Potluck | Nuwamba 23, 2016

Grit, alheri, godiya

Hoto daga Julian Jagtenberg

Ina shakkar cewa wani gidan cin abinci na Kansas City wanda ya sawa sosai ya yi godiya sosai don alamar zuwan tawagar danginmu a lokacin buda baki a safiyar Lahadi; ƙungiya ta takwas, uku daga cikinsu yara masu iya fitar da kukan decibel 117 na tsawon lokaci, ciki har da 'yan mata tagwaye 'yar shekara 1 har yanzu suna rawar jiki a kan kujerunsu. Tare da ɗan'uwansu ɗan shekara 3 mai kuzari, sun yi aiki da taron ta hanyoyi manya da ƙanana, masu kyau da mara kyau, daga teburinmu na kusurwa da kuma yankin kusa da shi.

Matar da ta zana ɗan gajeren bambaro a safiyar ranar, duk da haka, ta zama wata mace mai ban al'ajabi mai suna Tara. An saita mu don gwaji cikin ƙishirwa, alheri, da godiya.

An wuce menus, kuma an jefar da menus, musamman ma takarda da suka zo tare da crayons sun cika don nibbling. Wani tulun ruwan zafi ya bayyana ba zato ba tsammani yana zafi kwalabe. An dauki oda, aka yi amfani da ruwan 'ya'yan itace, tare da kwalin hatsi wanda Wonder Woman ta ba da kai. Yana da ban mamaki yadda ƙalubalen cire takalma masu sheki da safa masu ruɗi, haɗe da yalwar hatsin da aka lulluɓe da sukari, ke faranta wa jarirai rai.

Motoci kaɗan ne suka haye teburin, wasu sun sauko a hanya ta gaba. An dawo da su a lokuta daban-daban ta wani ɗan wasan golf mai ban sha'awa, matron mai ɗaure gidan wanka da ba shi da daɗi, da Tara. Ruwan 'ya'yan itace da aka zubar da tsarin "sake yin fa'ida" yana buƙatar kowane adiko na goge baki daga teburinmu, amma Tara ta bayyana tare da nadi na tawul ɗin takarda da wani tukunyar kofi. An biye da abinci, gami da pancakes ɗin da aka yi wa ɗan shekara 3 oda.

Yaran sun kasance masu jurewa, masu cin abincin karin kumallo suna jure wa juna, kuma Tara ta yi shawagi a hankali, suna tsammanin rikici na gaba tare da madaidaici da jin dadi. Kusan kwatsam, sauran mu ma mun ci abinci, muna jin daɗin zama da tattaunawa a cikin hargitsi. Ya ɗauki minti 20 don tattara kayanmu kuma mu yi ƙoƙari na alama don gyara kusurwarmu. Tara ce ta kawo cak ta ce ta ji dadin zama cikin gyale da nishadin taronmu.

Abin da kawai zan iya da'awa shi ne godiya tawali'u - kuma ba kawai domin yanzu zan iya canza tufafina na coci ba. Tara ta yi aiki fiye da bayanin aikinta a gare mu, cikin kirki, tunani, da karimci. Muka yi mata godiya, muka yi mata tukwici, muka yi mata fatan samun sauyi mai kyau, amma tunawa da ita ya sa na yi godiya ga kara wa kanta, tare da dimbin basirarta. Ta yi mana maraba, mai kyau da mara kyau, ta ba mu izinin zama kanmu, don haka ta girmama danginmu.

Godiya ta wuce godiya kawai; yana tasowa ba tare da bata lokaci ba yayin da mutane ke nunawa don raka mu ta hanyoyi masu ban mamaki a ranakun yau da kullun. Da lokutan “ranan mai-tsarki” na gabatowa, zai yi kyau mu ƙyale godiya ta sami damar bayyana kuma ta ba mu mamaki, kuma mu ƙyale shi nasara ko biyu bisa gunaguni da kuka.

Watanni biyu da ke gaban sabuwar shekara sau da yawa suna ba da damammaki na ketare hanya tare da mutanen da ba safai muke ganin sauran shekara ba-amma jadawalin ba su da ƙarfi, yara da manya sun gaji, lokaci ya wuce, kuma tsofaffin tashin hankali suna jira a fuka-fuki. Wannan lokacin yana tuna mini da kalmomin Bulus sau da yawa da aka nakalto kuma na bayyani ga ikilisiyar Filibiya don kawo komai ta wurin “addu’a da roƙe-roƙe, tare da godiya ga Allah,” kuma in mai da hankali ga duk abin da ke “gaskiya, mai daraja, kyakkyawa, abin sha’awa, abin yabo” (Filibbiyawa). 4). An riga an ba da wannan shawarar kuma wataƙila an yi hakan ne ta wurin kira a ƙarfafa ’yan’uwa mata biyu da ke cikin bangaskiya waɗanda suka “yi jayayya a wajen [Bulus] wajen bisharar,” amma yanzu suna jayayya da juna.

Irin waɗannan haƙiƙanin suna nan a cikin iyalai da abokantaka da yawa, duk da haka mutane masu cike da al'ajabi suna shawagi, suna jawo godiya mai zurfi maimakon baƙin ciki. An gayyace mu, kowannen mu, don yin koyi da kanmu a matsayin Mace mai Al'ajabi Tara, tare da ƙoshin lafiya da alheri, domin godiya ta yawaita.

Wazirin da aka nada. Sandy Bosserman tsohon malamin makarantar gwamnati ne, Fasto, kuma shugaban gundumar. Ita memba ce ta Cabool (Mo.) Church of the Brothers.