亲情是彼此间的关爱，呵护与宽容。父母对子女的爱是无私的，子女对父母也同样有着无限温情。他们陪伴在父母身边，带来了欢声与笑语，用自己的方式表达着心中的爱与感激。

本书精选了数十篇英汉双语对照的亲情故事，记录了他们的舐犊情深，心灵交流，真诚的忏悔……让幸福、感动、感恩的情愫汇成一股甘泉滋养你的心灵。亲情之爱，如影随形；亲情之爱，让我们永远在一起。

Doozens of stories about family love have been selected in this book, touching and thought--provoking. Reading ,these essays, all the hearts desiring love and happiness will produce beautiful ripples. Let the touching and grateful feeling enrich our lives. The family love is so deep, so sweet. And the love will surely go ahead with us hand in hand；the love enables us to be together forever. After the busy work or study, reading these moving stories in bilingual language may bring you a lot of fun. Read carefully and taste with all your heart. They are limpid springs moistening souls, the bright sunshine shed on our lives. We sincerely hope the book comforting hearts will bring you an unprecedented touch.

The Heart—Shaped Pillow

心形枕头

Grandfather's Clock

祖父的大钟

Mom's Cookies

妈妈的小甜饼

A Daughter's Thanks to Her Mother

女儿对母亲的感谢

Obama's Letter to His Daughters

奥巴马给女儿的信

What Motherhood Really Means

母性的真谛

Don’t Kiss Me Goodbye

不要再和我吻别了

Morn Who Likes to Wrote Family Letters

爱写家书的母亲

The Heart Song

心灵之歌

Mother and Child

妈妈与孩子

Letters from Heaven

天堂的来信

Bobby's Gift

博比的礼物

Coke and Smile

可乐与微笑

The Wedding Dance

婚礼之舞

Christmas Story

圣诞节的故事

My Father，My Son and Myself

父亲、儿子和我

Reaching for The Sunshine

拥抱阳光

When Allie Left Home

当艾莉长大成人时

Daddy's Little Girl

爸爸的小女儿

My Mother's Gift

妈妈的礼物

All You Remember 

那些人生中你所记得的事

A Beruffled Essay Paper

一张褶皱的作业纸

Feeling Father's Love

感受父爱

The Unconditional Mother's Love

无条件的母爱

Dad's Love Is Voiceless

父爱无声

I Have a Date with My Mother

我与妈妈有个约会

Oh，My Dear Son

哦，我亲爱的儿子

Mother Machree

慈母颂

If I Could Have Picked Again，I Would Still Have Picked You

如果能重新选择，我始终会选你

What Makes a Home

家是什么

The Scar of Love

爱的伤疤

Eather's Love

父亲的爱

Not“Just a Mom” 

不仅仅是位母亲

A Father，a Son and the Answer

父亲、儿子与答案

（一）M-O-T-H-E-R

母亲

（二）Mother

母亲

Prayer for Mother

为母亲祈祷

A Box Full of Kisses

充满亲吻的盒子

L0ve Your Mother than You Love Yourself

爱你的妈妈要甚于爱你自己

My Busy Day

我繁忙的13子

My Father's Gift

爸爸的礼物

Run Through the Rain

冒雨狂奔

Love Is Just a Thread

爱只是一根线

A Child's Angel

孩子的守护天使

A Present with Love

一份爱的礼物

Mother's Hands

母亲的手

LOve in Bloom

爱如鲜花盛开

A Letter to the Adolescent Daughter

给青春期女儿的建议

Home，Sweat Home

家啊！甜蜜的家

Eight Lies of a Mother during Her Life

一个母亲一生撒的八个谎言

女儿对母亲的感谢

我现在才意识到还有好多话要对您讲——就像大家常说的那样——好多问题也还没有来得及问。

您曾经对我说，在这个瞬息万变的时代，我们能留给孩子最好的东西就是爱。

因为爱是永恒的，它永远都不会消失。

Dear Mum,

I haven't written many letters to you before, as we've almost always been able to just pick up the phone and have a chat, so it's hard to know how to start.

