Zomwe Ndinaphunzira Kwa Atate Anga: Sizochedwa Kwambiri

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Bambo anga, Pedro, anali kukula m’mafamu kumidzi ya ku Spain. Pambuyo pake adakhala wamalonda apanyanja, ndipo kwa zaka 30 pambuyo pake, adagwira ntchito ngati makanika wa MTA wa New York City. Papi wanga, monga momwe ndimamutchulira, amakumana ndi zovuta zambiri. Mwachilengedwe (komanso ndi malonda), bambo wa 5-phazi-8 nthawi zonse amakhala wowonda komanso wowoneka bwino. Ndipo ngakhale kuti sanali wamtali, atayima pafupi ndi mkazi wake Violeta wa mapazi asanu ndi ana aang’ono aŵiri, anadzinyamula ngati chimphona chimene chingathe kuchita chirichonse. Anasandutsa chipinda chapansi chapansi m'nyumba yathu ya Queens, NY, kukhala chipinda chabanja chogwira ntchito bwino ndipo anamanganso khola la konkire kuseri kwa garaja-kuthawa kwake m'nyumba yodzaza ndi akazi.

Koma kwa abambo anga, zolimbitsa thupi zinali njira yoti agwire ntchito yomaliza yomwe imapezera banja lomwe amakonda. Komabe, ankamvetsa kufunika kwake. Ngakhale anali asanaphunzire, anatiphunzitsa kukwera njinga. Ndipo ngakhale samatha kupondaponda madzi, adatilembetsa kuti tizisambira ku YMCA yakomweko. Anatifikitsanso ku maseŵera a tennis 6 koloko Loweruka titafika kunyumba kuchokera ku ntchito yapawiri pakati pausiku usiku watha. Makolo anganso anatilembetsa kuti tizichita masewera olimbitsa thupi, karate, ndi kuvina.

Zowonadi, tinali atsikana okangalika kwambiri omwe ndimadziwa. Koma pofika ku sekondale, ine ndi Maria tidasiya ntchito zathu kuti tikhale achichepere anthawi zonse. Palibe aliyense wa ife amene adabwerera ku thanzi mpaka patadutsa zaka khumi tili ndi zaka 20 ndipo ndidayamba kugwira ntchito ngati mkonzi wothandizira kukhazikitsidwa kwa magazini yatsopano ya azimayi yotchedwa Umoyo Wamayi. Mu Seputembala 2005, tonse tidasainira woyamba wathu woyamba sprint triathlon.

Kubwerera ku mizu yanga yogwira, chifukwa cha mbewu zomwe makolo anga adabzala mwanzeru, adamva bwino. Pambuyo pa triathlon yanga yoyamba, ndinapitanso kuchita zina zisanu ndi zinayi (zonse za sprint ndi Olympic mtunda). Nditakhala mtolankhani wodziyimira pawokha kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2008, ndidapeza nthawi yochulukirapo yopalasa njinga ndipo ndakwanitsa kuchita zazikulu zopalasa njinga, kuphatikiza kukwera njinga kuchokera ku San Francisco kupita ku LA June watha (onani kanema waulendo wanga wamakilomita 545, wamasiku asanu ndi awiri). Posachedwa, ndatsiriza Nike Women's Half Marathon ku Washington, D.C.-yomwe tsiku lina, itha kudzaza.

M'njira, makolo anga anayima pambali ndikumaliza mipikisano yanga. Pambuyo pake, bambo anga anabwerera kubizinesi monga mwa masiku onse, imene kwa iwo inali ntchito yaulesi yopuma pantchito. Koma posachedwa-makamaka popeza anali asanakhaleko konse kwa nthawi yayitali-Papi wanga adatopa, kukwiya pang'ono, komanso kumva kuwawa chifukwa chosowa kuyenda. Nyumbayo idayamba kununkhiza Bengay ndipo amawoneka wokalamba kwambiri kuposa zaka 67.

Mu Disembala wa '08, ndinauza makolo anga kuti pa Khrisimasi, chomwe ndimafuna kuti alowe nawo masewera olimbitsa thupi. Ndinkadziwa kuti thukuta ndi kucheza zingawapatse chimwemwe. Koma lingaliro la kulipira ndalama kuti ayende pa makina opondera lidawoneka lachilendo kwa iwo. Ankangoyendayenda m’dera limene ankakhala, zomwe nthawi zambiri ankachita. Ndipotu, inali imodzi mwa maulendo a m'mawa pamene Papi wanga anapunthwa pa tai chi yaulere ku paki yapafupi. Anazindikira mzake woyandikana naye, Sanda, ndi mnansi wake wakumpoto kwa msewu, Lily, ndipo anayenda. Atamaliza anawafunsa. Ndipo podzimvera chisoni pang'ono za mimba yake atapuma pantchito, adaganiza zolowa nawo.

