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Unzima Njengomama

Njengomama osebenzayo, nginobudlelwano obuqinisekile “benzondo yothando” nehlobo. Ngiyithanda ngempela umqondo zasehlobo…izinsuku ezinde, ukusa kancane, ukuthamela ilanga elifudumele, ukuvilapha njengoba ngifunda incwadi ku-hammock, isikhathi emanzini apholile echibi lasendaweni…noma ngabe yisiphi isithombe esiqhamukayo uma ucabanga ngezinsuku zakho zasehlobo ezibonakala zingapheli njenge ingane. Iqiniso lehlobo njengomzali osebenzayo, njengoba uqala "umsebenzi omningi," lingabukeka lihluke kakhulu.

Bengicabanga kakhulu ngesivinini esisheshayo kuleli sonto, njengoba ngibuka iwashi, ngabona ukuthi nginemizuzu eyishumi ngqo ngaphambi komhlangano wami olandelayo olandelayo. Imizuzu eyishumi yokuthola ingane eyodwa ukuthi idliwe futhi iye eqenjini lokubhukuda, nginikeze iseluleko endodaneni yami eyeve eshumini nambili mayelana nedrama yentombi, bhekana namehlo amakhulu osizi avela enja yami/“i-soul mate” ukuze ngiyiphakele ukudla kwasekuseni, futhi okungenani ngibheke iyabonakala kusuka okhalweni kuya phezulu, ukuze ngingathuki engisebenza nabo kumaQembu eMicrosoft. Ngingene ngesikhathi ocingweni, ngabona umakhalekhukhwini wami ukhala. Yindodakazi yami eneminyaka engu-20, ebiza isuka enkabeni yezwe futhi ngenxa yokuthi nginedumela elithi "umama omkhulu" okufanele ngibambelele, vele ngiphendule, bese ngimbuza ukuthi "uyipheka kanjani inyama yenkukhu engavamile? ” Kanti uphi umyeni wami ngalezi zinxushunxushu? Uthathe umhlalaphansi emhumeni wakhe ukuze asebenze futhi uvule umnyango. Shocker! Ngike ngizibuze...ingabe lezi zibukeka kanjani izinsuku zikaBeyonce njengomama osebenzayo onezingane ezintathu ehlobo? Ngicabanga ukuthi "cha."

Naphezu kokuthi konke lokhu kungase kubonakale kumatasatasa kangakanani...ngeke ngikuhwebe nganoma yini! Ikakhulukazi “kubhubhane olusha” lwangemva kobhubhane, ngizithola ngikwazisa ukuthi yize kuyinselele kwesinye isikhathi ukugcina wonke amabhola emoyeni, ukusebenza ekhaya kungivumele ukuthi ngiguquguquke kakhulu kunehlobo eledlule. Kungase kungabi kuhle ngokuphelele, njengoba ngizithola ngidinga ukufika ekuseni kakhulu noma ebusuku ngezinye izikhathi ukuze ngihambisane ne-imeyili. Uma ngicabanga emuva ehlobo lapho kufanele ngiqinisekise ukuthi izingane zami zinendawo ethile usuku lonke, nsuku zonke, ngibonga isikhathi esengeziwe ndawonye. Lokhu kuhambisana nezinselelo, futhi.

“Ezinsukwini zakudala,” ngangivele ngingabi sekhaya emini. Ngagitsheliswa imoto ukuze ngiphinde ngizibeke phakathi nendawo futhi ngangizolungela ukuqala umsebenzi wami wesibili njengomama lapho izinyawo zami zishaya umbundu wendlu yami. Namuhla, kudinga ukukhulumisana okuhle nezingane zami. Lapho ngiqala ukusebenza ekhaya, babevame ukungena futhi bangiphazamise lapho ngisemhlanganweni. Manje sebeyaqonda ukuthi ukuvala umnyango kusho ukuthi ngimatasa kodwa ngizovela uma sengikwazi ukuthinta noma yini abayidingayo. Kwazi bani? Mhlawumbe lo mkhuba wokuhlanganyela ukunakekela kukanina nezinye izinto ezibalulekile eziqhudelanayo ungase ubonakale uyinto enhle. Angikwazi ukulahla yonke into njengoba benesithukuthezi kuleli hlobo futhi lokho kungase kube okuhle okuvela kulo “mhlaba omusha” ukuze bathuthuke njengabantu.

Isikhathi kuphela esizosho, kodwa okwamanje, ngiyaqhubeka nokuzama ukwenza konke okusemandleni ami nsuku zonke futhi ngizinike umusa nokubekezela. Ngifuna futhi ngijabulele lezo zikhathi ezimbalwa ezibalulekile zesikhathi ngingedwa. Mhlawumbe ihlobo akusona isikhathi lapho umzali osebenzayo eyikhipha ngokuphelele epaki emsebenzini wabo. Uma kufika ikwindla (okuzokwenzeka ngaphambi kokuthi sikwazi), mhlawumbe leso kuzoba yisikhathi sokugxila kithi futhi sibe nesikhathi esengeziwe sokuzinikezela ekuthuthukisweni kwethu kochwepheshe. Okwamanje, ngiyabonga nge-Colorado Access kanye nabaholi bami lapha ngokungivumela izinyanga ezimbalwa zokunaka kwami ​​​​kusatshalaliswa kancane kunokuvamile (ngibhala lokhu njengoba ngilalele othile ememeza embhobhweni ejimini egcwele izingane ikamu le-basketball). Siyabonga ubuhle nge-Wi-Fi yamahhala!