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Inyanga Kazwelonke Yokuqwashisa Izithulu

By USarah W.

Ubuthulu yinto engangingakaze ngingayazi. Emndenini wami, akuyona into engavamile njengoba kwenzeka emindenini eminingi. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi nginamalungu omndeni amathathu angezwa, futhi okuhlekisayo ukuthi akukho nesisodwa isithulu sabo esiwufuzo, ngakho-ke akuhambi emndenini wami. U-Anti wami uPat wazalwa eyisithulu, ngenxa yokugula ugogo akuthola ekhulelwe. Umkhulu wami (ongubaba ka-Anti wami uPat) walahlekelwa ukuzwa engozini. Futhi umzala wami wayeyisithulu kusukela azalwa kodwa watholwa uMaggie uMaggie (udadewabo kaMamncane wami uPat kanye nenye yamadodakazi kamkhulu wami) esemncane.

Ekukhuleni kwami ​​ngangichitha isikhathi esiningi nalolu hlangothi lomndeni ikakhulukazi umamncane. Mina nendodakazi yakhe, umzala wami uJen, sizwana kakhulu futhi sasingabangane abakhulu sisakhula. Sasiba nama-sleepovers ngaso sonke isikhathi, ngezinye izikhathi izinsuku zilandelana. Umamncane wami uPat wayefana nomama wesibili kimi, kanye nomama kuJen. Lapho ngihlala emzini wabo, u-Anti uPat wayesiyisa ezu noma kwaMcDonald's, noma sasiqasha amafilimu asabekayo eBlockbuster futhi siwabukele ngesitsha esikhulu samaphophukhoni. Kungalezi zikhathi zokuvakasha ngathola ukulunguza ukuthi kunjani kumuntu oyisithulu noma ongezwa kahle ukuxhumana nabasebenzi noma abasebenzi bamabhizinisi ahlukene. Lapho mina noJen sisebancane, umamncane wayesiyisa kulezi zindawo engekho omunye umuntu omdala. Sasibancane kakhulu ukuthi singakwazi ukusingatha izinto noma ukusebenzelana kwabantu abadala, ngakho ubezizulazula ngokwakhe kulezi zimo. Uma ngibheka emuva, ngiyamangala futhi ngibonga kakhulu ngokuthi wasenzela lokho.

Umamncane unekhono kakhulu lokufunda izindebe, okumenza akwazi ukuxhumana kahle nabantu abezwayo. Kodwa akubona bonke abangamqonda lapho ekhuluma ngendlela mina namalungu omkhaya esingamqonda ngayo. Ngezinye izikhathi, izisebenzi zaziba nenkinga yokuba nengxoxo naye, engiqinisekile, okwakukhathaza u-Anti uPat, kanye nabasebenzi. Enye inselele ifike ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-COVID-19. Njengoba wonke umuntu egqoke izifihla-buso, kwakwenza kwaba nzima kakhulu ngaye ukuthi akhulume ngoba wayengakwazi ukufunda izindebe zomlomo.

Kodwa-ke, ngizophinde ngisho ukuthi njengoba ubuchwepheshe buthuthukile kusukela ngeminyaka yama-90s, sekulula ukuxhumana no-anti ngikude. Uhlala eChicago mina ngihlala eColorado, kodwa sikhuluma ngaso sonke isikhathi. Njengoba ukuthumela imiyalezo kwanda kakhulu, ngakwazi ukuthayipha emuva naphambili ukuze ngihlale ngixhumana naye. Futhi ngokusungulwa kwe-FaceTime angakwazi futhi ukuba nengxoxo ngolimi lwezandla noma nini lapho efuna, noma ngabe ukuphi. Lapho ngisemncane, okuwukuphela kwendlela engangingakhuluma ngayo nomalumekazi lapho singekho mathupha kwakuyi-teletypewriter (TTY). Empeleni, wayeyibhala, futhi othile asishayele futhi adlulisele imilayezo ngocingo emuva naphambili. Bekungeyona indlela enhle yokuxhumana, futhi siyisebenzise esimweni esiphuthumayo kuphela.

Lezi bekuyizinselelo engizibonile. Kodwa ngiye ngacabanga ngazo zonke ezinye izinkinga okumelwe ukuba wabhekana nazo engangingakaze ngicabange ngazo. Ngokwesibonelo, umamncane umama ongayedwana. Wazi kanjani lapho uJen ekhala njengengane ebusuku? Wazi kanjani uma kuqhamuka imoto yezimo eziphuthumayo ngesikhathi eshayela? Angazi kahle-hle ukuthi lezi zinkinga zasingathwa kanjani kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi umamncane akavumelanga lutho ukuba lumvimbe ukuphila impilo yakhe, ukukhulisa indodakazi yakhe yedwa, nokuba u-anti omangalisayo nomama wesibili kimi. Kunezinto ezizohlala zingibambele mathupha kusukela ngikhula ngichitha isikhathi esiningi nomamncane wami uPat. Noma nini lapho ngiphuma futhi ngibona abantu ababili bekhuluma ngolimi lwezandla, ngifuna ukubingelela. Ngizizwa ngiduduzwa amazwibela aseduze ku-TV. Futhi njengamanje ngifundisa indodana yami enezinyanga ezingu-7 uphawu “lobisi” ngoba izingane zingakwazi ukufunda ulimi lwezandla ngaphambi kokuba zikhulume.

Ukungezwa kubhekwa abanye “njengokukhubazeka okungabonakali,” futhi ngiyohlale ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukwenza indawo yokuhlala ukuze umphakathi oyisithulu ukwazi ukubamba iqhaza kuzo zonke izinto umphakathi ozizwayo ongakwazi ukuzenza. Kodwa ngokwalokho engikubonile nengikufundile, abantu abaningi abayizithulu abakubheki njengokukhubazeka. Futhi lokho kimi kukhuluma nomoya ka-Anti wami uPat. Ukuchitha isikhathi no-anti, umkhulu, kanye nomzala wami kungifundise ukuthi umphakathi wezithulu uyakwazi ukwenza konke umphakathi ongezwayo okwaziyo ukukwenza nokunye okwengeziwe.

Uma ufuna ukufunda ulimi lwezandla, ukuxhumana kalula nomphakathi ongezwa, kunezinsiza eziningi ku-inthanethi.

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Uma ufuna ukufundisa ingane yakho ulimi lwezandla, kunezinsiza eziningi zalokho futhi.

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