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Ray Rosario
Ray Rosario

Carolina 

Ubomi, Iphupha, Impembelelo

Ndidibene nale ntombazana incinci ingaqhelekanga egama linguCarolina kwiZiko leSibhedlele saseBrooklyn ndazinikela ukuba ndifundise ubugcisa kubantwana abanomhlaza. Ngolu suku lukhethekileyo ndandibaqabe abantwana amaphupha abo. Xa ndidlula, ndeva uCarolina esithi, "Ndiyathemba ukuba ndiphila ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukuze ndibone iiphiramidi zaseYiputa". Yababuhlungu intliziyo yam xa ndisiva umntwana ethetha lamazwi. Phezu kwayo nje imeko yakhe, wayesoloko ekwazi ukunceda abantwana ababemngqongile. Ndazithembisa ukuba logama nje ndisaphila, ndiza kwenza konke okusemandleni am ukubona ukuba eli phupha lakhe liyafezeka.

Kangangeenyanga eziliqela ndandibhalela kuzo zonke iinkqubo zentetho ukuze ndibone ukuba akukho mntu unokulisasaza ibali lakhe. Ngoncedo lomhlobo, ndafumana umnxeba ovela kwi-Univision, iChannel 41, iNkqubo yeNdaba yesiLatin yamazwe ngamazwe. Ndade ndakwazi ukusasaza ibali lakhe. Ndatsalela umnxeba ngobo busuku ukwazisa uCarolina nosapho lwakhe ngeendaba ezimnandi. Endaweni yoko ndaziswe ngokusweleka kwakhe kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. Umzimba wam ongenabomi wema apho njengoko ndandisebenza. Iinyembezi bezizehlela ebusweni bam ndingabonakalisi mvakalelo. Ndabona kwaye ndeva kungekho mntu imizuzu kunye nesihlwele sabathengi. Inxalenye yomphefumlo wam yaziva ikrazukile njengoko ndandisiva ezi ndaba. Ndaba nobuhlobo obupholileyo noCarolina nomama wakhe nto leyo eyandenza ndacinga ukuba ndiza kwaziswa ngeendaba ezinjalo. Umama wakhe ebendazisa kwaye bendiyiva intlungu yakhe kuba ebezama ukuthetha izivakalisi ezicacileyo. Wacela uxolo kum ngokungandazisi. Ndandingenayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokuwuyeka uphele umsindo wam, ndisazi ukuba intlungu yakhe yayingaphaya kwayo nantoni na endandinokuyicinga. Emva koko ndazibuza ukuba imizamo yam apho imfutshane okanye bendinokwenza okungakumbi. Bendishiywe lixesha?

Ukusukela ngoko ndaye ndaqalisa ingxowa-mali yokuhlonipha yena kwiSibhedlele saseBrooklyn ebizwa ngokuba yiNgxowa-mali yoBomi boMntwana. Ndibambe ingxowa-mali kwaye ndathengisa umsebenzi wobugcisa ukuqinisekisa ukuba abantwana abaya kunyango banokuba nezinto zobugcisa ukuze benze amaphupha abo.

Ndifumene amandla amaninzi kunye nenkuthazo ukusuka kuCarolinas ukuhamba. Ubomi obulahlekileyo buyinxalenye yenkqubo, kodwa kumntwana owaziyo kwaye ojongene nekamva lakhe ngesibindi esingaka, unokuvela kuphela kumandla othando analo kuye kunye nokwazi ukubaluleka kokuphila ngokholo kunye nokuvuma amandla alo. Ndiya kuhlala ndinombulelo ngobomi bakhe nako konke awandinika kona. Uyinxalenye endiye ndaba nguye kwaye uya kuhlala nam de ndiphefumle okokugqibela. Ubomi ngabunye bubalulekile, akukho namnye kunomnye, bonke bayalingana, bonke bangcwatywa kungekho bomi, ukufa akucaluli, siyakwenza.

Yenza eyakho ibalwe!

Ray Rosario
Ray Rosario
1989-2001    
Iminyaka eyi-12 yobomi
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