Stories by Rutendo L. Nzira : Ah some things zvinoitika muupenyu soo ka, as we walk in the journey of life zvakaoma. I want to share with yo...
Stories by Rutendo L. Nzira: Ah some things zvinoitika muupenyu soo ka, as we walk in the journey of life zvakaoma. I want to share with you my story, which made me believe and make Psalm 91:3 the pillar of my life; “He will keep you safe from all hidden dangers and from all deadly diseases,” I am going to give you every minute detail, blow by blow of what happened kuti ndizosvika pandave nhasi. Kuda pane angabatsirika akaziva kuti Mwari anoda tese and pane zvikonzero nezvinangwa zvinoita tifambe nepatinofamba napo in this life. We are free to choose what we want to do and who we want to be. Ndotanga pandaive Form 3 ndine 15years, by the way I am a lady and my name is Grace Nyasha Takawira.
Ndakazobva kuchigayo kuJerera Growth Point ndave kumhanya, kwakange kwave kuda kunaya, handina kunge ndafungira kuti kwaizowanda vanhu pakati pemwedzi kudai. Ndakapfuura nemuSupermarket maTongonya ndichitenga a box of matches, salt nematemba neka750ml yemafuta. Ndaifamba ndichimhanya nekuziva zvange zvakandimirira kumba kwedu. Amai vangu vange vave nemwedzi mitatu vachiita mabayo ku under arm, right side, yaiita kunge attack zvekuti basa remumba range rovanetsa.
By virtue of being widowed and uneducated, my mother was poor and we were languishing in poverty living on handouts from the villagers and the good heartedness of my mother’s brother and his family. Zvaive normal kuti tinombopererwa nechikafu kuti zero zero tondokumbira kuna ambuya. Vaitanga vatukirira vozotipa, ndakange ndatindivara nekutukwa nekushorwa ndisina basa nezvavaitaura, chakakosha ndechekuti vaitipa. Asi amai vangu vaive a hard worker, mumunda medu nemugarden was our source of income, asi mari yaizopererawo paschool fees yangu, uniform ne zvimwe zvaidiwa kuchikoro.
My sweet mother had vowed kuti vaizondiendesa kuchikoro it was the only way yaizotibudisa munhamo inonhuwa yataive iyi, yaiita kuti chero navarombo vatitiwo tiri varombo. Kana paiuya Keya (Care International) tisu taive mberi pamuraini, kana mai Gire vaisada Keya saka ngairege zvayo kuuya mamuMushayavanhu Village, kana mai Gire vaisada Keya zvaitoreva kuti hapana aiida.
Wardrobe yangu yaive uniform 1 nemadress 2 akange atengwa kwaPower Sales muJerera. Tsoka yangu yange yakati bhaa, yakapenga seyedhadha nekuti handina kumbopfeka closed shoe muupenyu hwangu. Pese pandaimhanya kuenda kuchikoro, kudiridza mugarden, kushanda mumunda, ndichipiringishwa nematombo nezvitanda zvigunwe zvaiwedzera kuparadzana, apa man’a aiita seachakwira chitsitsinho. The most important thing was I was of good health and super intelligence, which was a relief; my looks did not matter to me at all, at least by then.
Sekuru vaive nevana vakomana vatatu nemusikana aive mudiki kwandiri. Sekuru Chomunorwa vaive first born, ndovakange vapedza chikoro four years ago, he was 22 years old. Vaingoswera havo muJerera vachiita chihwindi pamaIpsum anoenda Masvingo vachinwa doro nekuputa chese chinosvutika havo. Enough of my background.
Ndakasvika pamba mvura ichitangawo kunaya ndokunanga mukicheni medu, amai vange vatovesa moto vakagara havo vakafuga chari yavo. Vakasekerera asi kuseri kwenyemwerero yavo ndakaona kurwadziwa; “Chii amai muchiri kuita mabayo aye here?” Ndakabvunza ndaona zvanyanya.
“Ungazviteedzera here mwana wangu, kwave kuchembera.” Ndakamboramba ndakatarisana namai vangu tichinyemwererana pasina mashoko, ndokuzomhanya panze ndave kupinza dzimwe huni mumba.
