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Usuku lwaBantu abaMfutshane beSizwe

Zange ndibenalo ithuba lokuba mde. Umama umi ku-5 iinyawo kanye, kwaye utata wam ujikeleze i-5 iinyawo 7 i-intshi. Xa ndandiselusana, umama wam wenza uhlobo oluthile lokubala olusekwe kubude babo obuzimisele ukuba ndingaba yi-5 iinyawo 3 intshi, eyona nto ndiyiyo. Ndibe mde kangako ukusukela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kwaye, ngokujonga kumama kunye nomakhulu, ndiza kuba mfutshane kuphela njengoko iminyaka ihamba. Ngoko ke, oku kulungile njengoko kubonakala.

Andikude kakhulu ekubeni “ngumndilili wobude.” Ngokuka a Amaziko oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo (CDC) ingxelo ukusuka 2018, i-avareji kubafazi American 20 iminyaka ubudala kwaye phezulu 5 iinyawo 4 intshi. Kodwa ndandisoloko ndiziva ndimfutshane! Ndihlala ndibekwe ngaphambili ngexesha leekonsathi zesikolo kwisikolo samabanga aphantsi, ndihlala ndilungelelanisa isihlalo xa ndiqhuba imoto yomnye umntu, kwaye ngaphandle konyawo oluncinci, ukuseta iofisi andikhululeki kum (ukuze ndibeke isitulo phezulu. ngokwaneleyo ukuhlangabezana nedesika ngokufanelekileyo, iinyawo zam zijinga kancinci ngaphantsi). Abantu baye bandibiza ngokuba yi-optical illusion kuba andijongi mfutshane xa ndisekude, kodwa xa ume ecaleni kwam, ndimncinci ngokumangalisayo. Kodwa ndiye ndamkela kwaye ndamkele ubuni bam njengomntu omfutshane kuno-avareji.

Ndingqongwe ngabantu abade endlwini yam, nto leyo ethetha ukuba ndisoloko ndinoncedo lokufikelela kwizinto. Umyeni wam uziimitha ezi-6 ubude, uphantse ube ngenyawo mde kunam. Unyana wam wesibini, oneminyaka esithoba ubudala, umfutshane nje ngee-intshi ezimbalwa kunam! Mde kakhulu ngokweminyaka yakhe, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ibalaselisa ukuba AKUMNA. Uzenzile izibalo zakhe ngokusekelwe kwiminyaka yakhe kunye nobude bakhe, kwaye ukholelwa ukuba uya kuphelela ekubeni 6 iinyawo 4 intshi. Ke, ngenye imini, uya kunqaba phezu kwam ngendlela ehlekisayo. Unyana wam omncinci umde ngokweminyaka yakhe kwaye umi ngaphezulu kwabantwana abaninzi kwiqela lakhe lebhola yomnyazi.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuba mfutshane kunokuba neentsilelo zako. Iibhulukhwe ezithe gqolo ezithengiweyo evenkileni zidla ngokufuna ukujijwa, isitulo siyimfuneko ukufikelela kwiishelufu zekhabhathi yekhitshi ephezulu, kwaye andisoze ndibe yinkwenkwezi yebasketball. Kodwa njengoko sibhiyozela uSuku lweSizwe lwaBantu abaMfutshane, ndifuna ukutsho ukuba kukho izibonelelo ezithile! Njengomfazi, andizange ndibe nexhala lokuba izithende eziphakamileyo ziza kundenza ndibe mde kunomhla wam, ngamanye amaxesha ndiyakwazi ukunxiba iidyasi zesayizi zabantwana ezinokuthi zifikeleleke kakhulu, kunye ne-legroom kwinqwelomoya ayikaze ibe ngumcimbi wokwenene. Ke, ndilapha ukutsho ukuba ndiyathanda ukuba ngumntu omfutshane kwaye, ngenene, andinakuba nayo ngenye indlela.