Insert 24 Lamthandazo really reminded me that my mother was not coming back.I felt like breaking down but then I was not to do that infront of the people.I got out ndingumntu oya e toilet and on my way I saw Luyolos mother.I was so suprised that she was there because the last time I checked she wanted nothing to do with my family and I.She greeted me nicely wangena endlini plus nonyana wakhe.I went to the loo and sat there for a while until Thando knocked and told me ba ndiyafunwa endlini.I had sat in that toilet for over 20 minutes thinking about nothing but my mother.NosiphoYhu kunini sikufuna wethu sisi usuka phi? MeNdisuka e toilet makazi.We then prepared some refreshments for abantu because umthandazo ebezophuma.NandiphaKodwa le yotyisa abantu emithandazweni ndiyibona iyi waste, NosiphoUtsho lento ba kutheni Nandipha? NandiphaAba bantu bazekusikhunga apha hayi ekutyeni. NosiphoYhu hee waze wathethela ukutya ngathi bekuthengwe nguwe, NandiphaYimali kabhuti le ityiwa apha,hayi kufuneka khe ndimbonise ngale into. NosiphoIyhoo hay ndaze ndaxakwa yinto yakho mfazi ndini watsho waqhwaba izandla umakazi wam.When umthandazo was over we served abantu bakhululeka and we were left alone as a family.Days went by and the funeral plans zazihamba ngendlela.My mother was buried a week after she died on a Saturday,Friday my father took us to town and bought us new clothes for the funeral.He also took us to a salon noSisipho to get our hair done and my brothers got haircuts.My partenal Aunts kept complaining about money but my dad could not care less and so Did I.Later on Friday abafazi nje bokuhlala came to help with the peeling.My father notata ka Likho took inyama iyosikwa eslarheni.Finally Saturday came,everyone woke up as early as possible.Some of the Neighbours and my partenal Aunts did the cooking,even noMama ka Luyolo ebepheka.We bathed and got all dressed up because umzimba was going to arrive at seven.Finally almost everyone was ready,the hearse arrived and ootata went to see if that was really my mom before kungeniswe i coffin endlini.After that my mom entered her house elele ngomqolo,there was a short service before siboniswe umzimba.I didnt want to see her but my father begged me to,I moved closer to her coffin and looked at her.She looked so dark but I could see that it was her,that very moment I wished that I would wake her up.I cried so hard standing beside her coffin utata wade wandisusa.People peeped in even abo babengavani naye,I guess they wanted to see how bad she looked so that they could gossip.Finally the undertaker closed the coffin and then the proceedings to the church went on and on.The funeral was so emotional for me I dont want to lye.Even my dad shed a few tears,abantu went on and on about her,what a wonderful neighbour she was and what a good teacher the school had lost.Then came the time for the tribute which was going to be done by her children.The four of us stood up but bekuzothetha mna.I first greeted everyone before doing my short speech. MeInto yokuqala endizoyithetha yile yokuba silahlekelwe, wonakele umoya wethu ngokusweleka kuka mama.Umama wethu ebeyinto yonke kuthi,ebesithanda nathi smithanda.Uwe evuka nathi and she was there for us whenever we needed her.As much as ba umama wethu ebe strict but ebesoloko esixelela ukuba yonke into ayenzayo uyenza kuba esithanda.Ndiyambulela uThixo ngobomi buka mama wethu,ndifunde lukhulu kuye.Ebengumama aphinde abengutata kuthi ngendlela yakhe and ndimbulela ngayo yonke into andenzela yona.She was not just a teacher eskolweni napha endlini ebenjalo.My mom was strong kakhulu,ebenyamezela umama wam.If God would make me half the woman she was bendingavuya.Ndizohlala ndimthanda,ubomi bam abusoze buphinde bubeyilanto bebuyiyo.Andiyaz ba sizawphila njani na umama wethu engekho,kodwa ke ndimbonile umama unyamezele atleast ukwindawo engcono ngoku. Suddenly I shed tears and couldnt talk anymore abantu bacula and we went to sit down.The funeral dragged and finally it was over,my mom was really gone.Oomakazi bahoya abantu while I went to our room and cried myself to sleep.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:37:52 +0000
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