雙語閱讀：來自媽媽的愛 From mom, with love
recently, we challenged readers to write letters to their children, telling them about their hopes, dreams, fears and joys. here are five touching letters that inspire hope and reflection for us on mother’s day. these women — who share their love, pain and pride — remind us what a wonderful gift it is to be a mother.
a mother’s wish
i wish that i had spent more time playing with you and your toys than trying to clean them up.
i wish that when you hugged me i was not the first one to let go.
i wish i had gotten up early with you when you were younger.
i wish that i had spent more time listening and not judging.
i wish i had stopped trying to fight all your battles and just asked you what you wanted me to do.
i wish i had watched the movie when you asked instead of saying it is too late.
i wish i had told you more about myself.
i wish you had told me more about yourself.
i wish i knew what your friends knew, when you were alive.
i wish i had listened.
i wish i had talked less and
listened more.
i wish i had respected your
privacy.
i wish you could have known when you were alive how many people loved you.
i wish i realized how much you meant to others so that we could have shared that together.
i wish that when you wanted to do something i had just done it.
i wish i could have told your children stories about you.
i wish you could have shared stories with your children.
i wish that you could have grown old with your brother matt and talked about your parents
together.
i wish i could just hold you one more time.
i wish i had stopped when you asked and just let you be.
i wish you could have found some peace.
i wish that you can visit all the places that you planned.
i wish i could feel your little hand in mine once more.
i wish i could have enjoyed your photography with you and had it on my walls when you were alive.
i wish we could have spent more time in nature, as we both loved it.
i wish that you are happy, peaceful and causing some type of mischief somewhere.
i love you.
most parents have nine months to prepare for
a baby. plenty of time to buy a crib, compare infant car seats, find a
cute outfit or two.
deirdre and james pye had five days.
they had been married seven years, learned they could not have biological children, and put their names on a wait list for adoption in 1979.
then they waited. and waited. would it ever happen? the standing joke was that they should have signed up to adopt the day they were born.
the phone call that would change their lives finally came may 31, 1984. on june 5, they met baby kathleen.
having prepared mentally for the possibility for years, suddenly there was much to do logistically to prepare for their only daughter.
james pye was even the first man at his company to have a baby shower thrown for him.
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