Of course, all the usual things apply1- we all miss you and hope you're all right wherever you are.

When you left us, it took a little while for it to sink in2 that I would never see you again. I guessed it was a bit like you being away on a trip or those times when we didn't find the time to even speak on the phone for a week or so.

Now I realize there are too many things left unsaid -- as everyone always says -- and too many questions unasked. Silly things really, like yesterday, when I was doing my washing, I wondered how you felt when you got your first automatic washing machine, I can still remember the old machine you had when I was a child,Though, I guess I know the answers to most of time the important things about you.

Dad finds life difficult without you and his loneliness is almost unbearable to me, as there's so little I can do to help him. I think in time he'll find some interests and make a new kind of life. But at the moment he seems only to look forward to the time whenl he can join you again.

Emily and I are feeling a little better each day, in a way, your going has brought us closer together. We seem to understand each other better at the moment and maybe eventually we'll have the sort of relationship that really close sisters enjoy.

We've both found strengths in each other over the past weeks, and these are a huge comfort. Perhaps we never needed to look for them before, because we had you to be strong for us.

I guess I'm lucky to have my own children to keep me so busy. I don't have much time to dwell on3 my sadness but sometimes I crave the peace to just have a private think about you.

For a couple of weeks after you died, my brain seemed to go crazy, searching through its memory banks for something I could keep in my heart which was special to you and me. One day it came to me -- the tour we made of some special gardens.

Remember the day it poured with rain the whole time but we were determined to make the most of it. I enjoyed just being with you by myself, without the children clamoring for your attention. The gardens were beautiful despite the rain and you bought me a rose I'd admired for my own garden.

For a while after your death, I expected to feel your presence around me as Dad and Emily seemed to do with such ease. When I was out walking, I would look at the sky and wonder whether you could see me, or whether you were with me. At night I wondered whether you'd become a star, as some people believed.

But as time passes, I think I'm closer to find the truth. You're with me every time I comfort one of the children or try to find the fight words to gently chastise4 them. I listen for your words of wisdom and they come from within me because your greatest gift to me was teaching me how to be a good mother to my own children.

And although you're no longer here with us, I know in times of sadness or pain the children feel their mothers' arms around them just as I sense that I feel your arms around me, too. In years to come I hope your gift to me will be passed to my own children's children. And I know it's your voice telling me in these changing times the best thing we can give our children is love, because love is eternal and love doesn't die. So long for now, and thank you from all of us.

Happy Mother's Day, Mum.

Love

Carol

亲爱的妈妈：

以前我很少给您写信，因为我们总能够在电话上聊上一会，如今真要给您写，倒不知如何下笔了。

当然，我可以用那些书信的套话——我们都非常想念您，并希望您永远万事如意。

您离开我们以后，我用了好长一段时间来调整自己的心情，我知道再也见不到您了，那情形就好像您要离开我们去旅行，或者像我们一周多没有通过电话了一样。

我现在才意识到还有好多话要对您讲——就像大家常说的那样——好多问题也还没有来得及问。其实都是一些愚蠢的问题，就像昨天，我在洗衣服的时候就特别想知道您拥有第一台自动洗衣机时的感受。我还小的时候您用的那台旧洗衣机仍旧清晰在目。事实上，有关您的许多事情，我大多都清楚。

没有您在身边，爸爸的日子很难捱，他的孤独与寂寞几乎让我都无法忍受，因为对此我也无能为力。我想，他迟早会重新燃起生命的热情，开启新的生活。但是目前，他似乎只是在期待着与您再团聚的那一天。

