Zvandakadzidza kubva kuna Baba Vangu: Rudo Haruna Miganhu

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Kuva baba kunogona kureva zvinopfuura chinhu chimwe seyechigumi nembiri Paralympic menduru yegoridhe Jessica Long anotaurira Chimiro. Pano, iye ane makore makumi maviri nemaviri-okuberekwa nyanzvi yekushambira anogovera yake inodziya moyo-nyaya nezve kuve nababa vaviri.

PaLeap Day muna 1992, vaviri vechidiki vasina kuchata muSiberia vakandibereka ndokunditumidza Tatiana. Ndakaberekwa ndine fibular hemimelia (kureva kuti ndakanga ndisina fibula, zvitsitsinho, zvitsitsinho, uye akawanda amamwe mapfupa mutsoka dzangu) uye vakakurumidza kuona kuti vakanga vasingakwanisi kunditarisira. Vanachiremba vakavakurudzira kuti vandirerwe. Ivo vakateerera nokunyunyuta. Mwedzi gumi nenhatu gare gare, muna 1993, Steve Long (akafananidzirwa) akauya kubva kuBaltimore kuzonditora. Iye nemukadzi wake Beth vanga vatove nevana vaviri, asi vaida mhuri hombe. Zvakaitika apo mumwe munhu wechechi yavo yomunzvimbomo akataura kuti uyu musikana muduku muRussia, akanga akaremara pakuberekwa, akanga achitsvaka imba. Ivo vakaziva ipapo ipapo kuti ini ndange ndiripo mwanasikana, Jessica Tatiana sezvo ivo vaizondidana gare gare.

Baba vangu vasati vasvetukira mundege kuenda kuCost-Cold War Russia, ivo vaive vaita gadziriro yekutora mukomana ane makore matatu ekuberekwa zvakare kubva kunherera imwecheteyo. Vakafunga kuti, "Kana tichienda kuRussia kune mumwe mwana, wadii kutora mumwe?" Kunyangwe Josh aisave mukoma wangu wekubereka, anogona kunge aivewo. Takanga tisina zvokudya zvakakwana zvokuti takanga takaenzana—taiita semapatya. Pandinofunga zvakaitwa nababa vangu, vachifamba kure kwazvo kune imwe nyika kuti vawane vana vaduku vaviri, ndinoshamiswa noushingi hwavo.

Mwedzi mishanu ndadzoka kumba, vabereki vangu vakasarudza, pamwe nerubatsiro rwevanachiremba, kuti hupenyu hwangu hwaizove nani kana vakadimburwa makumbo angu ese ari maviri pasi pebvi. Pakarepo, ndakanga ndakashongedzwa nema prostheses, uye sevamwe vana vazhinji, ndakadzidza kufamba ndisati ndamhanya-saka ndakanga ndisingamiswe. Ndakanga ndichishingairira kukura, ndichigara ndichimhanya kuseri kwemba ndichisvetuka trampoline, yaidaidzwa nevabereki vangu PE kirasi. Vana Varefu vaive vakadzidziswa kumba-isu vatanhatu. Yup, vabereki vangu nenzira inoshamisa vakaita vamwe vaviri shure kwedu. Saka yaive imba ine hukasha uye inonakidza. Ndaive nesimba rakawanda, vabereki vangu vakazondipinza mukutuhwina muna2002.

Kwemakore akawanda kudaro, kutyaira kuenda uye kubva kudziva (dzimwe nguva kutanga kusvika 6 mangwanani) yaive nguva yangu yekunakidzwa nababa. Munguva yeawa-yekudzoka mumota, ini nababa vangu taitaura nezve mafambiro ezvinhu, kuuya kunosangana, nzira dzekuvandudza nguva dzangu, nezvimwe. Kana ndanga ndichinzwa kuvhiringidzika, aigara achiteerera uye achindipa mazano akanaka, sekuti ndive nemafungiro akanaka sei. Akandiudza kuti ndaiva muenzaniso wekutevedzera, kunyanya kumunin’ina wangu akanga achangotanga kutuhwina. Ndakaisa izvozvo pamoyo. Takasvika padhuze nekutuhwina. Kunyangwe nanhasi, kutaura nezvazvo naye ichiri chinhu chakakosha.

