphambi kwemini, okanye uxinzelelo lokufumana imisebenzi eyaneleyo yokugcina umntwana wakho osahambayo. ukonwabisa. Kunzima konke. Kwaye intle yonke. Ke, ngolu suku lokubhiyozela oomama abasebenzayo, ndikhuthaza wonke umntu ukuba akhumbule, sisebenza sonke, nokuba kungaphakathi okanye ngaphandle kwekhaya. Sonke senza konke okusemandleni ethu. Kwaye okona kwethu kulungile ngokwaneleyo.