Ukushona kwengane eneminyaka emithathu kwenza le ndoda yabuka ngendlela ehlukile ebudlelwaneni nezingane. Manje wazi kahle ukuthi yini ebaluleke ngempela.
Sekudlule isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka kusukela ngosuku uRichard Pringle avalelisa ngalo “umfana omncane” wakhe ogama lakhe lingu-Huey. Ingane eneminyaka emithathu ubudala yashona ngemva kokopha kungazelelwe ebuchosheni. Futhi kwashintsha izwe labazali bakhe phezulu.
“Wayenokuphazamiseka kwengqondo kodwa wayephila kahle,” kukhumbula uRichard. – Ithuba lokuthi ukopha kuzophuma lalincane, amaphesenti angu-5 kuphela. Kodwa kwenzeka. Umfana wami akasindanga. “
KuFacebook kaRichard kugcwele izithombe zomfana ojabule ehleka noyise. Manje lezi akuzona nje izithombe, kodwa inkumbulo eyigugu kaRichard.
“Wayemnene, enakekela. U-Huey wayazi ukwenza izinto eziyisicefe zibe mnandi. Wenza konke ngenjabulo,” kusho ubaba.
URichard usenezingane ezimbili, amantombazane amancane kakhulu uHetty noHenny. Bonke ndawonye, isonto ngalinye beza ethuneni lomfowabo omdala: phezu kwalo kukhona amathoyizi akhe ayintandokazi, izimoto, amatshe amatshe apendwe nguye. Abazali basalugubha usuku lokuzalwa luka-Huey, mtshele ukuthi kwenzekeni ngesikhathi engasekho. Ezama ukululama ekufeni kwendodana yakhe, ubaba wenza imithetho eyishumi - uyibiza ngezifundo ezibaluleke kakhulu azifunda ngemva kokushona kwengane yakhe. Nampa.
Izinto eziyi-10 ezibaluleke kakhulu engazifunda ngemva kokulahlekelwa indodana yami
1. Akusoze kwaba nokuqabula okuningi nothando.
2. Uhlala unesikhathi. Shiya umsebenzi wakho futhi udlale okungenani iminithi. Awekho amacala abaluleke kakhulu kangangokuthi ungawahlehliswa isikhashana.
3. Thatha izithombe eziningi futhi urekhode amavidiyo amaningi ngangokunokwenzeka. Kungase kube ngolunye usuku kuphela onakho.
4. Ungamoshi imali yakho, uchithe isikhathi sakho. Ucabanga ukuthi uyamosha? Lokhu akulungile. Okwenzayo kubaluleke kakhulu. Gxuma emachibini, hamba uyoshaywa umoya. Gubha olwandle, wakhe ikamu, ujabule. Yilokho kuphela okudingekayo. Angisakhumbuli ukuthi samthengelani u-Huey, ngikhumbula kuphela esakwenza.
5. Icule. Hlabelelani kanye. Inkumbulo yami ejabulisa kakhulu ukuthi u-Huey uhlala emahlombe ami noma ahlale eduze kwami emotweni, futhi sicula izingoma esizithandayo. Izinkumbulo ziyadalwa emculweni.
6. Nakekela izinto ezilula. Ubusuku, ukulala, ukufunda izinganekwane. Izidlo zakusihlwa ezihlanganyelwe. Lazy Sundays. Londoloza izikhathi ezilula. Yilokhu engikukhumbula kakhulu. Ungavumeli lezi zikhathi ezikhethekile zidlule kuwe ungabonwa.
7. Hlala njalo uqabula obathandayo. Uma ukhohliwe, buyela emuva uyobaqabula. Ngeke wazi ukuthi ngeke yini kube okokugcina.
8. Yenza izinto eziyisicefe zibe mnandi. Ukuthenga, ukuhamba ngemoto, ukuhamba ngezinyawo. Zihlekele, ncokola, hleka, mamatheka futhi ujabulele. Noma iyiphi inkinga iwumbhedo. Impilo imfishane kakhulu ukuthi ungazithokozisi.
9. Qala ijenali. Bhala phansi konke okwenziwa izingane zakho ezincane ezikhanyisa umhlaba wakho. Izinto ezihlekisayo abazishoyo, izinto ezinhle abazenzayo. Siqale ukwenza lokhu kuphela ngemuva kokulahlekelwa u-Huey. Besifuna ukukhumbula yonke into. Manje sesenzela uHattie, futhi sizokwenzela uHenny. Amarekhodi akho azohlala nawe kuze kube phakade. Njengoba ukhula, uzokwazi ukubheka emuva futhi wazise sonke isikhathi ositholayo.
10. Uma izingane ziseduze nawe, ungaziqabula ngaphambi kokulala. Idla ukudla kwasekuseni ndawonye. Baphelezele baye esikoleni. Bajabule uma beya enyuvesi. Babuke beshada. Ubusisiwe. Ungakhohlwa lokhu.