Sat. 9/8/14- It is 5:52 in the morning and just got through
reading a few pages from a LIFE magazine that my father brought me from New
York a couple days ago. The entire magazine is about precious moments of
Mandela’s life caught on a camera. In this case I was able to capture a special
moment with my father yesterday. I was able to share Long Walk to Freedom with
him.
I was sixteen when I first heard about my biological father;
therefore it has been thirty six years since this relationship began. He is now
eighty seven years old and is about to read Long Walk to Freedom. My attention was caught by a quote from the
first page of the magazine that my father brought me. “To be free is not merely
to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhance the
freedom of others”.
I have a feeling that Mandela is speaking to many of us that
is still on the Long Walk to Freedom. My son Imenigi will join us today, and I
could not avoid a phrase used by Obama when he and his family visited Robben
Island. “Obama stresses that the moment will stay with his girls forever. The
moment we will share today, will stay with my boy forever.
Au- Le
Lúbara Huya
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