Muna 2004, maminetsi mashomanana vasati vazivisa chikwata cheU.S. Paralympic yeMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha muAthens, Greece, baba vangu vakandiudza, "Zvakanaka, Jess. Unongova nemakore gumi nemaviri. Panogara paine Beijing kana wava nemakore gumi nematanhatu." Semwana ane makore 12 anosemesa, chandakangokwanisa kutaura ndechekuti, "Kwete, baba. Ndichakwanisa." Zvino pavakazivisa zita rangu, ndiye munhu wandakatanga kutarisa uye isu tose takanga tine chiso ichi pazviso zvedu, "O, mwari wangu!!" Asi pachokwadi, ndakati kwaari, "Ndakakuudza kudaro." Ndaigara ndichifunga kuti ndiri mermaid. Mvura yaiva nzvimbo yandaibvisa makumbo uye kunzwa ndakasununguka.

Vabereki vangu vakabva vandikumbanira muSummer Paralympic Games muAthens, Beijing, uye London. Hapana chinhu chiri nani sekutarisa kumusoro kune vateveri uye nekuona mhuri yangu. Ndinoziva kuti ndingadai ndisiri pandiri nhasi pasina rudo rwavo netsigiro. Ivo chaivo idombo rangu, ndosaka, ndinofungidzira, ini handina kumbofunga zvakanyanya nezvevabereki vangu chaivo. Panguva imwe cheteyo, vabereki vangu havana kumbondirega ndichikanganwa nhaka yangu. Tine iyi "Russia Bhokisi" iyo baba vangu yakazadza nezvinhu kubva parwendo rwavo. Taidonhedza pasi naJosh apo neapo, tomboongorora zviri mukati, kusanganisira zvidhori zvepuranga zveRussia izvi nekakiresi yaakandivimbisa pazuva rangu rekuzvarwa rechi18.

Mwedzi mitanhatu pamberi peLondon Olimpiki, panguva yekubvunzurudzwa, ndakati pakupfuura, "Ndingafarire kusangana nemhuri yangu yeRussia rimwe zuva." Chikamu changu chairevesa, asi ini handizive kana kana ndingave ndakatevera kuvatevera. Vatapi venhau veRussia vakabata mhepo yeizvi uye vakazvitorera pachavo kuti kusangana kuvepo. Ndichiri kukwikwidza kuLondon muna Nyamavhuvhu, ava vatori venhau vekuRussia vakatanga kundibhowa nemishumo yeTwitter vachiti vawana mhuri yangu yeRussia. Pakutanga, ndakafunga kuti kwaive kutamba. Ndakanga ndisingazivi chekutenda, saka handina kuzviteerera.

Kudzokera kumba kuBaltimore mushure meMitambo, ini ndanga ndakagara patafura yekicheni ndichiudza mhuri yangu nezve zvakaitika uye takazopedzisira tawana vhidhiyo pamhepo pane yangu inonzi "mhuri yeRussia." Kwaitove kupenga kuona vatorwa ava vachizviti "mhuri yangu" pamberi pemhuri yangu chaiyo. Ndakanga ndapererwa nepfungwa kubva mukukwikwidza muLondon kuti ndizive zvekufunga. Saka zvekare, handina kuita chero chinhu. Yakanga isiri kusvika mwedzi mitanhatu kana kuti gare gare, apo NBC yakauya kwatiri nezve kutora firimu yemhuri yangu kusangana nemhepo kutenderedza 2014 Sochi Olimpiki, kuti ndakazvipa kufunga chaiko ndikabvuma kuzviita.

