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Winawake nthawi ina anati, "Mukangoyambitsa anthu kuti ayambe kuyenda, adzichiritsa okha." Ine, imodzi, ndagulitsidwa. Zaka zinayi zapitazo mayi anga adasiya bambo anga. Kodi ine, wamaso komanso wosweka mtima wazaka 25, ndinayankha bwanji? Ndinathamanga. Miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kutsatira msonkhano wa banja wokhala ndi misozi pomwe mayi anga adadzudzula modzidzimutsa- "Ndasankha kutha ukwati wathu" -ndidapanga njira zazikulu.

Ma kilomita atatu omwe ndimayenda mozungulira paki yapafupi ndi kwathu ku Seattle anali ngati chithandizo chothandizira. Kutentha kwamankhwala abwino amubongo komanso kutsata komwe kumabwera chifukwa chothamanga kunandilola kuthana ndi chisoni chakutha kwa makolo anga, mwina kwa theka la ola limodzi kapena kupitilira apo.

Koma sindinali ndekha nthawi zonse. Ine ndi atate tinali titathamanga kwa nthaŵi yaitali, tikumachirikizana pamene tikuphunzira mpikisano umenewu kapena uwo. Lamlungu tinkakumana panjira yotchuka, n’kuika m’matumba athu ndi banana Gu, ndi kumasuka m’malo momasuka.

Posakhalitsa D-Day zokambirana zathu zidasinthiratu. "Hei, talingalirani zomwe ndapeza ndikudutsa m'mabokosi akale usiku watha?" Ndinafunsa, manja anga akugwedezeka m'mbali mwanga. "Mphepo za utawaleza zija zimachokera ku chiwonetsero cha mumsewu ku Port Angeles. Ndinali ndi zaka zingati panthawiyo, ngati, 6?"

"Zikumveka bwino," adayankha, akuseka ndikugwa pafupi ndi ine.

“Ndikukumbukira kuti Amayi anandiveka suti ya mizere ya pastel,” ndinatero. "Kevin mwina anali kupsa mtima, unali ndi tsitsi lochulukirapo ..." Kenako misozi idayamba kutuluka: Ndikadatha bwanji kuganiza za makolo anga ngati china chilichonse kupatula gulu limodzi, gulu?

Amandilola kulira, nthawi iliyonse. Pamene tinkayenda molumikizana, tikumakumbukira zabwino zomwe tidakumbukira (maulendo akumisasa ku British Columbia, masewera otentha a badminton kumbuyo kwakumbuyo), tinali kukondwerera, kutsimikizira kulimba kwazaka makumi angapo za banja lathu laling'ono. Kusintha-kusintha kwakukulu kunalipo, koma mapepala angapo osudzulana sangatilande mbiri yathu yogawana.

Sitinathe kulumikizana motere tikamamwa khofi. Maganizo omwe amabwera mosavuta pakatikati ("Pepani mukumva kuwawa") adakhazikika pakhosi panga titakhala maso ndi maso pamalo olowa nawo ku java, malo omwera mowa, kapena pampando wakutsogolo wa Dodge wa abambo anga. Amamveka osawoneka bwino komanso otuluka pakamwa panga.

Kupatula zip code yanga (ndinachoka ku Seattle kupita ku New York City chaka chatha), palibe zambiri zomwe zasintha kuyambira pamenepo. Ngakhale bambo ndi ine timalankhula pafupipafupi pafoni, ndazindikira kuti "timasunga" zokambirana zachinsinsi-posachedwa kwambiri zakukwera ndi mavuto azibwenzi-zanthawi yomwe ndabwera kudzacheza. Tikakumananso panjira, miyendo imamasuka, mitima imatseguka, ndipo zopinga zimasiyidwa m'fumbi lathu.

Ngati kuthamanga kwayekha kumandilola kuti ndisiye kupsinjika, kuthamanga ndi Pops kumanditsimikizira kuti ndikugwiritsa ntchito zonenepa zonse, ndikubweretsa mawu pamitundu ingapo: chisoni, chikondi, nkhawa. Makolo anga atasudzulana, ndinatha kulimbana ndi chisoni changa mosalekeza ndipo m’kupita kwa nthaŵi ndinavomereza chosankha cha amayi anga. Mtundu wothandizirana ndi abambo a jaunts anali, ndipo akupitilirabe, njira yabwino yoyendetsera malo ovuta-kupatula mankhwala omwe amalipira.

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