Mens is gereeld in geselskap waar gepraat word oor gewoontes, maniere of opvattings.<\/p>\n
Dan is daar gewoonlik iemand wat sal s\u00ea: \u201cNee jong, ek het nie so grootgeword nie!\u201d Kinderdae kom dan ter sprake, wat al te dikwels die prentjie duidelik maak oor hoekom mense is soos hulle is \u2013 ondanks, of te danke aan hulle kinderdae. <\/p>\n
Ek was bevoorreg om \u2019n ruk lank saam met my niggies en neefs groot te word op \u2019n plaas in die Olifantsberg-omgewing anderkant Worcester. Vir my was dit \u2019n heerlike avontuurlike tyd waaroor ek baie dankbaar is. <\/p>\n
Ons klompie het onlangs teruggegaan op ons kinderspore in di\u00e9 omgewing. Die prentjies van t\u00f3\u00e9 is nog so duidelik in my geheue. <\/p>\n
Ons het eers Botha toe gegaan waar ons kaalvoet skoolgegaan het by die Laerskool Botha, en waar my tannie Elsa \u2019n onderwyseres by di\u00e9 tweeman skool was. <\/p>\n
Die skooltjie is nou weliswaar deesdae \u2019n muurbalbaan, maar tog nog so bekend. <\/p>\n
\u201cOnthou julle nog \u2026 ,\u201d het tel-kens opgeklink. Hier het ons rounders<\/span> gespeel, krieket op die tennisbaan, en hier waar nou \u2019n wingerd is was \u2019n koolland waar ons gedurig die bal moes gaan soek. <\/p>\n \u201cKyk, die bloekombome staan nog!\u201d My gesig vertrek van die denkbeeldige eina met stads- kaalvoete op die klippies.<\/p>\n Hoewel baie dinge verander het, is die landskap nog net so beeldskoon. Die bloue berge en welige wingerde.<\/p>\n By Goudiniweg-stasie het ons lank getalm. Weer soos van ouds \u2019n pakkie \u2018deurmekaar swiets\u2019 gekoop. Maar nou is dit in \u2019n plastieksakkie en nie \u2019n koerant-horingtjie soos t\u00f3\u00e9 nie. Ons sit op die trappie en deel herinneringe oor Saterdaeoggende se uitstappie stasie toe. <\/p>\n Dis \u2019n groot hartseer om te sien dat die Goudiniweg-poskantoor toe is. Uit posbus 18 het ek menigmaal briewe en kaartjies en selfs pakkies van tannie Lulu af gekry. <\/p>\n Die besoek aan tannie Lenie Naud\u00e9 wat al 93 winters deurleef het in die Boland, was inspirerend. <\/p>\n Sy onthou ons hele spannetjie, het \u2019n heerlike sjokoladekoek gebak en ons het aan haar lippe gehang oor stories van die kontrei.<\/p>\n Ons was ietwat melancholies op die dag wat ons die plaas Moe-dersorg besoek het. Die gawe nuwe eienaars het ons toegelaat om ook daar op ons kinderspore te loop. <\/p>\n Maar waar is die watersloot waarin ons seilbootjies gevaar het, en die dammetjie waar ons in \u2019n halwe drom geroei en ons soms omgeval het? <\/p>\n Die kamer waarin drie van ons geslaap het lyk dan nou so knap! En die stoep! Vir my was dit destyds as tien-jarige dogtertjie \u2019n groot stoep. Ons het selfs someraande ons beddens uitgedra en daar geslaap. Nou lyk dit so gewoon, so klein.<\/p>\n \u201cOnthou julle, hier het dit of dat gestaan, en daar het ons so en so gemaak. En waar die pophuis was, is nou \u2019n braaikamer,\u201d kyk ons almal grootoog na mekaar.<\/p>\n Saans het ons by die gastehuis om die vuur gesit en stukkies van ons lewens uitgepak wat destyds al gevorm is. <\/p>\n Party van ons het net kleurvolle stukkies uitgepak, ander stukkies van ons familielegkaart was effens geskakeerd. Maar saam het ons \u2019n lieflike motief uitgepak ondanks, of te danke aan, ons kinderdae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mens is gereeld in geselskap waar gepraat word oor gewoontes, maniere of opvattings. Dan is daar gewoonlik iemand wat sal s\u00ea: \u201cNee jong, ek het nie so grootgeword nie!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":48120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_inclusive_language_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_is_cornerstone":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_crsspst_to_novanewscoza":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozabloemnewsexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozacityvision":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozadistrictmailhelderberg":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaeikestadnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozahermanustimes":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakomani-karoo":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozamthathaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozanoordkaapbulletin":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapaarlpost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeoplespost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaswartlandgazette":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozatygerburger":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaudexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavistanews":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavrystaatkroon":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweskusnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweslander":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaworcesterstandard":false,"_EventAllDay":"","_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":"","_EventShowMapLink":"","_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":"","_EventVenueID":"","_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":"","_VenueShowMapLink":"","_application":"","_batch_id":"","_company_name":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_company_website":"","_custom_id":"9e783ef5-482b-4e0c-a64a-9e9337596c29","_EventDuration":"","_EventOrigin":"","_EventTimezoneAbbr":"","_featured":"","_filled":"","_job_expires":"","_job_location":"","_media_credit":"","_media_credit_url":"","_menu_item_menu_item_parent":"","_menu_item_object":"","_menu_item_object_id":"","_menu_item_target":"","_menu_item_type":"","_menu_item_url":"","_menu_item_xfn":"","_navis_media_can_distribute":"","_navis_media_credit_org":"","_OrganizerOrigin":"","_provider":"","_pum_built_in":"","_pum_default_theme":"","_pum_form_conversion_count":"","_remote_id":"","_remote_name":"","_remote_position":"","_report_frequency":"","_report_reference_dates":"","_send_attempts":"","_site_id":"","_sitemap_exclude":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_sitemap_priority":"","_source_url":"","_subscription_period":"","_subscription_period_interval":"","_subscription_price":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_template_type":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_tribe_aggregator_allow_multiple_organizers":"","_tribe_aggregator_content_type":"","_tribe_aggregator_file":"","_tribe_aggregator_finalized":"","_tribe_aggregator_hash":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_id":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_interactive":"","_tribe_aggregator_origin":"","_tribe_aggregator_post_status":"","_tribe_aggregator_preview":"","_tribe_aggregator_source_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_type":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_hide_attendees_list":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":"","_tribe_ticket_version":"","_type":"","_VenueOrigin":"","_wp_attachment_context":"","_wp_attachment_image_alt":"","_wp_font_face_file":"","_wp_old_date":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_block-catalog":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_job_listing_type":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_nova_retailer":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_tribe_events_cat":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-duration":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-rating":"","_menu_item_classes":[],"_tribe_modified_fields":[],"_wp_attachment_backup_sizes":[],"_wp_suggested_privacy_policy_content":[],"_yoast_post_redirect_info":[],"_yoast_wpseo_video_meta":[],"activation_date":"","archive_insertion_is_repeating":"","archive_insertion_posts_count":"","article_feature_media":"","article_feature_type":"","article_main_image_caption":"","article_media_icon":"","article_template":"","author_byline":"Veronica Fourie","background_color":"","block_editor":"","byline":"","cmplz_hide_cookiebanner":"","competition_end_date":"","contact_advertise_email":"","contact_advertise_phone":"","contact_editorial_email":"","contact_general_email":"","contact_general_phone":"","contact_office_hours":"","contact_physical_address":"","enabled":"","featured_image_custom_caption":"","featured_video_url":"","fields":"","font_body":"","font_header":"","frequency":"","headline":"","hide_border":"","icon":"","is_wp_suggestion":"","issuu_download_url":"","issuu_embed_url":"","language_version_url":"","large_border":"","name":"","nm_contact_name":"","nm_contact_number":"","nm_date_lost":"","no_overlay_background":"","node-url":"","obituary_born_date":"","obituary_died_date":"","obituary_memoriam_text":"","origin":"","overlay_color":"","overlay_opacity":"","overlay_size":"","placement":"","plural_label":"","post_author":"","post_id":"","post_language":"en","secret-key":"","sponsored_utm_campaign":"","sponsored_utm_content":"","sponsored_utm_medium":"","sponsored_utm_source":"","sponsored_utm_term":"","start_date":"","utm_suppression":"","video_embed_url":"","wp_pattern_sync_status":"","data_version":[],"enclosure":[],"pongrass_image":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_content_restriction_is_exempt":false,"scaip_prevent_shortcode_addition":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"publication":[],"class_list":["post-48118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n