Muna Zvita 2013, ndakaenda kuRussia nemunun'una wangu, Hannah pamwe nevashandi veNBC kunoona nzvimbo inochengetwa nherera. Takasangana nemukadzi anga atanga kundipa kuna baba vangu uye akati akarangarira achiona rudo rwakawanda mumaziso ake. Kwapera anenge mazuva maviri, takaenda kunoona vabereki vangu chaivo, avo vandakazoona kuti vakanga varoora uye vaiva nevana vatatu. "Wow," ndakafunga. Izvi zvaive zvichitowedzera crazier. Izvo hazvina kumbobvira zvaitika kwandiri kuti vabereki vangu vaive vachiri pamwe chete, ndoda kuti ini ndaive ndatove zvimwe vanin'ina.

Kufamba ndakananga kumba kwevabereki vangu chaivo, ndainzwa vachichema zvine ruzha mukati. Vanenge vanhu makumi matatu vakasiyana, kusanganisira cameramen, vaive panze vachindiona (uye vachitora mafirimu) ini panguva ino uye zvese zvandaigona kutaura kwandiri naHannah, uyo aive kumashure kwangu achiva nechokwadi chekuti handina kudonha, aive "Usacheme. Usatsvedza." Yakanga iri -20 degrees kunze uye pasi yakafukidzwa nesinou. Vabereki vangu vaduku vaiva nemakore 30 pavakabuda panze, ndakatanga kuchema ndikabva ndavambundira. Zvese izvi pazvaiitika, NBC yakabata baba vangu kumba kuMaryland vachipukuta maziso avo nekumbundira amai vangu.

Kwemaawa mana akatevera, ndakadya zvokudya zvemasikati naamai vangu vokundibereka, Natalia, uye baba vokubereka, Oleg, nehanzvadzi yangu yakanga yazara ropa, Anastasia, pamwe chete nevashanduri vatatu nevamwe vakatora mifananidzo muimba iyi yakanga yakatsvikinyidzana zvikuru. Natalia akatadza kuramba akanditarisa achibva aramba ruoko rwangu. Raitapira zvechokwadi. Isu tinogovana yakawanda maficha maficha. Takatarisa mugirazi pamwe chete ndokuvanongedzera pamwe chete naAnastasia. Asi ini ndinofunga kutaridzika zvakanyanya saOleg. Kwenguva yekutanga muhupenyu hwangu, ndakakomberedzwa nevanhu vakaita seni. Zvaive surreal.

Vakakumbira kuona ma prostheshes angu uye vakaramba vachitaura vadzokororazve kuti vabereki vangu muAmerica magamba. Vaiziva, makore makumi maviri nerimwe apfuura, vangadai vasina kumbochengeta mwana akaremara. Vakatsanangura kuti ndaiva nomukana uri nani wokupona mumusha unochengetwa nherera—kana kuti izvozvo ndizvo zvavakanga vaudzwa navanachiremba. Pane imwe nguva, Oleg akandidhonza pamwe nemuturikiri padivi ndokundiudza kuti aindida uye kuti aidada neni. Akabva andipa hug and kiss. Yakanga iri nguva inokosha.

Kusvikira tava kugona kutaura mutauro mumwe chete, kutaurirana nemhuri yangu yeRussia, mamaira zviuru mazana matanhatu, zvichave zvakaoma. Asi panguva ino, isu tine hukama hukuru paFacebook patinogovana mafoto. Ndingada kuvaona zvakare kuRussia rimwe zuva, kunyanya kweanopfuura maawa mana, asi chandinonyanya kukoshesa pari zvino kugadzirira Mitambo yeParalympic ye2016 muRio, Brazil. Tichaona zvichazoitika mushure mazvo. Parizvino, ndinonyaradzwa nekuziva kuti ndine maseti maviri evabereki vanondida zvechokwadi. Uye nepo Oleg ari baba vangu, Steve acharamba ari baba vangu.

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