Tinakumana pamene ndinali ndi zaka 18. Iye ali wamkulu zaka zisanu, anamaliza maphunziro ku yunivesite, ndipo ine ndangowalowa. Ine ndinayang'ana pa iye ndi pakamwa panga kutseguka: wokongola, wamtali, wanzeru waukali, wophunzira pa yunivesite ya zachipatala, pafupi ndi dokotala. Ndipo ndine mwana wamng'ono, wosadziwa, wosatetezeka wophunzira ndi mavuto anga. Ndinkawoneka kuti ndimakondana ndi makutu anga, kuti amathetsa mavuto anga onse. Gawo lina linali. Ubale wathu unakula mofulumira. Sindingafune bwino. Ali ndi banja labwino, iye ndi wogwira ntchito mphindi zisanu za malo abwino mu mzinda ndi chiyembekezo chachikulu. Kupatula iye ndinamva bwino. Mayi anga atabwera kuchokera kumudzi wathu, ndinamupatsa moni, ndikumuuza mmene analili, ndi tsogolo labwino kwambiri.
Sizinatenge nthawi yaitali kuyembekezera. Iye anandipanga ine choperekedwa. Makolo amavomereza. Iwo ankakondwerera ukwati wokongola kwambiri, ndimamva ngati mfumukazi pakati pa anzanga a kusukulu ndi abwenzi, omwe, ndikuganiza, ndikudana. Tinasamukira m'nyumba yatsopano, yomwe makolo ake anali nawo. Alamu anga ndinawawona kawirikawiri, koma moyenera, monga akunena. Koma izi sizinaimitse ine, wokondeka kwambiri anali pafupi, ndipo zonse zinali zabwino kwa ife. Tinayamba galu, tinayenda madzulo pamodzi ndi iye m'nkhalango. Ndinakhala ndi pakati. Panthawi imeneyo ndinali muchisanu ndi chiwiri kumwamba ndi chimwemwe. Mwamuna wasiya kukhala wabwino. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono moyo unayamba kusokoneza moyo. Ndimakumbukira kuti pa mwezi wa 9 wa mimba ndinasamba pansi pa nyumba yayikuluyi, ndikuphika bakha, kuti ndisagwere mumatope ndi nkhope yanga komanso kusonyeza kuti ndili woipa bwanji. Ndi ndani amene amafunikira? Tsopano ndikumva kuti palibe. Mwana anabadwa. Mwamuna wanga, apongozi anga anandipatsa mphatso za chic. Ndinapatsidwa ntchito ndi anzanga kuti andithandize kuti ndisaphonye sukulu. Chilichonse chimakhala chopanda kanthu, koma nyumba yonseyo inakhala yeniyeni pa ine ... Usiku ndinadyetsa mwanayo, ndikufotokoza mkaka, kotero kuti m'mawa ndimatha kupita kwa mwana wanga ndikuthamangira kusukulu. Kudandaula ndi kuganiza sizinali. Inde, ndi zovuta kutuluka, koma si zophweka kuphika, koma zimandithandiza.
Panthawiyi, mwamuna wanga anamaliza maphunziro awo ku yunivesite ndipo anayamba kugwira ntchito. Ndinasiya kumuona, misonkhano yathu inachepetsedwa. Nthawi zonse ndimadzichepetsetsa, amati, zonse ziri bwino, kotero aliyense amakhala, ndili ndi ndalama zokwanira, amandithandiza, andilora ndikuchita zinthu zanga ndi zomwe ndikuyenera kuchita! Chabwino, mwamuna wanga? Mwamuna adzagwiritsidwa ntchito, chifukwa sanayambe wagwirapo ntchito, ndipo tidzakhalanso pafupi ... Nthawi zoterezi zinabweranso pamapeto a sabata ... Koma adayamba kugwira ntchito, atenganso ntchito, kuonetsetsa kuti akufunikira kugwira ntchito, kupeza chidziwitso. Ndinavomera. Mwana wanga wamakula. Moyo unapitirira monga momwemo. Ndinapita kukagwira ntchito. Ndipo ndinayamba kuzindikira kuti moyo umene ndikukhala tsopano si wanga. Mayi anga apongozi nthawi zambiri amalowa mu ubale wathu. Ndiyeno ndinauza mwamuna wanga kuti sindikufuna kukhala monga choncho. Ndinamuuza kuti abweretse nyumba zosiyana ndikuyesera kuti akhalepo popanda thandizo la makolo ake. Iye anakana. Nthawi inadutsa. Palibe chomwe chinasintha, icho chinangondipangitsa ine kudwala kuti ndipite kwathu. Ndipo tsiku lina ndinalengeza kuti ndikuchoka. Iye sanakhulupirire izo. Ndinachita lendi nyumba, ndinasonkhanitsa zinthu zanga ndikuyenda ndi mwanayo. Makolo ake ananditengera galimoto yanga, malaya ndi zibangili zina. Achibale ake onse anakana kulankhula nane. Ndimodzi yekha amene ndimadziwa zomwe zikuchitika mmoyo wanga, momwe ndinamvera. Koma ndikudziwa kuti palibe njira yobwerera.
Poyamba zinali zovuta kwa ine, koma makolo anga anandithandiza ndipo anandithandiza. Ndipo patapita kanthawi ndinapeza kuti mwamuna wanga nthawi zonse amasintha. Ndinapitirizabe kugwira ntchito, ndinakwanitsa kukhala ndi udindo wapamwamba, ndipo ndinakhala ndi chidaliro chonse mu luso langa. Iye anayesa kuti andibwerere ine. Ndili ndi chipinda cholowera pakhomo lomwelo, komwe tinkachita lendi ndi mpongozi wanga ndi mwana wanga, koma sindinakayike kwa mphindi yomwe ndinasankha.
Tsopano ndagula nyumba mu ngongole ya ndalama, ndithudi popanda thandizo la achibale, ndikukhala ndi mwana wanga wamwamuna, ndikuona kuti ndimasangalala kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi!