3 Ubufakazi mayelana nezingelosi ze-Guardian, ziseduze kwethu
UKarin Schubbriggs, intombazane yaseSweden eneminyaka engu-10 ubudala, ubesendleleni ehamba nezinceku zakhe zobungcweti ebhayisekini futhi wazilandela kancane, wabe esema osebeni lomfula ukuze abalandele. Ebona isikebhe esincane, wayefuna ukusikhuphuka, kepha ngokwenza lokho wawela emanzini. Okwamanje kwakuqinile futhi uKarin wayengakwazi ukubhukuda. Uyise wazama kakhulu ukujoyina yena njengoba ingane idonswa ngokushesha. Indoda yabe isiqala ukuthandaza kuNkulunkulu ukuba ayisize. Ngaleso sikhathi kwenzeka isimanga kakhulu: UKarin waphuma emanzini waqala ukubhukuda ngobuciko futhi wafika ngokuphepha ngemizuzwana embalwa ogwini. "Konke bekuyamangaza!" ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wathi, “Ngizwe othile ngokulandelayo. Wayengabonakali, kodwa izandla zakhe zazinamandla futhi zenza izingalo zami nemilenze yahamba. Akusimi ebengibhukuda: omunye umuntu ubengenzela ... "
Isipiliyoni sikaSheila, oneminyaka engu-12 ubudala, intombazane edabuka eCarl River, esifundazweni saseWashington, icishe ifane. Ngenkathi edlala nontanga wawela emfuleni amamitha ayisithupha, wagudluzwa yizidalwa ezikhohlisayo ezansi. Le ntombazane ithi: “Ngadonswa ngokushesha ngaphuthunyelwa emuva. Ngabona abantu bezama ukungibamba beno gatsha kusuka ogwini, kepha i-vortex yaqhubeka nokungiphuza phakathi. Lapho ngikhuphuka okwesithathu, nganginjengokungakwazi ukuzenzela amandla futhi ngibona, amamitha ambalwa ukusuka kimi, ukukhanya, kukhanya, kepha kumnandi ... Ngomzuzwana ngikhohlwe ukuba sengozini, ngazizwa ngijabule kakhulu futhi ngiphuphuma umoya! Ngiphinde ngazama ukufinyelela ukukhanya, kepha ngadonswa ogwini ngaphambi kokuba ngikuthinte. Ukukhanya lokho kwangithatha kwangiletha ogwini, ngiyaqiniseka ngakho. " Lesi siqephu silotshwa njalo futhi kufakazelwa ngofakazi abaningana bonke abanikeze amaqiniso afanayo.
Owesifazane ogama lakhe ngu-Elizabeth Klein uthi: "BengiseLos Angeles ngo-1991, ngishayela ku-Highway 101 kulayini ophakathi nendawo ekuphumeni kweMalibu Canyon, lapho ngizwa izwi likhala kakhulu ekhanda lami:" Hambani emzileni wesobunxele! " wangiyalela. Angazi ukuthi kungani kodwa ngalalela khona manjalo. Imizuzwana embalwa kamuva kube nokuqubuka okungazelelwe nokushayisana ngemuva. Kungaba nje kuyinduku?