Usuku lweSizwe lweNja yokuHlangula
Lusuku lweSizwe lweNja yokuHlangula kwaye kukho intetho kuluntu lohlangulo – “Ngubani ohlangule bani?”
Mna nomyeni wam samkela inja yethu yokuqala ngo-2006 malunga nonyaka emva kokuba sidibene. Wayeyinjana exutywe nesithende esiluhlaza, kwaye yena, inkunkuma yakhe, kunye nomama wakhe bafunyanwa belahliwe ecaleni kwendlela eNew Mexico. Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, mna nomyeni wam safumana inja yethu yesibini emva kokuba umntu wangena emsebenzini wam enengalo yeenjana ze-Rottweiler / German shepherd ezazifuna amakhaya amatsha.
Kuyinto engalunganga ngendlela emangalisayo ukuba siphile ngaphezu kwezilwanyana zethu zasekhaya; iminyaka embalwa edlulileyo yenziwe ngosizi njengoko usapho lwam kuye kwafuneka luvalelise ku-Ellie noDiesel. Ezi njana zazikunye nathi xa sithenga indlu yethu yokuqala, ukutshata kwethu, naxa ndizisa abantwana bam (abantu) esibhedlele. Abantwana bam babengazi nokuba ubomi bunjani ngaphandle kwenja endlwini de saphulukana ne-Diesel ngo-Epreli ka-2021. Yayingamava abo okuqala okwenene ngokufa (babebancinci kakhulu ukuba bakhumbule xa u-Ellie wasweleka ngo-2018) kwaye akukho mzali. Incwadi yandilungiselela ukuba ndichaze ukufa kunye nokulahlekelwa kubantwana bam, kwaye kutheni u-Diesel engasayi kubuya kugqirha wezilwanyana ngeli xesha.
Sazixelela ukuba asizuphinda sifumane enye inja okwethutyana – intlungu yayinzulu, kwaye sasisazi ukuba izandla zethu zizele ngamatakane. Kodwa njengoko bendiqhubeka nokusebenza kude ngexesha lo bhubhani, abantwana babuyela esikolweni bebodwa, kwaye ukuzola endlwini kwaba sisithulu.
Kwisithuba nje seenyanga ezintandathu emva kokuba iDizili idlulile, ndandisazi ukuba ndiyilungele enye inja. Ndiqale ukulandela iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuhlangula kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo kwaye ndigcwalisa izicelo zokwamkelwa, ndijonge inja elungileyo yosapho lwethu. Zininzi kakhulu uhlangulo phaya – ezinye zezeendidi ezithile, ezinye zezinja ezinkulu xa zithelekiswa nezinja ezincinci, iinjana xa zithelekiswa nezinja ezindala. Ngokuyintloko ndibukele ukuhlangula okukhethekileyo kwizinja ezikhulelweyo kunye neelitha zabo - ezininzi zokuhlangula kunye neendawo zokuhlala zinzima ukufumana amakhaya okunyamekela azimisele ukuthatha umsebenzi wenja ekhulelweyo, ngoko ke oMama kunye noMutts Colorado Rescue (Uhlangulo lwe-MAMCO) benza konke abanako ukuze bathathe ezi zinja ngothungelwano lwamakhaya abo. Kwaye ngenye imini ndambona – idyasi yakhe entle enomphetho, indawana emhlophe empumlweni, nala mehlo amnandi andikhumbuza kakhulu ngeDizili yam. Emva kokuqinisekisa umyeni wam ukuba nguye, ndalila indlela yonke ukuze ndihlangabezane naye. Ndahlala ndimjonge ngamehlo amnandi ndafunga uba ngu Diesel endixelela ukuba kulungile, nguye lo.
Abantwana bamthiya igama elithi Raya, emva kweqhawekazi leDisney elivela kwi "Raya kunye neNyoko yokugqibela." Uye wasigcina ezinzwaneni zethu ukusukela ngala mini samzisa ngayo ekhaya, kodwa wenze umsebenzi omkhulu wokufunda iintambo. Ulala kufutshane nam kwigumbi elingaphantsi xa ndisebenza ekhaya kwaye ulala nam esofeni xa ndifunda okanye ndibukele umabonwakude ebusuku. Uyazi xa ilixesha lesidlo sasemini ukuba athathe uhambo. Kodwa akakaqondi ncam ukuba kuthetha ukuthini xa abantwana bejinga kwiseti kajingi – uyabaleka ebajikeleza ekhonkotha ezama ukubamba iinyawo.
Ndacinga ukuba ukufumana enye inja kunokunceda ukugcwalisa umngxuma owashiywa ngu-Ellie no-Diesel ebomini bethu. Kodwa intlungu nokulahlekelwa akusebenzi ngolo hlobo ngokwenene. Loo mingxunya isekho kwaye endaweni yoko, uRaya wafumana indawo entsha ukuze azenzele kuyo.
Ukuba ucinga ngokufumana isilwanyana sasekhaya, ndiyakubongoza ukuba ujonge ezinye zezohlangulo kwindawo yakho. Kukho izinja ezininzi (zabo bonke ubudala), kwaye akwanelanga iintsapho kunye nabakhulisi ukuba bajikeleze. Ndiyathembisa, ukuba uhlangula inja, mhlawumbi iya kukuhlangula emva nje. Ukuba ngoku ayiloxesha lilungileyo lokuthatha umntwana ongamzalanga, cinga ngokuba liqabane lomntwana ongengowakho kunye nohlangulo.
Yaye kumazwi obulumko kaBob Barker: “Yenza indima yakho ekuncedeni ukulawula inani lezilwanyana zasekhaya uze wenze izilwanyana zakho zihlatywe okanye zihlanjululwe.” Imibutho yohlangulo yenza konke enako ukuhlangula nokwamkela zonke izilwanyana zasekhaya ezinako, kodwa kusafuneka senze konke esinako ukunqanda ukwanda kwabantu.
Eminye imibutho yokuhlangula yaseDenver Metro/Colorado:
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