“昨天，这个女孩已是歇斯底里。她的父母正在打离婚战。她对我说她不想活了，然后双手紧捂着脸大声地喊‘没有人是爱我的。”
“我还以为你是想跟我谈乔纳森的事呢，”我说道。
“是啊，请听下去。”她拂了下我的袖子接着说，“今天乔纳森径直走向了那女孩儿，递给了她一束粉嫩可爱的花并轻声耳语道‘我爱你’。”
My day began on a decidedly sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea bush. By the time I got outside, he'd broken it. "Can I take this to school today?" he asked. With a wave of my hand, I sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldn't see the tears gathering in my eyes. I loved that azalea bush. I touched the broken limb as if to say silently, "I'm sorry."
I wished I could have said that to my husband earlier, but I'd been angry. The washing machine had leaked on my brand-new linoleum. If he'd just taken the time to fix it the night before when I asked him instead of playing checkers with Jonathan. What are his priorities anyway? I wondered. I was still mopping up the mess when Jonathan walked into the kitchen. "What's for breakfast, Mom?" I opened the empty refrigerator. "Not cereal," I said, watching the sides of his mouth drop. "How
It was days like this that made me want to quit. I just wanted to drive up to the mountains, hide in a cave, and never come out.
Somehow I managed to lug the wet clothes to the laundromat. I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes and thinking how love had disappeared from my life. Staring at the graffiti on the walls, I felt as wrung-out as the clothes left in the washers.
As I finished hanging up the last of my husband's shirts, I looked at the clock. 2:30. I was late. Jonathan's class let out at 2:15. I dumped the clothes in the back seat and hurriedly drove to the school.
I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teacher's door and peered through the glass. With one finger, she motioned for me to wait. She said something to Jonathan and handed him and two other children crayons and a sheet of paper.
What now? I thought, as she rustled through the door and took me aside. "I want to talk to you
I prepared myself for the worst. Nothing would have surprised me. "Did you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?" she asked. I nodded, thinking
"Well, yesterday she was almost hysterical. Her mother and father are going through a nasty divorce. She told me she didn't want to live, she wished she could die. I watched that little girl bury her face in her hands and say loud enough for the class to hear, 'Nobody loves me.' I did all I could to console her, but it only seemed to make matters worse." "I thought you wanted to talk to me
"I do," she said, touching the sleeve of my blouse. "Today your son walked straight over to that child. I watched him hand her some pretty pink flowers and whisper, 'I love you.'"
I felt my heart swell with pride for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher. "Thank you," I said, reaching for Jonathan's hand, "you've made my day."
Later that evening, I began pulling weeds from around my lopsided azalea bush. As my mind wandered back to the love Jonathan showed the little girl, a biblical verse came to me: "...these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." While my son had put love into practice, I had only felt anger.
I heard the familiar squeak of my husband's brakes as he pulled into the drive. I snapped a small limb bristling with hot pink azaleas off the bush. I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family beginning to bloom once again in me. My husband's eyes widened in surprise as I handed him the flowers. "I love you," I said.
相关单词：gathering
gathering解释：n.集会，聚会，聚集
gathering例句：
He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
相关单词：linoleum
linoleum解释：n.油布，油毯
linoleum例句：
They mislaid the linoleum.他们把油毡放错了地方。
Who will lay the linoleum?谁将铺设地板油毡？
相关单词：smeared
smeared解释：弄脏； 玷污； 涂抹； 擦上
smeared例句：
The children had smeared mud on the walls. 那几个孩子往墙上抹了泥巴。
A few words were smeared. 有写字被涂模糊了。
相关单词：lug
lug解释：n.柄，突出部，螺帽；(英）耳朵；（俚）笨蛋；vt.拖，拉，用力拖动
lug例句：
Nobody wants to lug around huge suitcases full of clothes.谁都不想拖着个装满衣服的大箱子到处走。
Do I have to lug those suitcases all the way to the station?难道非要我把那些手提箱一直拉到车站去吗？
相关单词：rustled
rustled解释：v.发出沙沙的声音( rustle的过去式和过去分词 )
rustled例句：
He rustled his papers. 他把试卷弄得沙沙地响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
Leaves rustled gently in the breeze. 树叶迎着微风沙沙作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：wavy
wavy解释：adj.有波浪的，多浪的，波浪状的，波动的，不稳定的
wavy例句：
She drew a wavy line under the word.她在这个词的下面画了一条波纹线。
His wavy hair was too long and flopped just beneath his brow.他的波浪式头发太长了，正好垂在他的眉毛下。
相关单词：flopped
flopped解释：v.（指书、戏剧等）彻底失败( flop的过去式和过去分词 )；（因疲惫而）猛然坐下；（笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地）移动或落下；砸锅
flopped例句：
Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair. 他筋疲力尽，一屁股坐到椅子上。
It was a surprise to us when his play flopped. 他那出戏一败涂地，出乎我们的预料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：hysterical
hysterical解释：adj.情绪异常激动的，歇斯底里般的
hysterical例句：
He is hysterical at the sight of the photo.他一看到那张照片就异常激动。
His hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.他那歇斯底里的笑声使所有的人不知所措。
相关单词：touching
touching解释：adj.动人的，使人感伤的
touching例句：
It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
相关单词：swell
swell解释：vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强
swell例句：
The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。
相关单词：squeak
squeak解释：n.吱吱声，逃脱；v.（发出）吱吱叫，侥幸通过；（俚）告密
squeak例句：
I don't want to hear another squeak out of you!我不想再听到你出声！
We won the game,but it was a narrow squeak.我们打赢了这场球赛，不过是侥幸取胜。
相关单词：bristling
bristling解释：a.竖立的
bristling例句：
"Don't you question Miz Wilkes' word,'said Archie, his beard bristling. "威尔克斯太太的话，你就不必怀疑了。 "阿尔奇说。他的胡子也翘了起来。
You were bristling just now. 你刚才在发毛。
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