Uyise wengane wamthumba eneminyaka engaphansi kwemibili. Umfana wakhula engenamama.
Ngeke ufise ukuthi noma ngubani asinde kulokhu. Ukwazi ukuthi ingane yakho ifunda ukufunda, ukugibela ibhayisikili, ukuya esikoleni, ukukhula nokuvuthwa, kepha konke lokhu kukude kakhulu. Akunakwenzeka ukucabanga imizwa kamama, owancishwa ithuba lokuyisa ingane enkulisa, ukubamba isandla lapho egula, ukujabulela impumelelo yakhe nokukhathazeka lapho ephasa izivivinyo. ULynette Mann-Lewis kwadingeka aphile nale mizwa isigamu sempilo yakhe. Iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu wayefuna indodana yakhe.
Wayenjena umfana ngesikhathi ethathwa kunina
Izinjini zokusesha zizame ukuqagela ukuthi ingane ebethunjiwe ibukeka kanjani eminyakeni engama-30
ULynette wahlukanisa nobaba wengane lapho umfana eneminyaka engaphansi kwemibili ubudala. Ngokwenkantolo, ingane yahlala nonina. Kodwa ubaba akazange adikibale. Wathumba ingane wayiyisa kwelinye izwe. Babephila ngemibhalo engombombayi. Le ndoda yatshela umfana ukuthi unina ushonile. UJerry omncane wakholwa. Impela ngenzile, ngoba ubaba wakhe lo.
Sonke lesi sikhathi amaphoyisa abemfuna umfana. Kepha ngangiyifuna kwelinye izwe, eCanada, lapho ayehlala khona nonina. Izinkulungwane zezikhangiso ezithunyelwe, izingcingo zosizo - konke kwaba yize.
Esithangamini nabezindaba, umama wehluleka ukubamba imizwa yakhe.
Umama nendodana bahlangana ngenhlanhla kuphela. Owayengumyeni kaLynette waboshelwa ukusebenzisa amaphepha omgunyathi. Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30, amaphepha engazange abuze mibuzo. Kodwa le ndoda yanquma ukufaka isicelo sokubamba iqhaza ohlelweni lwezindlu zombuso. Wayedinga nesitifiketi sokuzalwa sendodana yakhe. Izikhulu zihlole imibhalo ngokuphelele kunamaphoyisa noma izinsizakalo zomphakathi. Bakhomba khona lapho inkohliso. Le ndoda iboshiwe, manje ilinde ukuqulwa kwamacala ayo ngamacala amabili ngasikhathi sinye: ukukhwabanisa nokuthumba.
“Indodana yakho iyaphila, itholakele,” kukhala insimbi efulethini likaLynette.
“Amazwi awanakuchaza ukuthi ngangizizwa kanjani ngaleso sikhathi. Amahora ngaphambi kokuhlangana kwami okokuqala nendodana yami eminyakeni engama-30 yinde kakhulu empilweni yami, ”kusho uLynette etshela i-BBC.
Umfana wakhe ngaleso sikhathi wayeneminyaka engama-33 ubudala. Umama waphuthelwa yonke imicimbi ebaluleke kakhulu empilweni yakhe. Futhi wayengazitsheli nokuthi uyoke ambone.
“Akufanele uyeke. Yonke le minyaka ngangihlupheka, kodwa ngangikholwa ukuthi kukhona okungenzeka, ukuthi sizobonana ngelinye ilanga, ”kusho uLynette.