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有人說,人是為死而生的。然而我覺得,人是為愛而生的。成長的路上,曲曲折折總少不了真愛,親人的、朋友的、陌生人的……父母的、手足的、愛人的、子女的……從此刻開始,留心身邊的真愛吧,不要等到失去后,在絕望中再去回憶。 “I love you, Mom. See you tomorrow.” I said these words every day as I kissed my mom goodbye. Most girls I know don‘t tell their mothers they love them when they say goodbye. But I wasn’t like girls I knew. As a baby, I was adopted by two loving people who were willing to take me into their home. They became not only my parents, but also my best friends. As I was growing up, I learned that my birth mother was very young when she had me and wasn‘t able to care for me. I understood and was thankful. After all, I ended up with two people who loved each other very much, and also loved me. Three years later, they adopted another baby, Lori. Until I was nine, I didn‘t understand why my parents didn’t have any children of their own. Then my father explained that they had tried many times, but they were unsuccessful. Part of the reason was that my mom had diabetes. Since I was young, I didn‘t really understand what that meant. As I was growing up, I would see my mom give herself shots and wonder why she was the only one who had to do that. All I saw every day was a strong, beautiful, healthy woman, who spent her life helping people. When I was thirteen, everything changed. It started with a tiny blister on my mom‘s toe. This may seem like no big deal, but she ended up losing her toe. Soon she suffered a stroke, and just as she began to recover from that, her leg had to be amputated. This all took place over three years. The toll this took on my family was unbelievable. My mom was in and out of five hospitals, each doing their best to help her. Sometimes she was home for a few months, but something always seemed to go wrong. When the holidays came, my father, my sister and I spent the day in her hospital room. One Thanksgiving we ate turkey there, and another Christmas we brought all our presents to the hospital so she could see us open them. I tried my hardest to make her feel better, but nothing helped. At home, taking care of my little sister became my iob, along with cleaning the house, doing the laundry and cooking the meals. I thought it was unfair, and took it out on my father. I hated the fact that all my friends went out on Friday nights, while I had to stay home and play “Mommy”。 It was even harder for me to go to school while my mom was lying in the hospital. By now, I was sixteen. Luckily she was there for my birthday party, and I‘ll never forget hugging her as tears fell down both our faces. I’m still thankful for that moment with my mother because it was the happiest I had seen her in four years. But, once again, the happy days became sad. On June 15, I stayed home from school to take care of her. Once again she was admitted to the hospital. At first, no one could figure out what was wrong. She remained in intensive