Dibana noMaureen Healy

Umxholo

• Uphengululo lwe

Andizange ndibe yinto enokuyithatha njengomntwana wezemidlalo. Ndithathe iiklasi zokudanisa ndahamba ndisiya kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, kodwa andizange ndidlale umdlalo weqela, kwaye ndathi ndakufika kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, ndayeka umdaniso. Ekuphela kohlobo lokuzilolonga endalufumanayo yayikukuhamba nokubuya kwizindlu zeetshomi-nto leyo eyayekayo xa sonke safumana amaphepha-mvume okuqhuba. Akukho namnye kusapho lwam olusondeleyo owayeyikhathalele impilo, ke ukusebenza bekuyinto engazange ifike nakum. Kwiminyaka embalwa kunye nokuninzi, ukutya okuninzi okukhawulezayo emva kwexesha, ndangena kwikholeji malunga neepawundi ezili-170. Ngotshintsho oluncinci kwindlela yokutya kunye nokusebenza rhoqo kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo apho, ndathweswa isidanga malunga neeponti ezili-145. Emva kwexesha, njengomhleli kwi-Shape iminyaka embalwa, ndenza imikhwa esempilweni kwaye ndafumana abahlobo endiza kusebenza nabo. Ndaye ndasebenza nomqeqeshi kangangeenyanga ezimbalwa ndaza ndancipha ndaza ndomelela ngakumbi kunokuba ndandinjalo kwiipawundi ezili-130.

Kodwa, kule minyaka ili-10 idlulileyo, ndizonwabise ngokutya okunamafutha aphezulu kunye nokusebenza okuthengisiweyo kwexesha lokulala, kukhokelela ekuzuzeni ubunzima beepawundi ezingama-45. Icholesterol yam yayiphezulu okwethutyana, kwaye ukuhamba ngezinyuko ezilula kwakunerhafu.

Njengomfazi ongatshatanga, ndingathanda ukuhlala phantsi kwaye ekugqibeleni ndiqale usapho, kwaye masithi andikho "kwisisindo sokulwa." Kwakhona, ukudinwa kwam, ukuphoxeka kum, kunye nobukhulu obandayo bekhabethe yam sele bufikile kum, kwaye ndiyenzile injongo yam ukuphinda ndibekho ngaphambili.

Uphengululo lwe