【英语翻译ItwasMother’sDay,thedaywecelebrateeverythingmothersareandeverythingwedo.ButI’lladmitthatSundayin2000wasbittersweetforme.AsasinglemotherItendedtothinkofmyshortcomings----howmanyeveningsIcouldn’t】
英语翻译
ItwasMother’sDay,thedaywecelebrateeverythingmothersareandeverythingwedo.ButI’lladmitthatSundayin2000wasbittersweetforme.AsasinglemotherItendedtothinkofmyshortcomings----howmanyeveningsIcouldn’tspendwithmychildren,andhowmanythingsIcouldn’tsparemywaitress’salarytobuy.
ButwhatgreatkidsIhad!MydaughterMariawasaseniorincollege,andDennywashomevisitingfromhisfreshmanyearatHarvardUniversity.Theywereneverimpoliteenoughtocomplain,buttherewassomuchmorelwishedIhaddoneforthem.Ijusthopedtheyunderstand.
AsIwalkedintothekitchenquietlytostartbreakfast,Iwasgreetedbyavasecontainingadozenredroses!WhenhadDennypossiblyslippeddowntoleavethem?Buteventheirdelicatebeautywasovershadowedbythenotesittingbesidethem,inthequick,manlyhandwritingofaneighteen-year-old.ItmasaboutastorythathappenedbetweenDennyandmelongago.Itread:
Shetookadayofffromherbuoyscheduletotaketheboytoseehisherointhefleshatthestadium.Ittook3.5hoursjusttogetthere,andtheyhadtobethereearlysohecouldseehisherotakebattingpractice.“Ontheirarrival,shetookherhard-earnedmoneytobuyanoverpricedT-shirtonwhichwasprintedhisheromakingadivingcatch.
Afiethegame,ofcoursehehadtogethishero’ssignature,soshestayedwiththelittleboyuntiloneinthemorning…
Ittookmelongenoughtorealizeit,butIfinallyknowwhothetrueherois.Mom,Iloveyou
Andsuddenly,itwasahappyMother’sDay,afterall.