时日推移，我和埃米莉的关系慢慢好些了，从某种意义上说，您的离去让我们变得更密切，似乎彼此更了解对方，或许我们姐妹间的关系最终会真正亲密起来的。

在过去的几个星期里，我们俩相互鼓励，相互安慰。以前，或许是有您给了我们精神力量，我们就无须从对方身上寻求。

我想，幸好我有了自己的孩子，我才可以如此忙碌，而不至于有太多时间沉湎于悲伤。但是有时候，我也渴望能有片刻的安宁，让我独自静静地思念您。

在您去世后的几周里，我的脑子里一片混乱，在记忆深处不断地搜寻那些对自己和您都很特殊的事。一天，我突然想到那次我们在一些花园的特殊旅行。

记得那天，倾盆大雨下个不停，但我们还是决定好好玩玩。我喜欢单独与您呆在一起，没有孩子们的吵闹声来分散您的注意力。雨中的花园依然很漂亮，您买了一朵玫瑰送给我，我非常喜欢，真希望把它种在自家的花园里。  您去世后不久，我真希望能像爸爸和埃米莉那样，轻松地感受到您就在我的身边。当我出去散步时，常常会仰望蓝天，不知道您是否能看见我，或者与我同在。晚上，我就想，您会不会像某些人信仰的那样，变成一颗星星。

但是，随着时间的流逝，我认为差不多找到了那种真实的感觉。就在我安慰或者试着找些恰当的话语来责备一个孩子时，我觉得您与我同在，您充满智慧的语言便会从我内心深处传来。因为这是您留给我最珍贵的礼物，教导我如何才能成为自己孩子的好妈妈。

虽然您已不再和我们一起生活了，但我知道悲伤和痛苦时，孩子们仍能感受到母亲怀抱的温暖，就像我能感觉到您拥抱着我一样。在未来的日子里，我希望将您留给我的礼物传给自己的子孙。您曾经对我说，在这个瞬息万变的时代，我们能留给孩子最好的东西就是爱，因为爱是永恒的，它永远都不会消失。就此停笔吧，再见，我们衷心感谢的妈妈。

母亲节快乐，妈妈！

爱您的

卡罗尔

P17-20

亲情是什么？

亲情是一颗明星，

在漆黑的夜里，

它能给迷途的心指引方向。

亲情是什么？

亲情是一根绳子，

用它的身躯，

把心与心紧紧地连了起来。

亲情是什么？

亲情是一罐蜂蜜，

蕴含着浓浓的香味儿，

使人们的心儿如痴如醉。

亲情是什么？亲情是我们来到人世间所接触到的第一情感，是一种最深厚、最牢固的爱：它不会因时间、地点的转移而改变，也不会因意外或变故而中止；亲情是一种微妙的感觉，是内心深处不经意间的牵挂与惦记，是愿为对方付出一切的渴求。生活中经历挫折与坎坷，每当夜深人静之时，疲惫的心总在呼唤能有一个温暖的港湾，一个灵魂的栖息地。而亲情就像是一颗明星，在漆黑的夜里，给迷途的心指引前进的方向，它让生命充满了希望，充满了生生不息的力量。这份希望，这种力量都来自于疼你、爱你的亲人，来自于他们给予你的那份让你感动的亲情。

亲情之爱，带给我们无限温暖和欢乐，是一种无私而永久的付出。父母用伟大、无私的爱为孩子营造了一个温暖的港湾，生命中，父母用慈爱的双手、激励的目光搀扶着孩子渐渐长大，让他们认识了世界，懂得了人生。孩子长大后离家远行，可无论走得多久、多远，亲情这根长长的线也丢不掉、剪不断，那份爱会一路相伴。

亲情是彼此间的关爱，呵护与宽容。父母对子女的爱是无私的，子女对父母也同样有着无限温情。他们陪伴在父母身边，带来了欢声与笑语，用自己的方式表达着心中的爱与感激。

本书精选了数十篇英汉双语对照的亲情故事，记录了他们的舐犊情深，心灵交流，真诚的忏悔……让幸福、感动、感恩的情愫汇成一股甘泉滋养你的心灵。亲情之爱，如影随形；亲情之爱，让我们永远在一起。

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