“Kana uchida mukaka usagara pachituru pakati pemafuro wakamirira kuti mombe dzikupe zamu. Chirevo chekare ichi chiri mumhepo yedzidziso dzaamai vangu. Aizowedzerawo kuti, “Huya, Ricky. Usagara wakanyarara. Enda unobata mombe.
Mabikirwo ekare epai yetsuro anoti, "Bata tsuro kutanga." Ziva kuti haritauri kuti, "Tenga tsuro kutanga, kana gara womirira kuti mumwe munhu auye nayo kwauri."
Zvidzidzo zvakadaro, zvandakadzidziswa naamai vangu kubvira ndichiri muduku, zvakandiita munhu akazvimirira. Vakandidzidzisa kufunga nemusoro wangu ndoita basa racho pachangu.
Yaichimbova nheyo youpenyu nokuda kwavanhu veBritain, asi pwere dzanhasi dzinowanzomirira kuti chinhu chiri chose chiunzirwe kwavari mundiro yesirivha. Zvimwe dai vamwe vabereki vakaita sevangu, tose taizove vanhu vane simba, sezvaimboita maBritish.
Pane imwe nguva, pandaiva nemakore mana, amai vangu vakamisa motokari makiromita mashomanana kubva pamba pedu uye vakati zvino ndaifanira kuzvitsvagira ndimene nzira yokumusha nokumunda. Akauratidza semutambo - uye ini ndaingofara kuwana mukana wekuutamba. Asi zvakanga zvatove zvakaoma, ndakakura, uye mabasa akawedzera kuoma.
Mamwe mambakwedza echando, amai vangu vakandimutsa ndokunditi ndipfeke. Kwaiva nerima uye kuchitonhora, asi ndakamuka. Akandipa chikafu chemasikati chakaputirwa nepepa neapuro. “Uchawana mvura munzira,” amai vangu vakadaro, uye vakandisimudza sezvandaichovha bhasikoro rangu kuenda kumhenderekedzo yekumaodzanyemba mamaira makumi mashanu kubva kumusha. Kwakanga kuchakasviba pandakachovha ndiri ndega. Ndakarara nehama dzangu ndokudzokera kumba zuva raitevera ndichizvitutumadza. Ndaiva nechokwadi chokuti ndaizogamuchirwa nokushevedzera kwomufaro, asi panzvimbo pezvo amai vangu vakati: “Waita zvakanaka, Ricky. Zvakanaka, zvainakidza here? Zvino mhanya kumufundisi, anoda kuti umubatsire kutema huni.”
Kune vamwe, kurerwa kwakadaro kungaratidzika kuva kwakaoma. Asi mumhuri yedu munhu wose aidanana zvikuru uye munhu wose aiva nehanya nevamwe. Taiva mhuri yakabatana. Vabereki vedu vaida kuti tikure takasimba uye tidzidze kuzvivimba.
Baba vaigara vakagadzirira kutitsigira, asi amai ndivo vaitikurudzira kuti tipe zvakanakisisa zvedu mune chero bhizimisi. Kubva kwaari ndakadzidza kuita bhizinesi uye kuwana mari. Akati: "Kubwinya kunoenda kune anokunda" uye "Dzinga kurota!".
Amai vaiziva kuti kurasikirwa kupi zvako hakuna kunaka - asi ndizvo zvakaita hupenyu. Hazvina kuchenjera kudzidzisa vana kuti vanogona kuhwina nguva dzose. Hupenyu chaihwo inonetsa.
Pandakaberekwa, baba vakanga vachangotanga kudzidza mutemo, uye pakanga pasina mari yakakwana. Amai havana kuchema. Aiva nezvinangwa zviviri.
Chekutanga kutsvaga mabasa anobatsira ini nehanzvadzi dzangu. Kushaya basa mumhuri yedu kwairatidza kusafarira. Chechipiri ndechekutsvaga nzira dzekuita mari.
Pakudya kwemhuri, taiwanzotaura nezvebhizimisi. Ndinoziva kuti vabereki vakawanda havatsauriri vana vavo kubasa ravo uye havakurukuri zvinetso zvavo navo.
Asi ndinopwiswa kuti vana vavo havasati vachizotongonzwisisa icho mari inokosha chaizvoizvo, uye kazhinji kazhinji, kupinda munyika chaiyoiyo, ivo havamiri mukurwa.
Taiziva kuti nyika chii chaizvo. Ini nasisi vangu Lindy taibatsirana naamai kuita mabasa avo. Yakanga yakanaka uye yakagadzira pfungwa yenharaunda mumhuri nebasa.
Ndakaedza kurera Holly naSam (vanakomana vaRichard Branson) nenzira imwe cheteyo, kunyange zvazvo ndaiva nemhanza yokuti ndakanga ndine mari yakawanda kupfuura vabereki vangu vaiva nayo munguva yavo. Ndichiri kufunga kuti mitemo yaAmai yakanaka chaizvo uye ndinofunga kuti Holly naSam vanoziva kukosha kwemari.
Amai vakagadzira mabhokisi ematishu madiki nemagaba emarara. Mushopu wake waiva mushedhi yebindu, uye basa redu rakanga riri rokumubetsera. Takapenda zvinhu zvake, ndokuzozvipeta. Ipapo kurongeka kwakauya kubva kuHarrods (imwe yezvitoro zvine mukurumbira uye zvinodhura muLondon), uye kutengesa kwakakwira.
Mukati mezororo, amai vangu vairenda makamuri kuvadzidzi vaibva kuFrance neGermany. Kushanda zvichibva pamwoyo uye kufara zvichibva pamwoyo hunhu hwemhuri hwemhuri yedu.
Hanzvadzi yaamai vangu, Tete Claire, vaifarira chaizvo hwai nhema dzechiWelsh. Akauya nezano rekutanga kambani yekombi yetii nemadhizaini emakwai matema paari, uye vakadzi vemumusha mavo vakatanga kurukwa majuzi ane mufananidzo wavo. Zvinhu mukambani zvakafamba zvakanaka kwazvo, zvinounza purofiti yakanaka kusvika nhasi.
Makore akati gare gare, apo ndakanga ndava kutoita Virgin Records, Tete Claire vakandidana ndokutaura kuti rimwe ramakwai avo rakanga radzidza kuimba. Handina kuseka. Zvaiva zvakafanira kuteerera pfungwa dzamainini. Pasina kana nhamo, ndakatevera gwai iri kwese kwese netape rekodha, Waa Waa BIack Sheep (Waa Waa BIack Sheep - "Beee, bee, hwai nhema" - rwiyo rwekuverenga rwevana rwakazivikanwa kubva 1744, Mhandara akaruburitsa mukuita kwe “makwai anoimba” mamwe chete pa“makumi mana namashanu” muna 1982) yakanga iri budiriro huru, ichisvika panzvimbo yechina mumachati.
Ndabva kubhizinesi diki mushedhi yebindu kuenda kuVirgin global network. Chiyero chengozi chakawedzera zvakanyanya, asi kubva paudiki ndakadzidza kushinga muzviito zvangu uye zvisarudzo.
Kunyangwe ini ndinogara ndichinyatsoteerera kune wese munhu, asi ndichiri kuvimba nesimba rangu ndoita sarudzo dzangu, ndinotenda mandiri uye muzvinangwa zvangu.