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Ndingunyana, umzukulwana kunye nomntakwabo wamagqala emfazwe. Njengomqhubi wenqwelomoya wam wokuqala, uSuku lweSikhumbuzo lubaluleke ngokukodwa. Kodwa mva nje kuye kwaba nzima ukunqwenela abanye uSuku lweSikhumbuzo olonwabisayo ngaphandle kokubasa umlilo. Kunyaka ophelileyo, i-PBS yakhuthaza uqhushululu kwi-Intanethi xa yathumela ibhanile yoSuku lweSikhumbuzo olonwabileyo kwiphepha layo le-Facebook. Phakathi kwe-litany yokugxekwa okuvela kubafundi bekukho izimvo ezinjenge-HUGE faux pas, Cima lo mfanekiso usisidenge kwaye ungakhathali kwaphela. Ndikufumene oku kwinqanaba lomntu. Ukubulisa kwam uSuku lweSikhumbuzo oluqhelekileyo kuye kwadibana nokudibana neentloko. Kunyaka ophelileyo, omnye othatha imali ecaphukile wandixelela ukuba ndifumane umkhondo.
Ndiyaqonda. Olu lusuku olubekelwe bucala ukunika imbeko abo basweleke besebenza benxibe iyunifomu. Usuku lweSikhumbuzo luphakathi kweeholide zethu ezindala, ezikhulelwe kuqala emva kweMfazwe yamakhaya. Kodwa kubantu abaninzi baseMelika, iye yangaphaya kweentsuku ezintathu zempelaveki, ezele ziibhakhowudi ezisemva kwendlu kunye nokuthengisa emnyango. Kulabo babona olu suku lokukhunjulwa lube yinto engenamsebenzi, kulula ukuba bakhubeke kwisindululo sokuba kukho nantoni na eyonwabisayo ngalo.
Andazi nelinye igqala elilindele ukuba ilizwe liphawule iSikhumbuzo ngeeyure ezingama-24 zosizi olungaphazanyiswanga. |
Andikhumbuli utata okanye utat'omkhulu becinga nzulu ngendlela abaza kubulisa ngayo abamelwane kwipikniki yethu esemva kwendlu — yayihlala ilusuku oluhle lweSikhumbuzo. Mhlawumbi oko kungenxa yokuba izizukulwana zangaphambili zazingadingi zikhumbuzi malunga nokuba kwakuthetha ntoni ngeholide. Imfazwe katat'omkhulu, iWWII, yayililinge lesizwe, apho wonke umntu wancama into. Imfazwe kabawo, iVietnam, yayiyantlukwano phakathi, kodwa ubuncinci wonke umntu wayesazi ukuba kuyenzeka. Uyilo luqinisekise ukuba iintsapho ezininzi zinesikhumba kulo mdlalo.
Namhlanje kwahlukile. Ngaphantsi kwepesenti enye yamaMelika asebenze e-Iraq okanye e-Afghanistan. Uninzi lwabantu abahlali abamazi umntu owafela apho. Ukuya phambili kwinkumbulo yethu yesizwe ezi mfazwe ziyehla, kubaluleke ngakumbi kukugcina izikhumbuzo zexabiso elihlawuliweyo. Oko, ndiyarhana, sesona sizathu siphambili sokwenza ukonwaba ngoSuku lweSikhumbuzo. Kodwa nangona iinjongo zenziwe kakuhle, esi simo sengqondo asenzi nto ukugcina inkumbulo yabo bafa bekhusela indlela yethu yobomi. Ngapha koko, yenza okwahlukileyo.
Andazi nelinye igqala elilindele ukuba ilizwe liphawule le holide iiyure ezingama-24 zosizi olungaphazanyiswanga. Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ndachitha usuku lweSikhumbuzo kumangcwaba omkhosi ndindwendwela ingcwaba likatatomkhulu wam. Nangona ndandilapho ndizolila, andizange ndikwazi ukuzibamba ndakhumbula amabali endihlekisayo-njengaxa isiqaqa senqwelo-moya sakhe sasisebenza ngenqwelomoya, kwaye umpu wakhe waphantse wadubula umsila ezama ukuwunciphisa. Ndincumile kuloo nkumbulo, ndiye ndaqonda ukuba andindedwa. Indawo endandijikeleze kuyo yayisisandi sokuhleka, njengoko iintsapho zihlanganisene phambi kwamatye amhlophe amhlophe ukukhumbula abathandekayo belahlekile. Kule mihla, xa ndikhumbula nabahlobo bam malunga nabahlobo abangabuyanga ekhaya bevela emfazweni, amabali esihlala siwabalisa ngala asizisela uvuyo.
Yile ndlela babeyifuna ngayo. Xa ndicinga ngabo basweleke besebenza emkhosini, ndikhumbula ukuba kutheni bezibandakanya kwasekuqaleni. Bakwenzele ukukhusela indlela yobomi, ebandakanya ukufuna ukonwaba njengeyona nto isisiseko.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, sinokusebenzisa imbeko ngakumbi ngalo mhla. Umzuzwana wokuthula ngaphambi kokuba simbe kwiibhendi zethu. Zimbalwa iindawo zokuthenga. Kodwa intlungu engapheliyo? Akukho namnye kubahlobo bam onokuyifuna loo nto. Izaphulelo kumatrasi kunye nokhuphiswano lokutya iipayi kunye nenkululeko yokonwaba zonke ziyinxalenye yento abayilwelweyo bayifela.
Olu suku lweSikhumbuzo, ndiza kuya elwandle njengoko ilanga liphuma. Ndiza kuchitha ixesha ndedwa, kwaye ndicinge ngabo bangazange babuye. Emva koko ndiya kubuyela emfazini wam nakubantwana bam kwaye ndinombulelo ngobomi bam. Ndiza kutshisa i-grill kwaye ndimeme abahlobo. Kwaye ndinqwenelela ngamnye kubo uSuku loSikhumbuzo olumnandi, ndisazi kakuhle ukuba olu suku kunye novuyo oluzisiweyo zizipho endingasokuze ndizibuyise. Ngaphandle kokuba, mhlawumbi, ngokuphila ubomi obuzele lulonwabo njengoko abahlobo bam abawileyo bebeya kufuna njalo.
UKen Harbaugh wayengumqhubi wenqwelomoya wangaphambili. Wayesebenza njengomphathi-mkhosi womkhosi kwaye wafundisa ngembali yomkhosi wamanzi kwiCitadel. Ukulandela inkonzo yakhe yasemkhosini, uMnu Harbaugh waseka Umsebenzi uyaqhubeka , engenzi nzuzo exhobisa amagqala ukuba asebenze kwiindawo abahlala kuzo.
