Wokondedwa Tommy,
Popeza ndinu mdzukulu wanga wamkulu, ndikufuna ndikulembereni kalatayi monga momwe mungathandizire achichepere kuimvetsetsa m’zaka zamtsogolo.
Ngakhale ndikuyembekeza kupita nanu kukapha nsomba chaka chino, ndikufuna kulemba zinthu zingapo zomwe ndikufuna kuti mudziwe. Malingaliro omwe nthawi zambiri sitiwafotokozera pokambirana wamba. Mukudziwa, ndikutsimikiza, kuti agogo anu sangasiyane ndi zinthu zakuthupi chifukwa ndilibe zinthu zambiri zomwe ndingathe kudzinenera kukhala nazo. Koma, pali zinthu zomwe ndimachita "zake" zomwe zingasiyidwe kwa inu ndi kumvetsetsa pakati pathu. Ngakhale popanda zimenezo, sikukadatheka kuti ndikusiyireni cholowa ichi.
M'lingaliro lina mungatchule kalatayi kuti ndi chida chokhazikitsa trust. Kuti mulandire zopindulitsa zake zonse, padzakhala kofunikira kuti muthandizidwe ndi zikhalidwe zake. Chifukwa cha mikhalidweyo ndikuti ngati ine ndi m'badwo wanga tidamangidwa ndi zofooka zomwezi pakadakhala mosakayikira zambiri kukusiyani komanso zambiri zoti ndizigwiritsa ntchito m'moyo wanga.
Choyamba, ndikusiyirani ma kilomita a mitsinje ndi mitsinje. Chiwerengero cha anthu mwachibadwa komanso chomachulukirachulukiracho chinapanga nyanja kuti azipha nsomba, mabwato, kusambira, ndi kusangalala nazo. Ichi ndi chikhalidwe choyamba cha cholowa. Madziwo azikhala oyera. Koma mavuto aakulu ayenera kuthetsedwa. Zinyalala zochokera m'mafakitale ziyenera kukhala zopanda vuto kwa nsomba ndi nyama zakuthengo. Komanso kuteteza udzu ndi tizirombo komanso kuchotseratu ulimi ndi mizinda. Zonsezi zidzakhala mbali yosunga madzi aukhondo. Kutolera zinyalala zanu, komanso zosiyidwa ndi ena. Izi zithandizanso. Mbadwo wanga wayamba kupeza mayankho amavutowa. Muyenera kupeza zambiri. Muyeneranso kukumana ndi mavuto omwe sitikuwadziwa. Mudzalandira madzi mulimonsemo, koma mtengo wake uli ndi inu. Muyezo wa chipambano chanu udzatsimikizira mtundu wa gwero lamtengo wapatali limeneli limene lidzakhala loti mugwiritse ntchito ndi kuti inu mupereke kwa ana anu.
Kenako ndikusiyirani nkhalango ndi minda zomwe sizinangondidyetsa ndi kundiveka ine komanso anthu ena ambiri kwa nthawi yayitali, koma zandipatsa chisangalalo chomwe chimayika munthu pafupi ndi Mulungu ndi chilengedwe.
Mwandiwonetsa kale zinthu zoyenera zomwe amayi ndi abambo anu abwino akuphunzitsani kuti munditsimikizire kuti mutsatira zomwe zaperekedwa ndi pempholi. Mitengo ndi minda imeneyi muziigwiritsa ntchito kuti mulandire kwa izo zabwino zomwe ndili nazo. Zidzapangitsa moyo kukhala wabwino ndikuyandikitsa kwa Mulungu ndi chilengedwe. Pochita izi mudzapeza njira zabwino zosiyira zinthu zachilengedwe kuposa momwe ndakusiyirani inu. Izi sizikhala zophweka kuposa kusunga madzi aukhondo.
Zinthu zabwino sizibwera mophweka. Mudzapeza kuti thandizo lidzabwera mu ntchitoyi kuchokera ku chilengedwe chokha. Malo athu ndi madzi ndi olimba, ndipo ngati atapatsidwa mwayi theka achiritsa mabala ake chifukwa cha kuzunzidwa kwathu. Ingokumbukirani kuchichita mwachikondi ndipo chidzakubweretserani madalitso ambiri chifukwa ndi chinthu chamoyo. Makolo athu, ndipo ngakhale ena a m’badwo wanga anawononga mbali ya mphatso yamtengo wapatali imeneyi chifukwa chakuti inali mphatso. Inu ndi mbadwo wanu musalakwitse chimodzimodzi. Pamene tidalephera, muyenera kuchita bwino popeza mayankho awa ndikuwagwiritsa ntchito mudzakulitsa ndi kukulitsa mzimu wanu, kulimbitsa umunthu wanu, ndi kukulitsa chiyamikiro chanu ndi chikondi pazomwe mukuchita kuti mupatsire ana anu.
Tom, sindikufuna kuti uganize kuti ndine wowolowa manja kwambiri pakukusiyirani chuma chonsechi. M'malo mwake, ndikuganiza kuti ndikudzikonda pang'ono chifukwa ndikufuna kuzigwiritsa ntchito ndi inu ndili pano. Zidzangotanthauza kuti atenga tanthauzo lakuya kwa ine podziwa kuti ndikuwasiya m'manja abwino.
Mwawona, ndakhala zaka makumi awiri zapitazi ndikuthandiza kumenya nkhondo zachitetezo kuti ndikhale ndi zinthu zabwino izi zosangalalira ndikukupatsirani inu ndi anu. Chotero zikhale chomwecho ndi inu. Ngati muli theka la munthu yemwe ndikuganiza kuti mudzakhala, anthu athu zaka chikwi kuchokera pano angapeze mtendere pa nyanja yokongola, mtsinje, kapena mtsinje, kapena kukhala paokha a nkhalango yathanzi yomwe mwathandizira kusunga.
Ndi chikondi changa,
Agogo a Travis
Fenton, Missouri, 2/21/1969
Zindikirani:
Ndinapeza kalatayi ndili ndi zaka 60 komanso agogo anga. Zinalembedwa ndili ndi zaka 8 asanapume pantchito ndikusamukira ku Spurgeon, Indiana komwe tidasodza maenje osawerengeka ovula pamodzi asanamwalire. Iye ndi galimoto yake yosodza ya 3hp Evinrude anali kudzoza kwa tsambali.
William, (Tom) Travis
Mooresville, Indiana, 2/15/2022
Chithunzi pansipa: Agogo Anga a Irvin Travis (Kumanzere) ndi Atate anga a Pete Travis titatha ulendo wamadzulo wosodza ntchentche pa dzenje lapafupi ndi Spurgeon, Indiana nthawi ina m'ma 1980.
