SOLLY'S WOES
No one is above the law, regardless of status
Wholly visually impaired husband can still see
When they said love is blind, they might as well have had Dorcas Pule, an Accounts teacher at Ramotswa’s Kelemogile Junior School, in mind. When her husband began to slowly lose his ability to see, the lady from Sojwe pulled herself together for the sake of her family.
It was time for her to double up her responsibilities, including taking over those previously assumed by her husband.
Dorcas does not have the luxury that other women have of leaving certain things to their husbands to do.
She is always attending to her needs and those of hubby, Kabelo Pule of Khuis. And she is handling it all so perfectly. This was evident this past Sunday when the world celebrated Valentine’s Day.
The Pules stepped out looking gorgeous as they joined other couples that had been invited by Botswana Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted (BABPS) to an event to celebrate romance and love in Gaborone. The annual event celebrates the blind and encourages them to continue showering their partners with love.
Most importantly, it is a platform for married couples to share testimonies and pieces of advice on how to keep the flames of love burning
This is because it is not always easy for the blind to find their happily-ever-after, hence they need all the support they can get. Well, the Pules are a tight knot. Throughout their senior school days in Matsha College in Kang village, Dorcas gave Kabelo sleepless nights. She was the apple of his eye but he could not muster the courage to approach her. So he just crushed on her secretly from a distance.
After completing their studies in Matsha, they went their separate ways - Docas went to South Africa while Kabelo continued his studies at the University of Botswana. Thanks to a WhatsApp group that was created by their former classmates to reunite the class, the duo would years later find each other again.
“In the group, the boys joked about who they crushed on during our schooling days and he mentioned my name, together with that of our former Setswana teacher,” said Dorcas as she teased her husband.
And as they say, the rest was then history - they started dating in 2015 and have been inseparable ever since. They got married in 2019.
It is this pure love and the visible fire burning in their eyes that has kept Dorcas strong throughout. Her love for Kabelo was so strong that she was not shaken even when doctors informed her that her husband will soon go completely blind.
The support from her husband was equally amazing. “It is all about accepting your situation, I never think about my wife leaving me, I believe in our love. “I feel normal because I have made peace with my condition but I do admit that it was not easy at first because I was used to doing things for myself like reading and driving but I no longer can,” he said. Kabelo is himself an Accounts lecturer at Gaborone Technical College (GTC) and also has a part time job with the University of Botswana. He has been in the field for over 13 years, thereby enabling him to teach from the head. He knows what to say to students because the content is well programmed in his brain. He is able to write on the board through the help of the students. Dorcas loves Kabelo all the more because he is not a burden at all.
“Can you believe it, I think he sees through his heart instead and he can even use public transport from Ramotswa where we are staying, to Game City. “Even when I drive, he is the one who guides me through the city’s complicated roads,” Dorcas said.