Ndidakumana ndi mtsikana wodabwitsayu dzina lake Carolina ku Brooklyn Hospital Center pomwe ndidadzipereka kuphunzitsa zaluso za ana omwe ali ndi khansa. Pa tsiku limeneli ndinauza ana kujambula maloto awo. Ndikuyenda, ndinamva Carolina akunena, "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndidzakhala ndi moyo wautali kuti ndiwone mapiramidi a ku Egypt". Mtima wanga unasweka kwambiri nditamva mwana akunena mawu amenewa. Ngakhale kuti anali ndi vuto, nthawi zonse ankatha kuthandiza ana amene ankakhala nawo pafupi. Ndinadzilonjeza ndekha kuti kwa moyo wanga wonse, ndidzachita chilichonse chotheka kuti maloto akewa akwaniritsidwe.

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Kwa miyezi ingapo ndinkalembera maprogramu onse okambitsirana kuti ndiwone ngati pali winawake amene angaulutse nkhani yake. Mothandizidwa ndi mnzanga, ndinalandira foni kuchokera ku Univision, Channel 41, International Latin News Program. Ndinakhoza kufotokoza nkhani yake. Ndinayimba foni usiku womwewo kudziwitsa Carolina ndi banja lake za nkhani yabwinoyi. M'malo mwake ndinadziwitsidwa za imfa yake miyezi ingapo yapitayo. Thupi langa lopanda moyo linayima pamenepo pamene ndinali kuntchito. Misozi idatsika kumaso kwanga kusonyeza kusakhudzidwa mtima. Ndinaona ndi kumva palibe aliyense kwa mphindi ndi mu khamu la makasitomala. Mbali ina ya moyo wanga inamva kusweka pamene ndinamva nkhaniyi. Ndinakhala paubwenzi wabwino ndi Carolina ndi amayi ake zomwe zinandipangitsa kuganiza kuti ndidziwitsidwa za nkhaniyi. Amayi ake amandidziwitsa ndipo ndimamva kuwawa kwake pamene amavutika kunena ziganizo zomveka bwino. Anandipepesa chifukwa chosandidziwitsa. Sindinachitire mwina koma kuusiya mkwiyo wanga, podziwa kuti ululu wake udakulirakulirapo kuposa momwe ndikanaganizira. Kenako ndinadzifunsa ngati khama langa linali lalifupi kapena ndikanachita zambiri. Kodi ndinachedwa?

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Kuyambira pamenepo ndinayambitsa thumba la ulemu wake ku Brooklyn Hospital lotchedwa Child Life Fund. Ndidagwira zosonkhetsa ndalama ndikugulitsa zojambulajambula kuti nditsimikizire ana omwe amapita kukalandira chithandizo atha kukhala ndi zojambulajambula kuti apange maloto awo.

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Ndinapeza mphamvu zambiri ndi chilimbikitso kuchokera ku kuchoka kwa Carolinas. Moyo wotayika ndi gawo la ndondomekoyi, koma kwa mwana yemwe amadziwa ndikuyang'anizana ndi tsogolo lake ndi kulimba mtima kwakukulu, angabwere kuchokera ku mphamvu ya chikondi chomwe ali nacho kwa iyemwini komanso kudziwa kufunika kokhala ndi chikhulupiriro ndi kuvomereza mphamvu zake. Ndidzayamika kwamuyaya chifukwa cha moyo wake ndi zonse zomwe adandipatsa. Iye ali gawo la amene ndakhala ndipo adzakhala ndi ine mpaka nditapuma mpweya wanga womaliza. Moyo uliwonse ndi wofunika, palibe wina kuposa wina, onse ofanana, onse oikidwa m'manda opanda moyo, imfa sisankhana, timatero.

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Dziwani zanu!