UFerdinand uneminyaka engu-23 ubudala, une-CHARGE syndrome, wazalwa enolwanga olunzima futhi usehlinzwe kathathu. Akakwazi ukuzwa futhi namehlo akhe ampofu kakhulu, okwenza noma yimuphi umzamo wokuxhumana ube nzima. “UJohnny uthole isibhamu sakhe” owayengeke enze impi. Uma ufika kuleli zinga lebhulogi uyazitshela ukuthi “Ungasajikijeli, sekuwukukhala”.
Ngaphandle kokuthi incwadi eyabhalwa uyise nomkhwekazi kaFerdinand, enemifanekiso emihle kakhulu, ilandisa ngephupho nangamahlaya ukuphila kwansuku zonke kwengane okungenzeka ihlukaniswe nezwe kodwa ebonisa umcabango ochichimayo nohlala njalo. ukuhlobana nabanye.
Le albhamu enhle (yenziwe kahle kumshicileli, i-HD, owayengesabi ngendaba), ihloselwe izingane ezineminyaka engu-3 ubudala futhi ichaza ukuthi kungani uFerdinand egquma, ethinta yonke into, enyathela izinyawo zakhe lapho ejabule. Lapho sisuka kokujwayelekile, yilapho senza izinkondlo. UFerdinand ulalela umculo ngezandla zakhe, uthanda amafriji, uthanda ukucabanga lapho egeza. Emuva kwemidlalo yenganekwane yaphakade, izingcezu zempilo, ama-anecdotes ahlekisayo nokutholakele okungajwayelekile, kunemibhalo engacacile. Lokho abafundi abancane abangeke bakubone, okuzobeka umphimbo wabazali babo: amandla andayo omndeni wonke, kanye nokusungula kwawo, ukuze uxhumane ngazo zonke izindleko nale ngane evela kwenye indawo. Kufanele ubambe isandla sakhe lapho esengumntwana, futhi ngendlela ethile, umthwale, kakhulu, ukumbonisa ukuthi akayedwa, futhi akhombe yonke into. Bese kuba ngemidwebo lapho uFerdinand efundiswa khona imithetho yokuphepha. Mhla abazali bakhe nodadewabo abathathu beqaphela ukuthi omncane ukhuluma ngolimi lwezandla, wonke umuntu uyakwamukela lokho. Umndeni uyagqugquzelwa ukweseka intuthuko yale ngane engathandwa naphezu umehluko wakhe kodwa othandwa ngokusobala, ngoba ubunye bayo.
Kule albhamu ngithola lokho engangikuzwa njalo uma ngixoxa nomama bezingane ezikhubazekile. Umuzwa ongaziwa nophazamisayo. Lo muzwa wokuthi ngale kokuhlupheka, ukukhathala, usizi, ukungabi nabulungisa, laba bazali kanye nalezi zingane babeluke isibopho esikhethekile, sokuqina kanye neqiniso elingafinyeleleki kwabanye, "Okuvamile". Futhi ngingayibhala phansi? Kwenzeke kimina phakathi nalezi zinkulumo ngizwe ubuhlungu enhliziyweni yami ngokuthi angisoze ngaphila lesi sidlo nezingane zami eziphila kahle kangaka.
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