Posakhalitsa, Papi wanga adayamba kukumana ndi anansi ake atsitsi lasiliva pafupifupi tsiku lililonse kuti azichita masewera olimbitsa thupi achi China. Tisanadziwe, anali kupita masiku asanu kapena asanu ndi limodzi pamlungu. Anayamba kunena mawu akuti, "Ngati sugwiritsa ntchito, umataya," ndi mawu ake achisipanishi. Anayamba kumva komanso kuwoneka bwino. Anzake ndi achibale adawona kusinthaku ndipo adayamba kujowina - ngakhale palibe amene adakwanitsa kutsata mwambo wake komanso ntchito yake. Atapita kukachezera mlongo wake ku Spain chilimwechi, adachita tai chi kuseli komwe adakulira.

Kupeza phindu kunapangitsa Papi wanga kukhala olimba kwambiri. Dziwe lakomweko litatseguka, iye ndi amayi anga adalembetsa nawo masewera olimbitsa thupi ngakhale anali asanakhale bwino m'madzi. Anayamba kupita katatu pa sabata ndipo adapezeka kuti akukakamira atamaliza maphunziro awo, akugwiritsa ntchito maluso awo. Amayambanso kupita ku malo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi omwe amakhala ndi dziwe, motero iye anachita perekani (ngakhale pang'ono kwambiri chifukwa chotsitsa akulu) kuti muyende pa chopondera. Posakhalitsa, pakati pa tai chi, kuphunzira kusambira, ndi kugunda masewera olimbitsa thupi, tsiku lililonse la sabata-monga ngati ubwana wanga-unali wodzaza ndi zosangalatsa. Kwa nthawi yoyamba m'moyo wake, anali ndi zosangalatsa ndipo amawakonda.

Ndi chikondi chake chatsopano chomwe anachipeza chatsopano cha zinthu zonse zolimba komanso kunyada kosatsutsika pophunzira kusambira kumapeto kwa zaka zake za m'ma 60, Papi wanga anaganiza kuti inali nthawi yoti aphunzire kukwera njinga ali ndi zaka 72. chimango chotsika komanso chishalo chomangirira chomwe chinali choyenera kuchita. Ine ndi mlongo wanga tidayitanitsa matayala ophunzitsira achikulire ndipo tidamupangitsa wamakanika wakale (Papi wanga!) Kuti aziyike. Patsiku lake lobadwa, tidapita naye mumsewu wodekha, wokhala ndi mitengo ndikuyenda pambali pake poyenda mosamala komanso pang'onopang'ono, akukwera koyamba m'moyo wake. Ankachita mantha ndikugwa, koma sitinasiye mbali yake. Anatha kukwera ndi kutsika mumsewu kwa ola lathunthu.

Kulimba mtima kwake kwamphamvu sikunathere pomwepo. Papi wanga akupitiriza kutsutsa thupi lake m'njira zodabwitsa. Sabata yatha pa tsiku lake lobadwa la 73, adathamanga (mofulumira kwambiri, kwenikweni!) ndi kite yowuluka paki. Posachedwa adanyamula "muuni" pamwambo wake wa Senior Olimpiki wapadziwe, pomwe gulu lake lidapambana zovuta zingapo zamagulu. Nthawi zonse ndikakumana ndi Papi wanga, amakonda kudzuka, kuyimirira kumbuyo pang'ono kuti ndiwone kukula kwake, ndikundisinthira. Zimakulitsa mtima wanga ndikumwetulira kwanga.

Mnyamata wakale wam'munda, wam'madzi, komanso wamakaniko ali bwino kwambiri m'zaka zapakati pa 70s - adotolo amalumbira kuti akhala zaka 100 (zomwe zikutanthauza zaka 27 zowonjezera zolimbitsa thupi!). Monga mlembi, nthawi zonse ndimakopeka ndi mawu ochokera kwa olemba ena, monga C.S. Lewis, yemwe ananena motchuka kuti, "Simukalamba kwambiri kuti mukhale ndi cholinga china kapena kulota maloto atsopano." (Lewis analemba ntchito yake yogulitsidwa kwambiri, Mbiri ya Narnia.

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