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Chapter 48

CHAPTER 48

Grateful, I am so always grateful for everything that the Lord has done for me in my life. He can wipe people's pain away and he shows off in doing that. In times of need he comes at the perfect time to be the saviour.  I will always love and praise him and I am thankful that my mother taught me not to give up praising him and having faith in him.
My birthday is here  and I have been given yet another year of life. 
Thulani well he told Hlubi what is going on and he stopped there and there has not been any feed back from him yet. 
It has been a month should I say since the triplets have been born. It has been a tough month learning parent hood and at this point I am grateful that we waited to have a child because I don't think back then I would've been fit enough to take having to take care of the children right now. 
All our family member's are coming down for my birthday.Thulani took the matters of making my birthday special into his hands though it would've still been a great birthday even if we stayed at home and bought some cake and had that with the 5 of us here. 
So today it is my birthday and my close family members are coming and so as my in laws. All of them I would say. My mother and father in law came here early because of the triplets. 
The house is a buzz now and there are people busy setting up outside the house. I see letter lights and they spell out my name.  There is even a bar area. Thulani is going above and beyond for this birthday. I am just only turning 35 nothing extreme. 
I was just done pumping some milk for the triplets and they are with their grandparents right now.  I am just standing by the window watching these strange people setting up the decor and stations that are around my backyard and stretching out through there. 
I feel hands wrap around my waist and he lays a kiss on my neck. 
“Are you okay?”,He asks.
“Yes, it looks like a festival more than a birthday party”,I say and he chuckles.
“What do they say on TV when they do big things?”,He says. 
“I am not too sure”
“They say go big or go home baby”,He kisses my neck again. 
You should be getting ready.The hair and make up is here”,He says and I turn around to him.
“And what about this beard and head. What will we do with it?”,I ask.
“Nothing baby”,He says and I giggle before we share a kiss. 
“I love you so much Mkami. You have been nothing but the best thing in my life Nomvelo. I am glad you kissed me that day and left your job just to come to me”,I giggle as he chuckles. 
“I am glad I took that risk, You didn't seem like you were going to do it”,,He laughs. 
“I love you with my whole heart”
“I love you so much Ntaka and thank you for being an amazing husband for all these years”
I wrap my arms around him and lay my head on his chest and he holds me in his arms.  
We stay in comfortable silence for a moment appreciating each other's presence right now.  We hear a knock on the door and we knew then our little bubble has been bursted. 
We move from each other and he goes to open the door and Nomvula appears. 
“Happy birthday!!”,She screams and runs to me and hugs me. 
“Happy birthday to you too”,I say. 
“Did you see the outside. It looks so amazing”,she says.
“Its for us”,I say and she hugs me. 
I love that our relationship has improved so much over the years and we are now close like before. 
We break the hug and she turns to Thulani.
“Sbari, I hope you are well”
“I am good, I will leave you guys for now”,He says and leaves the room
“You look so good. I like the way you are thick, the baby fat went to right places"
”I have been wanting to loose weight but Thulani says I am perfect the way I am"
“That man loves you”,She says.
We sit together for a little while.  Sometimes I can't believe that there is a living person with the same face as I have. Atleast one of the triplets has their own unique face I believed but now that they are growing I can't tell who is who so I just got them little bracelets with their names to tell the difference for now because they confuse us so much now. 
Thulani comes to fetch us and we go to the living room and it is very busy. There are some ladies there and they greet us. We are told to sit down and we are getting ready. 
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I look so beautiful that I am in awe of myself as well with my hair and face done. I did a dress for myself and Nomvula the way she wanted it as well and we look so beautiful. My mother comes into the room that we were in and she looks at us. 
“The fruit of my womb look so beautiful!”,I laugh.
She hugs us. 
“I am so happy to see you both. Where is Langelihle?”,My mother asks.
“He is outside probably.”
“Okay, come the party has started”,She pulls us out and we walk out of the bedrooms going to join everyone else. 
We got outside and it looks beautiful. There is even a play area for children music was playing and everyone seems to be having a great time. When we walk in they start singing for us and we giggle.  This is nice, very nice and I feel like God is showing off with me at this point. 
I see Rethabile and she comes towards me and I hug her.
“I didn't know you were coming”,I say.
“I came with Koko, she is inside with Gog'Mzimela with the babies”,She says.
I smile.
“You look so grown”,She giggles.
“You last saw me yesterday Mvelo”,She says.
“On the phone though not face to face.”,She laughs.
She turns to Nomvula and she greets her. 
“You both look the same”,We laugh.
My mother always told us we are not the same and we have always said we look alike but we are not much alike at this point. 
We go around and I greet everyone I see. The kids are all over me when they see me and I am here hugging their sweating selves from all the playing. I move from them and there are waiters moving around serving platters to everyone. 
This looks like a high class party to be honest.  I end up searching for Thulani too and I find him inside the house.  I rush up to him.
“You look good”,I say to him.
He has his hair cut and beard trimmed.
“You like it?”,I nod my head and he gives me a perk.
“Hayi kumele engabe anikho lah nijaiva nentanga zenu(You are not supposed to be here but dancing with your mates)”,My mother in law says as she appears holding one of the twins.
“Sawubona mah”,I say shying away.
“Mvelo, don't let this one take you away from fun”,She says and walks off.
Oh my God.