Mukudziwa nthawi imeneyo mukayang'ana kumbuyo kwanu ndi kuganiza kuti, "Malo awa angagwiritse ntchito dziwe losambira la mamita 10"? Inde, tinali ife. Pakati pa kuyimba kwa Zoom, ana akudumphadumpha kuchokera pakhoma, ndipo chojambulira chathu chagolide chikuchita ... chabwino, zonse, tinkafunikira malo osungira madzi.
Ulendo wathu unayamba pa intaneti, m'dziko lachilengedwe la kusaka pa Google. Tinalemba "madziwe abwino kwambiri osambira kumbuyo kwa nyumba" ndipo mwanjira ina tinafika mkati mwa dzenje la ndemanga za FSPA. Kudina kamodzi kunatitsogolera ku kwina, ndipo tisanadziwe, tinayamba kudabwa ndi maiwe awo okongola a mamita 10—oyenera kupumula, kusewera masewera a mabanja, komanso kudzionetsera kuti ndife othamanga a Olimpiki (kupatula liwiro, kukongola, ndi kugwirizana).
Gawo lotsatira: kulankhula ndi gulu la FSPA. Kunena zoona, sindinkayembekezera kuti ndingakhale mumsewu wochezera wopanda malire, koma ayi—anali oleza mtima, omveka bwino, komanso aubwenzi. Tinafunsa funso lililonse lomwe tingaganizire: “Kodi galu wanga angasambire?” “Kodi dziwe lipulumuka mpira wa ana?” “Kodi ndi Zakudya zingati za pa dziwe zomwe zili zambiri?” Mayankho awo anali atsatanetsatane, olimbikitsa, ndipo nthawi zina anali ndi nthabwala, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti zonse zimveke ngati zachinsinsi.
Kuyitanitsa kunali ngati Khirisimasi isanafike Khirisimasi. Anatidziwitsa zambiri pa gawo lililonse—“Kupanga kwayamba!” “Kuteteza madzi kwatha!” “Dziva lanu likupita ku doko lotumizira katundu!”—ndipo tinalitsatira ngati kuti NASA yayamba kutumiza katundu.
Pamene galimotoyo inafika, tonse tinalira. Kutsegula ndi kuyikamo kunamveka ngati kusonkhanitsa maloto kumbuyo kwa nyumba. Kodi munayamba mwamwayi? Chisangalalo chenicheni. Ana anafuula, galuyo analowa ndi mapazi amatope, ndipo ife, makolo, tinali odzaza ndi chisangalalo chokhala ndi dziwe losambira lomwe likugwirizana ndi bwalo lathu.
Patapita miyezi ingapo: dziwe lathu la FSPA la mamita 10 lasintha moyo wathu wapakhomo. Maulendo a m'mawa amatidzutsa bwino kuposa khofi. Kusangalala kwa banja kumapeto kwa sabata kuli kotsimikizika. Ndipo zoona zake, malo odyera nyama zakuthengo kumbuyo kwa nyumba? Zakonzedwanso kwathunthu. Kuyeretsa ndi kukonza n'kosavuta kuposa momwe timaganizira, ndipo dziwelo likuwalabe ngati langofika kumene.
Kodi tingakulimbikitseni? Inde. Ngati munalotapo dziwe lalikulu mokwanira kuti musangalale kwambiri koma laling'ono mokwanira kuti likhale labwino m'nyumba mwanu, FSPA imapereka. Ndi gawo lathu laling'ono la paradaiso, lokutidwa ndi madzi abuluu ndi kuseka.