Ndineminyaka eyi-19. Namhlanje lusuku lwam lokuqala lokuba yifapstronaut. Utata wam yinkuthazo yam. Ekubeni ndisakhumbula, umama uye waba neengxaki ezinzulu zempilo ezibangela ukuba ubuncinane enze utyando olukhulu ngonyaka. Ukuze ahlawule la matyala ezonyango kwakunye nekadade wethu kunye neyam yemfundo, utata wam usebenza ixesha elongezelelekileyo, kwishifti yasebusuku, emsebenzini wakhe. Wayesebenza ubusuku bonke, aze alale emini.
Ngeentsuku zakhe ezimbalwa zokuphumla, kuyaqondakala ukuba udinwe kakhulu ukuba angenza nantoni na ngaphandle kokubukela i-tv kwaye abe neebhiya ezimbalwa. Wayesoloko eluhlobo lwesistoyike. Mna nodadewethu sasinqwenela ukuba sibe nexesha elingakumbi kunye naye kunye nomama, ehlala ngaphakathi ngenxa yempilo yakhe, wayesiba lilolo. Ukanti, sasiqonda ngenxa yazo zonke izinto awayezincama.
Emva koko, kwiminyaka eyi-3 eyadlulayo, umama wafumanisa ukuba utata wam wayenomlutha we-PMO. Kwakhawuleza kwacaca ukuba wayenayo ukususela kwiminyaka yakhe yeshumi elivisayo. Eli yayilinyathelo lokugqibela kuye. Ngoku, babesilwa phantse yonk’ imihla baza bafikelela esiphelweni soqhawulo-mtshato. Kwangaloo nyaka wathatha umvuzo kwaye wam, ngoku 5'6″ 275lb, utata wabamba ihlwili legazi elikhulu elalinokumbulala. Kulapho ke wagqiba ekubeni atshintshe ubomi bakhe kwaye aphule umlutha wakhe we-30+ iminyaka.
Sele kuyiminyaka emibini oko enze utshintsho. Umama usagula kakhulu, ikholeji isabiza kakhulu, kwaye usasebenza ngokungaqhelekanga, iiyure ezinde. Kodwa akangomntu omnye. Namhlanje uneminyaka engama-53 ubudala. Une-100lbs elula kunye nezihlunu zonke. Xa ephuma kwishifti yakhe yasebusuku ye-10hr ngo-7AM, ngoko nangoko wenza umthambo we-2hr. Ngexesha lakhe lokuphumla uye waphinda wafumanisa uthando lwakhe lokulima kwaye wenza igadi entle ejikeleze ikhaya lethu. Ngoku akaze asele okanye abe nayo nayiphi na i-PMO. Ngoku ukhululekile kwaye ndiziva ndisondele ngakumbi ngokweemvakalelo kuye kunangaphambili. Ngoku yena nomama bavuselela ubuhlobo babo kwaye babuyela eluthandweni ngokwenene.
Ubomi busenzima, kodwa utata wam uphinde wafumanisa ukuthanda kwakhe ubomi kwaye, okona kubaluleke kakhulu, kukuzithanda kwakhe. Akaloqhawe. Uyindoda. Indoda enebhongo kakhulu ngokubiza utata. Namhlanje lusuku lokuqala. Ixesha lokulandela emanyathelweni akhe kwaye ndibe yindoda endifuna ukuba yiyo. Ukuba unokukwenza, nam ndingakwenza. Nawe unokukwenza. Makhe siyenze fapstronauts!
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