友好的回報 a kdne returned (第3/6頁)
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s.AnnandIhadlongsincewelosttouch.Shehadneverknownourson,neverbeenawareofhisillness.Shemusthavereadthenoticeofhisdeathinanewsaer.Iassedthecardontomymothersittingbesideme.She,too,remembered.
“Akindnessreturned,”Mothersaid.
Afewdayslater,myhusbandandI,withseveralmembersofourfamily,wenttothecemeterytoclearJohnsgrave.Thebooteeofrosessatatitsfoot,toweredoverbytallwreathsandsrays.
“Howstrangethatanyonewouldsendsomethinglikethattoafuneral,”someonesaid.“Itseemsmorearoriateforabirth.”
“Therewasabirth,”saidmyhusbandquietly.“JohnwasbornintoEternalLife.”Ilookedathimwithsurrise,knowingthosewordsweredifficultforamanwhohadneversokenoenlyaboutsuchmatters.
Heemtiedouttheflowersandhandedmetheceramicbootee.Ihelditand,justasAnnhaddone,Itraceditwithmyfingers,thinkingofallthemessagesitcontained:theembersoffriendshithatglowthroughtheyears,gratituderememberedand,beneathitall,theromiseofResurrection,whichcomfortsusnow.
1956年兒子出生時,我與一位年輕女子共住一間病房,那天,她也生了一個兒子。也許是因為我的父母開花店吧