Ana nthawi zonse amakhala ana. Ngakhale akhala atapuma pantchito.

“Chabwino maaamaaaa,” ndinaponya maso mayi anga atandifunsa ngati ndavala bwino. Mayi anga ali ndi zaka 70. Ine, motero, ndapitirira pang'ono 30.

“Chabwino, ukufuna chiyani, kwa ine ndiwe mwana nthawi zonse,” anatero amayi anga ndipo, ngati kuti pakati pa nthaŵi, amaonetsetsa kuti ndisaiŵale kutenga magolovesi anga.

Inde, amayi si za msinkhu. Ndi kwanthawizonse. Ada Keating akudziwa bwino izi. Anakwanitsa zaka 98 chaka chino. Mkaziyo anali ndi ana anayi. Mtsikana wotsiriza, Janet, anamwalira ali ndi zaka 13 zokha. Ana ena onse anakula, kuphunzira, ndi kupanga mabanja awoawo. Kupatula mmodzi. Mwana wa Ada Tom anakhalabe yekha. Moyo wake wonse ankagwira ntchito yokongoletsa, koma sanayambe banja. Choncho, panalibe munthu woti azimusamalira pamene zinafika povuta kwambiri kwa Tom kuchita ntchito zapakhomo. Bambo wina wazaka 80 anakakamizika kusamukira kumalo osungirako okalamba.

“Mwana wanga amafunika kusamalidwa. Chifukwa chake ndiyenera kukhala komweko, ”adaganiza choncho. Ndinaganiza - ndinanyamula zinthu zanga ndikusamukira ku nyumba yosungirako okalamba m'chipinda chotsatira.

Ogwira ntchito zapakhomo amanena kuti amayi ndi mwana ndi osagwirizana. Amasewera masewera a board, amakonda kuwonera limodzi mapulogalamu a pa TV.

“Tsiku lililonse ndimauza Tom kuti: ‘Usiku wabwino’, m’maŵa uliwonse ndimapita kwa iye kaye ndi kum’funira zabwino m’mawa,” nyuzipepalayo inagwira mawu Ada. Liverpool Echo… Mayiyu, mwa njira, wakhala akugwira ntchito ngati namwino wodzacheza kwa moyo wake wonse, kotero amadziwa zambiri zokhudza kusamalira okalamba. – Ndikapita wokonza tsitsi, iye akundiyembekezera. Ndipo adzandikumbatiradi ndikadzabwera. “

Tom nayenso amasangalala ndi chilichonse. “Ndine wokondwa kwambiri kuti mayi anga tsopano akukhala kuno. Amandikondadi. Nthawi zina amagwedeza chala chake ndikumuuza kuti achite, ”akuseka Tom.

"Ada ndi Tom ali ndi ubale wokhudza mtima kwambiri. Nthawi zambiri, nthawi zambiri simumawona mayi ndi mwana m'nyumba imodzi yolerera. Chifukwa chake, timayesetsa kuchita chilichonse kuti akhale omasuka. Ndipo ndife okondwa kuti akonda pano, "anatero woyang'anira nyumba yomwe amayi ndi mwana wawo amakhala.

Mwa njira, okwatiranawo sali okha. Amayendera nthawi zonse ndi ana aakazi a Ada - alongo Tom, Barbara ndi Margie. Ndipo pamodzi ndi iwo adzukulu a Ada amabwera kudzacheza ndi anthu okalamba.

Ada anati: “Simungathe kusiya kukhala mayi.

“Iwo ndi osalekanitsidwa,” akutero ogwira ntchito panyumba yosamalirako.

Siyani Mumakonda