Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Kusangana naPeter Stringfellow muMothercare muPalma rinopfuura gore rimwe chete rakapfuura kwakanga kusiri kushamisika kukuru kwakadaro, sezvo tose tine dzimba muMallorca uko zvino ndinogara inodokuva gore rose. Zvisinei, chakanga chiri chiitiko icho chingadai chakafadza munhu upi noupi uyo akanga atiziva tose tiri vaviri, kana kuti akanga arava pamusoro pedu mumakoramu etsumo, munguva yedu yakaisvonaka muma 1980. Ikoko takanga tiri, varume vaviri vaiva mumakore edu okuma70; ini, aimbova mupepeti wenhau mupepanhau naPeter muzvinabhizimisi akakurumbira, ane bvudzi rakaisvonaka rinopfuura redu. Tose tiri vaviri takanga tichisundira ngoro ine mucheche muduku mukati: ini, mwanakomana wangu Ben, zvino ava namakore mana, uyo akaberekwa apo ndakanga ndava nemakore 73; Peter, mwanasikana wake Rosabella, uyo akasvika apo akanga ava namakore 72. Madzimai edu akaisvonaka uye maduku zvikuru (gap yamakore 40 mumamiriro ake ezvinhu, 25 mune angu) akanga aripowo uye kwakanga kuri kunyemwerera nokuonga kwose kwose. Donald Trelford (kuruboshwe) akabereka mwanakomana wake Ben (kumashure kurudyi) paakanga ava nemakore 73 uye mwanasikana wake Poppy (akabatwa naDonald) paakanga ava nemakore 76. Kubvira ipapo Claire, ane makore 52, neni takava nomwana wechipiri, Poppy, nepo zvichangobva kuziviswa kuti Peter ane makore 74 okukura naBella vari kutarisira munun'una nokuda kwomwanasikana wavo ane mwedzi 20. Ndaiva nemakore 76 apo Poppy akauya muna May apfuura, zvichindiita, ndinodavira kudaro, baba vatsva vokare zvikurusa muBritain. Naizvozvo izanoi randingapa kuna vamwe vanova vanababa vane makore 70? Zvakanaka, ndinoziva kubva muruzivo rwokuzviwanira kuti vana vaviri vanopfuura kaviri basa romumwe. Une ndangariro mbiri nokunzwa kwokubata nako, naizvozvo kudzivisa godo ngwariro yakaenzana inokosha. Somuenzaniso, sezvo achingova nemwedzi gumi bedzi, mubhedha waPoppy uri muimba yedu yokurara. Panodiwa nhamburiko huru kuti Ben arege kufunga kuti ari kusiyiwa apo anorara ari oga. Ipapo pane kudyisa, kuchinja manapukeni, kuchema usiku uye kushayikwa kwokurara kunonetesa. Nhamburiko chaiyoiyo yomuviri yokubata navana pazera iri inogona kuva inoda. Kusvika pakuti ndinofanira kufamba-famba zuva nezuva uye kushandisa bhasikoro rokurovedza muviri uye zvimwe zvinorema kuti ndivandudze tsandanyama dzangu dziri kuderera. Pashure pezvose, vana vaduku vanogona kuva vanorema uye mabhureki anorema zvikuru. Zvadaro pane kubatwa zvisina kufanira kwe...
Kunonzwa sei kuva mubereki mutsva mumakore ako amakore makumi manomwe? Donald Trelford akava baba kwenguva yechitanhatu pazera ramakore 76. Anogoverana marwadzo nomufaro wokurera vana vaduku vaviri mumakore okupedzisira.