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Ngenyanga edlule, indodakazi yami ecishe ibe neminyaka emibili ithole isibhamu sayo sokuqala se-COVID-2. Yeka impumuzo! Impilo yakhe kuze kube manje isisithwe yi-COVID-19. Njengemindeni eminingi phakathi nalolu bhubhane, miningi imibuzo esike yahlupha mina nomyeni wami mayelana nokuthi yini ephephile ukuthi yenziwe, ubani okuphephile ukuthi angabonwa, futhi ngokuvamile ukuthi singayilawula kanjani ingozi yokugula kwengane yethu. Ukuze ekugcineni sikwazi ukumnikeza isivikelo esengeziwe ku-COVID-19 kwasilethela ukuthula kwengqondo obekudingeka kakhulu. Kwenza kube lula ukubeka phambili ukubona abangani nomndeni, kanye nokuvele ujabulele ukuzidela kobuntwana.

Mina nomyeni wami sathola isibhamu kanye nama-booster ethu ngokushesha nje lapho sikwazi. Kodwa sekuyisikhathi eside ukulinda ukuthi izingane ezisacathula nezinsana zifaneleke, okuyinto ebuye ikhungathekise ngezinye izikhathi. Engikuphethe kahle, nokho, ukuthi kusinika isiqinisekiso esengeziwe mayelana nokuphepha nokusebenza komgomo - ekugcineni, isikhathi esengeziwe esisithathile ukuze ugunyazwe sisho ukuthi singaba nokholo olukhulu emuthini wokugoma nasekuthuthukisweni kwawo.

Indodakazi yethu ayizange ithuswe isipiliyoni sokugoma. Njengoba sobabili silindile emgqeni wokuthola omunye wemitholampilo egomayo yoMnyango Wezempilo Yomphakathi Nezemvelo e-Colorado (CDPHE), sacula izingoma futhi sidlala namathoyizi. “Amasondo Ebhasini” kwakuyisicelo esithandwayo, njengoba indodakazi yami yayijabule kakhulu lapho idutshulwa igibele ibhasi. (Ngomthamo wakhe wesibili, mhlawumbe singathola umtholampilo wokugoma esitimeleni se-choo choo, futhi angase angaphinde ahambe.) Ngaphandle kokulinda kancane emgqeni, kwaba ukuzizwisa okusheshayo. Kube nezinyembezi ngesikhathi kudutshulwa, kodwa walulama ngokushesha futhi, ngenhlanhla, akazange abe nemiphumela emibi.

Emindenini eminingi, lokhu kungase kube isinqumo esiyinselele, ngakho qiniseka ukuthi khuluma nodokotela wakho noma abanye ochwepheshe bezempilo mayelana nezingozi nezinzuzo. Kodwa, kithina, kwakuyisikhathi sokubungaza nokukhululeka - njengalapho sigonywa thina ngokwethu!

Ubhubhane alukapheli futhi umuthi wokugoma ngeke uvikele indodakazi yethu kukho konke kodwa ungesinye isinyathelo esibheke kokujwayelekile kwethu okusha. Ngibonga kakhulu ngodokotela, abacwaningi, nemindeni esize ekwenzeni lo mgomo utholakale kithi sonke, manje okuhlanganisa nezingane ezincane kakhulu.