MAMA COMES TO MZANSI

Okay because you never know what life has in store for you....always do what you have to do when you can.....so I decided to bring mama down for Easter... I guess for both of us it was a new experience.....we have never spent too much time alone...together in my adulthood....so I was looking forward to the experience.....somehow mama seemed apprehensive in the beginning but as time drew closer to her flight....the excites kicked in! I have never come across anyone so excited to be inside a plane...mum must have thought it magical or heavenly or as she says in kikuyu "maturing" There I was prepping for her arrival...food..room and off to airport...I have always taken for granted being picked from the airport...the anxiety of the person waiting for you....and their longing to see you appear at that exit door....oh mine was a magical experience...had never gone through it....I was in ORT early so had me coffee and then posed like the rest waiting to see her arrive....hehe she was in for a while and I kept hoping she had not gotten lost in the big airport or misplaced her airline....There she was.......magical moment...as usual I cried......tears of joy and love though....off home......enough eating and late night that was..... Easter in Jozi gets quiet as everyone goes out of town...I loved the serene feeling of having Jozi all to ourselves...we frequented the malls......museums....shopping centers etc.....thank God for Emily my GPS......I could get around Jozi just fine.... Hosting is actually not an easy task especially for your mother who already is set in their ways etc...and what activities do you carry out with them?...so balancing between how rules play when on your own and accommodating a new person..phew!that was something...the humour kicks in with the culture shock tantrums from mama...describing all the awesomeness of South Africa in our mother tongue Kikuyu was lol! Ahhhh this place is better than Muthaiga! Gutire rukungu? I.e. there is no dust...cars are always clean eh? Wet wipes.."tou twa maii" Pretoria Union Buildings...."heee...guku kuhana Jerusalem!" On seeing the Mcdies Mac Burger..."heee....hiii no kazi!" How about the awkwardness of wearing trousers or a sleeveless top?hehe woooiiii.... And the freshening up moments of "kanyamu kau ka armpits"... And those knee boots ready for winter.....hmmmm And the topless girls at the Umoja Concert.....serious awkwardness! And the colored clothes that went back to her suitcase after she noticed South Africans don't really dress up and mostly wear dark colored clothes e.g black.. Questioning Emily on why she is making us get lost?is she not an expert? The list is endless... And just like that ten days went by and I was seeing her off to the airport....I did learn a lot from this trip but most importantly...human beings are all soooooo different.....and you can never really know or fully understand them..their motivations...their dreams....what they hope for etc.....even when you think you know them.....never take that for granted...e.g. I found out now when my mother is 60years old that she has never tasted ice cream!hmmmmm...what more don't I know of her.....and what does she not know about me......I guess love is what makes it easy to overlook these conditions..... And as I sign off...my mother's dream for me is to get a husband and three kids.....hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....