Pavhiki yakatevera ndakazoti ndichibva kuchikoro ndokuwana sekuru, ambuya nevamwe muchembere vaive n’anga yemuraini vari mumba naamai. Amai vairwara ruoko rwavo nechemuhapwa zvairwadza zvekuti vange votadza kusimudza kana kapu yemvura vange votoshandisa her left hand. Zamu ravo range rosvava segwavha rakaibvisa rikadonha, uye raiita serinobuda urwa.
Amai vange vakarara vakafuga gumbeze asi kunze kwaipisa, ndakanzwa godobori vave kudzvova ndokuti; “mai Gire muzukuru hauna murume wemunhu wawakarara naye here? Wakashinhirwa iwe.” vakamborira futi ndokuti; “usiku haurare mazamu achirwadza nekuti uri kunwiwa nezvidhoma muzukuru.” That was scary, pachokwadiwo amai vange votadza kuita chinhu nekuda kwe right side ravo iroro rairwadza.
Ambuya Godobori vakasanganisa midzi ndokunditi ndiuye neka2L container, pamba pedu yaisavepo, taigoiwanepi taisanwa drink to keep empty containers. Saka ndakandotora chakapera cooking oil kumba kwana sekuru, chandakasvika ndichisuka nemvura inopisa. Ndakaita ndichikurumidza kuti mai vagadzirirwe mushonga. Pasina nguva vange vonwiswa mushonga wainge wakasviba kunge coca cola.
Vakachizobva vabuda vese voenda kwavo. Ndakasara misodzi ichiyerera pandakazotarisa mai, vairwara seriously, kana kunyemwerera kwakange kwapera, miromo yacheneruka. Pange patove nekamweya kainhuwa kaibva pahurwa hwaibva pazamu ravo. Ndakaenda mumba matairara, pamba pedu paingove nedzimba mbiri dzeuswa, ndakamhanya mhanya kurongedza nekunyatsotsvaira kuti amai varare pakachena. Ndakandovabatsira kufamba kuti vazorara, ndakavagezesa sekudzidziswa kwatakange taitwa kuRed Cross paHome Based Care and First Aid lessons. Vakamboedza kugara vodya porridge yandange ndabika, zvaive zvekuvavarira kuti vandifadze, asi ndakazovati varare havo ini ndave kuverengera test yeGeography yataizonyora pazuva raitevera.
Ndakazobva kuchigayo kuJerera Growth Point ndave kumhanya, kwakange kwave kuda kunaya, handina kunge ndafungira kuti kwaizowanda vanhu pakati pemwedzi kudai. Ndakapfuura nemuSupermarket maTongonya ndichitenga a box of matches, salt nematemba neka750ml yemafuta. Ndaifamba ndichimhanya nekuziva zvange zvakandimirira kumba kwedu. Amai vangu vange vave nemwedzi mitatu vachiita mabayo ku under arm, right side, yaiita kunge attack zvekuti basa remumba range rovanetsa.
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| When, When My God... When? [Chapter 1A] |
Taigara muraini raMushayavanhu just across the tarred road yaive main road kubva muJerera Growth Point. Taigara muyard masekuru hanzvadzi yaamai ndipo pakapiwa amai vangu chivanze chavowo ndokuvakirwa 2 round huts nasekuru. Apa amai vakange vabva kwaChivi kumusha kwababa vangu ndiri grade 1, baba vangu vakange vashaya mushure mekurumwa nenyoka vachitema miti mumaroad pavaishanda kuChivi Rural District Council. After his death amai vakangoona kuti chekugarira hapana, and the extended family forgot about us. After all I was a woman, ndaizongomitiswa samai vangu zvobva zvavharana, like mother like daughter was expected. Kubvira ipapo ndopatakave under the “care and protection” of Sekuru Mukanya, you know how the patriarchal system is.
By virtue of being widowed and uneducated, my mother was poor and we were languishing in poverty living on handouts from the villagers and the good heartedness of my mother’s brother and his family. Zvaive normal kuti tinombopererwa nechikafu kuti zero zero tondokumbira kuna ambuya. Vaitanga vatukirira vozotipa, ndakange ndatindivara nekutukwa nekushorwa ndisina basa nezvavaitaura, chakakosha ndechekuti vaitipa. Asi amai vangu vaive a hard worker, mumunda medu nemugarden was our source of income, asi mari yaizopererawo paschool fees yangu, uniform ne zvimwe zvaidiwa kuchikoro.
