Ndili ndi zaka 19. Lero ndi tsiku langa loyamba kukhala fapstronaut. Bambo anga ndi kudzoza kwanga. Kuyambira ndikukumbukira, amayi anga akhala akudwala kwambiri zomwe zimapangitsa kuchitidwa opaleshoni yayikulu kamodzi pachaka. Pofuna kulipira ngongole zachipatalazi komanso za mlongo wanga komanso maphunziro anga, bambo anga amagwira ntchito nthawi yochulukirapo, usiku, kuntchito kwawo. Ankagwira ntchito usiku wonse, kenako amagona masana.
Pa masiku ake ochepa, iye amatha kutopa kwambiri kuti asamachite chilichonse koma penyani tv ndi kukhala ndi mabedi awiri. Iye nthawizonse anali mtundu wa stoic. Ine ndi mchemwali wanga tinkalakalaka kuti tidzakhala ndi nthawi yambiri ndi iye ndipo amayi anga, omwe ankakhala nawo pafupi nthawi zonse chifukwa cha thanzi lake, ankakhala osungulumwa. Komabe, tinamvetsetsa chifukwa cha zonse zomwe adapereka.
Kenako, zaka 3 zapitazo, amayi anga adazindikira kuti abambo anga ali ndi vuto lokhala ndi PMO. Posakhalitsa zinawululidwa kuti anali nazo kuyambira ali mwana. Uwu unali udzu womaliza kwa iye. Tsopano, ankamenyera pafupifupi tsiku lililonse ndipo anafika pamapeto a chisudzulo. Chaka chomwecho adalandira malipiro ndipo wanga, tsopano 5'6 ″ 275lb, abambo adagwira magazi ambiri omwe mwina amapha. Apa ndiye adaganiza zosintha moyo wake ndikusiya chizolowezi chake cha 30+.
Zakhala zaka ziwiri kuchokera pamene adasintha. Amayi anga adakali odwala kwambiri, koleji akadali okwera mtengo, ndipo akugwirabe ntchitobe, maola ochuluka. Koma iye si munthu yemweyo. Lero ali ndi zaka 53. Iye ndi 100lbs kuwala ndi minofu yonse. Atachoka ku 10hr usiku ku 7AM, nthawi yomweyo amachita masewera olimbitsa thupi a 2hr. Mu nthawi yake yopanda pake adapeza chikondi chake cholima ndikumanga munda wokongola kuzungulira kwathu. Tsopano iye samamwa konse kapena ali ndi PMO aliyense. Iye tsopano ali wotseguka kwambiri ndipo ndimamverera pafupi ndi iye kuposa momwe ndakhala ndikuyambira kale. Tsopano iye ndi amayi anga akubwezeretsa ubale wawo ndi kubwerera kwenikweni mu chikondi.
Moyo udakali wovuta, koma abambo anga adatulukiranso chidwi chawo pa moyo ndipo, koposa zonse, amadzikonda yekha. Iye si wapamwamba. Ndiamuna. Mwamuna yemwe ndimanyadira kutchula abambo anga. Lero ndi tsiku loyamba. Nthawi yotsatira mapazi ake ndikukhala munthu yemwe ndikufuna kukhala. Ngati angathe kutero, inenso ndingatero. Inunso mungatero. Tiyeni tichite izi fapstronauts!
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