Birthday

Sello was talking about turning 25 on Monday and in the midst of conversation I asked when Khutso’s birthday was. No one knew. They made him get his birth certificate to find out. Seeing as Khutso is a nephew I though the case might have been he hadn’t lived at the house long, and they simply didn’t remember it. Not the case…he has been here for three years I discovered. Three years and not one person in the family even knew the month of his birth. I find that utterly depressing. In addition, his mother got arrested on New Year’s for drunken fighting. I am trying not to be judgmental here but some things break my heart.