Umdlavuza wawusuzobulala umkhulu, umzukulu ugijima u-3km ngosuku ukuze aqoqe imali.
Umkhulu ka-Emily uguliswa umdlavuza wendlala yesinye, okumangaza ukusabela kwentombazane ngokumhlonipha.
Umkhulu ka-Emily Talman wagula ngenxa yomdlavuza wendlala yesinye ngo-2019. Ububi alwa nabo isikhathi esicishe sibe unyaka futhi ngenhlanhla buzixazulule kangcono ngemva kokuhlinzwa nokususwa kwesihlobo se-prostate.
U-Emily, umzukulu wakhe oneminyaka engu-12 ubudala, waphila kabi kakhulu kulokho, wayesaba ukulahlekelwa umkhulu wakhe amthandayo. Lapho impilo yakhe iba ngcono futhi umkhulu wakhe kuthiwa wayengekho engozini, u-Emily wacabanga ukuthi kufanele enze okuthile. Uthole ugqozi ngokubheka imiklomelo yeDaily Mirror's Pride of Britain. Ngakho-ke umqondo wokugijimela usizo.
Uqale mhla ziyisi-8 kuLwezi nyakenye kanti zonke izinsuku unyaka wonke ubegijima amakhilomitha amathathu, kuzo zonke izimo zezulu. Kwakungelula kodwa u-Emily wacabanga amazwi kamkhulu wakhe owayehlale emkhuthaza ukuthi angalokothi alahle ithemba.
Lo mfana oneminyaka engu-12 omangalisayo ukwazile ukuqoqa u-£8.000 wenhlangano esiza abantulayo futhi wathi:
“Umkhulu wayehlale engitshela ukuthi: ‘Ungalokothi uphele amandla, ungalokothi uphele amandla’ futhi yilokho engangikusho kimina phakathi nenselelo yami.
"Ngizizwa njengentombazane enenhlanhla kunabo bonke emhlabeni ukuthi ngibe naye empilweni yami."
U-Emily wazizwa ekujuleni kwenhliziyo ukuthi kwakufanele enze okuthile ukuze asize abantu ababethinteke kulobu bubi nemindeni yabo, ngenxa nje yokuhlupheka abhekana nakho mathupha. Nakuba kwakungelula ukufinyelela lo mgomo, akazange aswele isibindi ngoba wayecabanga ngabo bonke abashonelwe.
Umfundi onodadewabo abathathu uphinde wathi :
“Ngihlale ngicabanga ngabantu abangakwazi ukuhlala nomkhulu, uyise, umalume noma umfowabo ngenxa yomdlavuza wendlala yesinye.”
Kukhona izingane ezinjengo-Emily ezilwela isizathu esilungile futhi zikwenza ngesibindi nokuzimisela futhi nginganezela ukuthi sonke singakwenzela abanye okuthile ngendlela yethu encane. Kuhlale kunezinselele eziningi ekuphileni, kodwa lapho impilo nokwesaba okuhlobene nokulahlekelwa othandekayo kuhilelekile, khona-ke kufanele sizizwe sicindezeleke nakakhulu ngokomzwelo. Ngakho, i-watchword ithi….sihlala sinikela, ngisho noma kuyisikhathi sethu samahhala.