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Kwinyanga ephelileyo, intombi yam eneminyaka emi-2 ifumene udubulo lwayo lokuqala lwe-COVID-19. Esinjani sona isiqabu! Ubomi bakhe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku bugutyungelwe sisibetho se-COVID-19. Njengeentsapho ezininzi ngexesha lobhubhani, imibuzo emininzi iye yakhathaza mna nomyeni wam malunga nokuba kukhuselekile ukwenza ntoni, ngubani okhuselekileyo ukuba angabonwa, kwaye ngokubanzi nje ukuba singawulawula njani umngcipheko wokugula komntwana wethu oselula. Ukuze ekugqibeleni sikwazi ukumnika ukhuseleko olongezelelekileyo kwi-COVID-19 kusizisele uxolo lwengqondo ebelufuneka kakhulu. Ikwenza kube lula ukubeka phambili ukubona abahlobo kunye nosapho, kwaye ukonwabele nje iiadventure zobuntwana.

Mna nomyeni wam safumana izithonga zethu kunye nee-boosters ngokukhawuleza kangangoko sinakho. Kodwa sele kulindwe ixesha elide ukuba abantwana abancinci kunye neentsana bafaneleke, nto leyo esoloko ikhathaza ngamanye amaxesha. Into endiyicingayo ngayo, nangona kunjalo, kukuba isinika isiqinisekiso esongezelelweyo malunga nokhuseleko kunye nokusebenza kwesitofu sokugonya - ekugqibeleni, ixesha elongezelelweyo elithathiweyo ukuze samkelwe lithetha ukuba sinokuba nokholo olukhulu kwisitofu sokugonya kunye nophuhliso lwaso.

Intombi yethu yayingothuswanga ngamava okugonya. Njengoko sobabini silinde emgceni kwelinye leekliniki zokugonya ze-mobile ye-Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), sacula iingoma kwaye sidlala kunye namathoyizi athile. “Amavili ebhasini” yayisisicelo esithandwayo, njengoko intombi yam yayichulumancile kukufumana ukudubula kwayo ebhasini. (Kwidosi yakhe yesibini, mhlawumbi singafumana ikliniki yesitofu kuloliwe we-choo choo, kwaye angangaze ahambe.) Ngaphandle kokulinda kancinci emgceni, ibingamava akhawulezayo. Kwabakho iinyembezi xa kudutyulwa, kodwa wachacha ngokukhawuleza kwaye, ngethamsanqa, akazange abe neziphumo ebezingalindelekanga.

Kwiintsapho ezininzi, oku kunokuba sisigqibo esinzima, ngoko ke qiniseka ukuthetha nogqirha wakho okanye abanye abasebenzi bezempilo malunga neengozi kunye neenzuzo. Kodwa, kuthi, ibingumzuzu wombhiyozo kunye nesiqabu – njengaxa sagonywa ngokwethu!

Ubhubhane awukapheli kwaye isitofu sokugonya asiyi kukhusela intombi yethu kuyo yonke into kodwa lelinye inyathelo eliya kwisiqhelo sethu. Ndinombulelo kakhulu ngoogqirha, abaphandi, kunye neentsapho eziye zanceda ekwenzeni olu gonyo lufumaneke kuthi sonke, ngoku kuquka abona bancinci abantwana.