第一章 有一种爱叫放手(22)(2/2)
《世界上最温情的故事》作者:吴文智 2017-04-14 12:57
To successfully raise any child these days is hard work, to say the least, and it is often both physically and mentally taxing for a mother and father. The fruit of this labor of love may not be seen for years after the child has left home and becomes a parent. There is no instruction manual or book of “what-ifs” that comes with each child when they are born, nor a timetable of what to do and when. Each day is a new challenge unto its own, where success is often marked in fractions of an inch rather than yards and miles. So how and when do we as parents know when we have had success?
My answer came on Father’s Day. To coin an old saying, “It’s not the gift but the thought that counts.” So it was on this day when I was given two craft boxes as gifts from my grown daughter, one the size of a cigar box and the other the size of a large ring box. “Daddy, ” she said, “please sit with me on the floor like you did years before.” So we sat down upon the floor together and she handed me the first box. “Open it.” Inside was a letter and what appeared to be a child’s collection of odds and ends. “Daddy, ” she said, “read the letter first.”
My answer came on Father’s Day. To coin an old saying, “It’s not the gift but the thought that counts.” So it was on this day when I was given two craft boxes as gifts from my grown daughter, one the size of a cigar box and the other the size of a large ring box. “Daddy, ” she said, “please sit with me on the floor like you did years before.” So we sat down upon the floor together and she handed me the first box. “Open it.” Inside was a letter and what appeared to be a child’s collection of odds and ends. “Daddy, ” she said, “read the letter first.”