Ini ndinocheneswa imba yangu nemushandi webasa mavhiki maviri ega ega. Ndinokwanisa kuzviita here? Mubvunzo chaiwo unofanirwa kuve: Ndinokwanisa here kusadaro?
“Ndiyeuchidze kuti ndinoda kupa Marshall $40,” ndakaudza hanzvadzi yangu Teresa. “Ndakamubhadhara kuti aunganidze masherufu ekamuri yepasi, uye akageza cheki yandakamupa pamwe chete nejini rake rebhuruu.”
"Ah, iwe uri mumwe weavo vanhu: vanobhadhara kuti vanhu vakuitire zvinhu," akadaro achiseka.
Wataura chokwadi, ndiri. Zvirinani, ndave mumwe. Ndiyo chete nzira yandinogona kurarama nayo nenyonganyonga uye kushushikana kwekurera mwana ane ADHD.
Ndinoziva zvinofungwa nevanhu pavanoziva kuti imba yangu inocheneswa mavhiki maviri ega ega, kunyangwe ndichingoshanda nguva shoma: Inofanirwa kunge yakanaka kukwanisa kutenga (zadza zvisina chinhu nebasa raunosarudza). Ndakafunga chinhu chimwe chete pamusoro paOprah: Dai ndaigona kuhaya mudzidzisi wega uye mubiki anorarama, ndaizoondawo!
Zvakanaka, ndine nhau kwauri: handisi Oprah. Ini ndinotyaira 2001 Toyota Corolla - kwete kana Camry. Isu tinokodzera cheki yaGeorge yekusimudzira hupfumi. Isu tinogara mune 1800 square tsoka imba - isina yekurara yekurara, hapana hofisi, hapana imba yemhuri. Isu tiri muchikwereti kune iyo chaiyo muganhu weiyo yedu yekwereti mubatanidzwa ichabvumidza.
Mashandisiro anoita vanhu zvese zvine chekuita nezvinokosha. Ndinobhadhara vanhu kuti vandiitire zvinhu kuti ndigone kurarama, uye handitarise pamutengo, asi pamubhadharo: imba ine runyararo, nguva yakawanda neshamwari, simba rekunakidzwa nevana vangu.
Mukufamba kwenguva, ndiri kuchengetedza mari. Kungava kuwana rubatsiro, kana kuwana kurapwa. Rubatsiro rwemumba rwakachipa. (Uye varapi vazhinji havaite mahwindo.)