care for a week. She began to do better. Then on July 10 she became very sick, and on the eleventh she almost died. It was getting harder and harder to deal with. Every time she got really sick, she would always come back and do even better. When the doctors finally realized why she was so sick, they put her on dialysis, a treatment for her kidneys. It seemed to work. On August 17, we visited her and she was doing extremely well. When I left, I kissed her and said, “I love you, Mom. See you tomorrow.” At 6:30 the next morning we receeived a call telling us she had passed away during the night. Today, a little over a year since my mom left, I am closer to my father and sister. And along with accepting my family responsibilities, I have gained respect for my mom. I still don‘t understand how she managed to accomplish all she did. As for being adopted, I have no desire to find my real parents. The ones I have had are the only ones I‘ll ever need. They taught me to be strong and follow my heart. Watching my mom smile through all her pain taught me that I can accomplish anything. I know she’s with me through this important time in my life, and she‘ll guide me in the right direction. “Thank you, Mom! I love you and I‘ll see you tomorrow.” “我愛您,媽媽。明天見。”每天在跟媽媽吻別的時候,我都會說這些話。我認識的大多數(shù)女孩在跟媽媽說再見的時候,都不會告訴媽媽自己愛她�?墒�,我不像她們。 還是個嬰兒的時候,我就被一對有愛心的人收養(yǎng)了,他們愿意把我?guī)У剿麄兊募依�。他們不僅成為了我的父母,也成為了我最好的朋友。當我漸漸長大,我知道了我的生母懷我的時候還很年輕,沒有能力撫養(yǎng)我。我能理解這些,并且對這一切充滿了感激。畢竟,我最終遇上了一對互敬互愛的人,而且他們愛我。3年后,這對夫婦又收養(yǎng)了另外一個孩子——洛里。 直到9歲,我才知道為什么我的父母沒要一個他們自己的孩子。那時,爸爸解釋說他們嘗試過很多次,但是都沒有成功。媽媽患有糖尿病是其中的一部分原因。那時我還很年輕,不能真正理解那意味著什么。我漸漸長大,看到媽媽為自己打針,我不明白為什么只有她一個人這樣做。每天我看到的都是一個堅強、美麗、健康,一生都在幫助別人的女人。 我13歲的時候,一切都改變了。 首先是從媽媽腳趾上的一個小水皰開始的�;蛟S,這看上去沒什么大不了的,但是最終的結(jié)果卻是媽媽失去了一個腳趾。不久之后,媽媽又得了中風(fēng),而就在她中風(fēng)剛好時,她又不得不接受一條腿被切除的手術(shù)。 這一切僅僅在3年之內(nèi)全部發(fā)生了。我們家為此付出的代價簡直難以置信。媽媽在5家醫(yī)院進進出出,每家醫(yī)院都竭盡全力幫助她恢復(fù)健康。有時媽媽會在家里住上幾個月,但是這期間總會有一些不妙的事情發(fā)生。假日里,爸爸、妹妹和我就在醫(yī)院的病房里陪她。有一年的感恩節(jié),我們還在醫(yī)院里一起吃火雞;還有一年的圣誕節(jié),我們把所有的禮物都帶到醫(yī)院,讓她看著我們把禮物打開。 我絞盡腦汁想要使她感覺舒服一點,但是一切努力都是徒勞。在家里,照看小妹妹成了我的工作,同時我還要打掃房間、洗衣服、做飯。我覺得這對我不公平,便遷怒于爸爸。我所有的朋友都能在周五晚上出去玩,而我卻不得不待在家里,充當“媽媽”的角色,我討厭這個事實。 媽媽躺在醫(yī)院的病床上,我還要去上學(xué),這對我來說就更困難了。我現(xiàn)在才只有16歲。幸運的是,媽媽出席了我的生日聚會,而且我永遠也不會忘記,當我擁抱她的時候,我們母女淚流滿面的情景。我至今都對與媽媽在一起的那一刻充滿著感激,因為那是4年來,我所見到的媽媽最開心的時刻。 但是快樂的日子再一次變成了悲傷。6月15日,我沒去上學(xué),而是留在家里照顧她。她再一次住進了醫(yī)院。剛一開始,沒有人能想到她出現(xiàn)了什么問題。媽媽在重癥特護病房里一連待了一星期。后來她開始好起來,但是7月10日,她的病情又變得很嚴重,到11日時,她已徘徊在生死線上。 病情越來越難處理。每一次當她瀕臨死亡時,她都能起死回生,甚至顯得更好些。 當醫(yī)生們最終找到了她病情惡化的原因后,他們?yōu)樗隽四I透析。似乎透析很有效果,8月17日,我們?nèi)メt(yī)院看望她時,她的狀況非常好。我離開的時候,吻了她,并對她說:“我愛您,媽媽。明天見。” 第二天早上6點30分,我們接到醫(yī)院的電話,被告知媽媽于昨晚去世了。 今天,媽媽離開我們已經(jīng)一年多了,我與爸爸和妹妹的關(guān)系變得更加親密。在接過了家庭責(zé)任的同時,我還因為媽媽得到了別人的尊敬。我仍然不能明白,媽媽是怎樣完成她所有的事業(yè)的。 身為養(yǎng)女,我并不想找到自己的生身父母。我曾有過的父母才是我唯一需要的父母。他們教育我要堅強,要按照自己的心意做事�?粗鴭寢屝ν纯�,我懂得了,我可以成就任何事。我知道,媽媽正陪我一起走過生命中這段重要時光,她會引領(lǐng)我朝正確的方向前進。 “謝謝您,媽媽!我愛您,明天見。” |
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