Children ‘Spur’ on the love in our nation

Among all the negative posts on social media at the moment, one positive one stands out as being possibly the most heart warming of all, little girl Emma and boy Amani who share a special bond.

The story is set on Human Rights day (21 March) at the Wild Falcon Spur playground in Blackheath, where Emma (two and a half years old) and Amani (two years and 10 months old), united in their love for waffles and balloons.

“He brought her a balloon,

She fed him her waffle,

He held her when she came down the slide …”

Both mothers Jelena Mandit (Emma’s mom) and Zena Kimalo (Amani’s mom) watched on in blissful enjoyment as their two children broke all racial bonds and showed that no-one is born hating anyone else.

Mandit originally posted pictures of  the two new friends on a mommy’s group in the hope of finding the mystery little boy’s mom to arrange a play date.

“They had such a special bond and as she (Emma) was going through pictures on my phone she said, ‘Mamma fwend’,” said Mandit.

From there the post went viral on social media, infecting the nation with love and that warm fuzzy feeling you get in your tummy when something great is about to happen.

This special story comes after South Africa went into a social media spin after a video of an argument between two parents at a Spur in South of Johannesburg was loaded online.

The positive feedback from social media users regarding the bond between the two children was unfathomable with over 4 000 comments.

Here is some of what SA had to say:

Boniwe Philabonny Mbijekana said, “MY eyes are filled tears I’m touched by this love sincere loving.”

Johnny Liebenberg said, ” Its all how you bring child up. To them at that age there is no colour concer !!!”

Ester Hubbard said,

“And thats how its done! Boom!! We can all learn from these 2 cuties xxx.”

 

Gugulethu Precious Mngomezulu said, “Talk abt a gentleman and a lady. Halala to the future.”

Kimalo said, “I saw our children playing together and when I left I was thinking that I should have gotten the mom’s contact details so that the kids could see each other again. So when I saw the post on Facebook I was really happy.”

The two mothers got in touch and are both blown away at how far the post has gone.

“It’s just kids being kids but also a reminder of how things should be. This is a reality on most playgrounds, these kids are our future,” added Mandit.

Emma and Amani will finally have their much anticipated reunion and have their play date this weekend.