My sweet mother had vowed kuti vaizondiendesa kuchikoro it was the only way yaizotibudisa munhamo inonhuwa yataive iyi, yaiita kuti chero navarombo vatitiwo tiri varombo. Kana paiuya Keya (Care International) tisu taive mberi pamuraini, kana mai Gire vaisada Keya saka ngairege zvayo kuuya mamuMushayavanhu Village, kana mai Gire vaisada Keya zvaitoreva kuti hapana aiida.
Wardrobe yangu yaive uniform 1 nemadress 2 akange atengwa kwaPower Sales muJerera. Tsoka yangu yange yakati bhaa, yakapenga seyedhadha nekuti handina kumbopfeka closed shoe muupenyu hwangu. Pese pandaimhanya kuenda kuchikoro, kudiridza mugarden, kushanda mumunda, ndichipiringishwa nematombo nezvitanda zvigunwe zvaiwedzera kuparadzana, apa man’a aiita seachakwira chitsitsinho. The most important thing was I was of good health and super intelligence, which was a relief; my looks did not matter to me at all, at least by then.
Sekuru vaive nevana vakomana vatatu nemusikana aive mudiki kwandiri. Sekuru Chomunorwa vaive first born, ndovakange vapedza chikoro four years ago, he was 22 years old. Vaingoswera havo muJerera vachiita chihwindi pamaIpsum anoenda Masvingo vachinwa doro nekuputa chese chinosvutika havo. Enough of my background.
Ndakasvika pamba mvura ichitangawo kunaya ndokunanga mukicheni medu, amai vange vatovesa moto vakagara havo vakafuga chari yavo. Vakasekerera asi kuseri kwenyemwerero yavo ndakaona kurwadziwa; “Chii amai muchiri kuita mabayo aye here?” Ndakabvunza ndaona zvanyanya.
“Ungazviteedzera here mwana wangu, kwave kuchembera.” Ndakamboramba ndakatarisana namai vangu tichinyemwererana pasina mashoko, ndokuzomhanya panze ndave kupinza dzimwe huni mumba.
Pavhiki yakatevera ndakazoti ndichibva kuchikoro ndokuwana sekuru, ambuya nevamwe muchembere vaive n’anga yemuraini vari mumba naamai. Amai vairwara ruoko rwavo nechemuhapwa zvairwadza zvekuti vange votadza kusimudza kana kapu yemvura vange votoshandisa her left hand. Zamu ravo range rosvava segwavha rakaibvisa rikadonha, uye raiita serinobuda urwa.
Amai vange vakarara vakafuga gumbeze asi kunze kwaipisa, ndakanzwa godobori vave kudzvova ndokuti; “mai Gire muzukuru hauna murume wemunhu wawakarara naye here? Wakashinhirwa iwe.” vakamborira futi ndokuti; “usiku haurare mazamu achirwadza nekuti uri kunwiwa nezvidhoma muzukuru.” That was scary, pachokwadiwo amai vange votadza kuita chinhu nekuda kwe right side ravo iroro rairwadza.
Ambuya Godobori vakasanganisa midzi ndokunditi ndiuye neka2L container, pamba pedu yaisavepo, taigoiwanepi taisanwa drink to keep empty containers. Saka ndakandotora chakapera cooking oil kumba kwana sekuru, chandakasvika ndichisuka nemvura inopisa. Ndakaita ndichikurumidza kuti mai vagadzirirwe mushonga. Pasina nguva vange vonwiswa mushonga wainge wakasviba kunge coca cola.
Vakachizobva vabuda vese voenda kwavo. Ndakasara misodzi ichiyerera pandakazotarisa mai, vairwara seriously, kana kunyemwerera kwakange kwapera, miromo yacheneruka. Pange patove nekamweya kainhuwa kaibva pahurwa hwaibva pazamu ravo. Ndakaenda mumba matairara, pamba pedu paingove nedzimba mbiri dzeuswa, ndakamhanya mhanya kurongedza nekunyatsotsvaira kuti amai varare pakachena. Ndakandovabatsira kufamba kuti vazorara, ndakavagezesa sekudzidziswa kwatakange taitwa kuRed Cross paHome Based Care and First Aid lessons. Vakamboedza kugara vodya porridge yandange ndabika, zvaive zvekuvavarira kuti vandifadze, asi ndakazovati varare havo ini ndave kuverengera test yeGeography yataizonyora pazuva raitevera.
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