\u201cKom jy na my toe?\u201d<\/p>\n
S\u00f3 groet die honderdjarige Sophia Booysen my terwyl sy my aan die hand na die sitkamer toe lei. Sy sit sommer op \u2019n koffietafeltjie, maar staan amper onmiddellik op om self vir haar \u2019n stoel te gaan haal. <\/p>\n
Sy het haar verjaarsdag net die dag vantevore gevier.<\/p>\n
\u201cDit was baie lekker. Ek is dankbaar dat die Here my uitgespaar het. Ons was daar by Kleinplasie,\u201d vertel sy in \u2019n baie sagte stemmetjie.<\/p>\n
Sy meen om so \u2019n groot ouderdom te behaal, sit nie in enigeen se broek nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cDis nie altyd lekker nie. \u2019n Mens voel nie soos jy altyd gevoel het nie. My liggaam voel nie lekker nie,\u201d vertel sy terwyl sy oor die heup vryf wat sy meer as tien jaar gelede beseer het toe sy geval het.<\/p>\n
Sy is op 12 Junie 1924 in Worcester gebore, maar het baie lank ook in De Doorns en Touwsrivier gewoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cSy het lank in De Doorns gebly en later het sy en haar man in Touwsrivier gaan bly tot en met sy sterfte in 2012,\u201d vertel Deswell Adonis, by wie sy tans woon. \u201cDis toe ek vir haar gaan haal het. Haar bure het haar vir \u2019n paar dae nie gesien nie, toe laat hulle toe die polisie ondersoek instel. Hulle het haar toe op die grond gekry l\u00ea. Sy het van die bed afgeval en haar heup beseer.\u201d <\/p>\n
Adonis is een van Sophia se \u201coorle susters\u201d se kleinseun en hy meen al is sy tannie al \u2019n honderd, loop die kleingoed steeds onder haar deur. <\/p>\n
\u201cMoenie dink om sommer net so aan haar goed te vat nie. Dan gaan jy dit hoor,\u201d vertel hy, terwyl Sophia stilletjies sit en giggel.<\/p>\n
Sy het een seun gehad, maar hy is ook al baie lank gelede oorlede. Sy het ook nooit weer daarin belanggestel om weer te trou nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cNee, ek is klaar met manne. Ek loop alleen. Solank as wat ek nog gesond is, loop ek oral waar ek wil wees.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sy geniet nog haar lewe voluit en gaan nie sommer gou daarmee ophou nie. <\/p>\n
\u201cSy juig nog elke Sondag in die kerk. Sy staan al 06:00 op om kerk toe te gaan. Die mense by die kerk s\u00ea \u2019n Sondagdiens is nie \u2019n Sondagdiens sonder haar teenwoordigheid nie. <\/p>\n
\u201cSy was glad nou die dag by die Nekkies-fees ook. Sy stap gereeld na haar susterskinders hier in Worcester; soms stap sy sommer dorp toe ook. Sy laat nie op haar wag nie,\u201d vertel Adonis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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