I’m not happy young Chongy is attempting to park in the yellow zone right outside Condliffe Memorial Lecture Theatre; he needs to not-get-in-trouble on a day as important as graduation. It’s so hard to criticise my boy. He is very fragile, very emotional. Some things in life are more challenging for Chongy than they are for other boys. He gets angry and breaks things.
Still, today’s a day for thanking the Lord above, not a day for worrying. Everything is so perfect in my life. I got off an Air Tonga flight from Nuku’alofa 30 years ago and I’ve made it all the way to my son buying me a resplendent Hilde Palladino handbag. I have a career, a child, a husband, and I’ve never once had to knock on the door of the social welfare.
‘Son, are you sure you’re supposed to park here?’
That’s always
