UCarter Blanchard oneminyaka engu-8 unesifo sesikhumba - i-vitiligo. Ngenxa yakhe, umfana wayengakwazi nokuzibheka esibukweni. Wayekuzonda ukubukeka kwakhe.
Zingaba nonya kangakanani izingane, noma ngubani wethu uyazi. Wonke umuntu waya esikoleni. Wonke umuntu angakhumbula isibonelo sendlela yena abeklolodelwa ngayo ngenxa yobhakha ongajwayelekile. Noma bahlekisa kanjani ngomuntu ofunda naye ngenxa yezinduna. Futhi uCarter oneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili unenkinga enkulu kakhulu. Umfana omnyama une-vitiligo. Ngubani ongakhumbuli - lesi yisifo sesikhumba esingelapheki, lapho umzimba uswele i-pigment. Ngenxa yalokhu, kuvela izindawo ezikhanyayo esikhunjeni ezingasuki ngisho nokushuka. Isikhumba esimnyama, amabala amhlophe…
Kwakungasizi ngalutho ukududuza umntwana ngesibonelo semodeli enesikhumba esimnyama, owaduma futhi wafuna ngenxa yokubukeka kwakhe okungajwayelekile. Wayekuzonda ukubukeka kwakhe. Ngemuva kwakho konke, bekungalunga uma ezalwa enjalo - lesi sifo saqala ukuzibonakalisa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, sashintsha ubuso bakhe.
Unina womfana uStephanie wayesevele enesifiso sokuvumelanisa ingane nokubukeka kwayo. Ukudangala kwehlela kumfana kakhulu. Kwase kwenzeka isimangaliso.
UStephanie uthi: “UNkulunkulu wayizwa imithandazo yethu. - Ku-Intanethi, ngathola izithombe zenja eyayine-vitiligo.
Sikhuluma ngoLabrador oneminyaka engu-13 ubudala ogama lakhe linguRhodey, ngaleso sikhathi wayesengusaziwayo wangempela. Unekhasi lakhe le-Facebook, lapho kubhaliswe khona abantu abangaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyisithupha. Inja yatholakala ngonyaka ofanayo noCarter. Amabala amhlophe ebusweni obumnyama benja ayesezindaweni ezifanayo nasebusweni bomfana: ezungeze amehlo nasemhlathini ongezansi. Ukuqondana okuningi kakhulu!
“UCarter washaqeka lapho ebona inja eyaduma ngokugula kwakhe,” kusho uStephanie.
URhodey noCarter kwakudingeka babe abangane nje. Vele, kwakungekho nkulumo yokunikeza umfana inja. Umnikazi uyayithanda inja yakhe, naphezu kwakho konke izici zayo ezihlukile. Kepha ingane ayinqatshelwe ukujwayelana nosaziwayo onoboya. Futhi kwaba uthando ekuqaleni kokubona. UCarter noRhodey manje basebenzisa yonke impelasonto ndawonye.
“Baba abangane ngaso leso sikhathi,” kukhumbula uStephanie. - UCarter noRhodey bazana inyanga kuphela, kepha ushintsho seluvele luyabonakala. Indodana yazethemba kakhulu futhi yafunda ukwamukela ukwehluka kwayo. Mhlawumbe ngelinye ilanga uyomazisa.