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| 平常事常常会改变我们对人生的看法，改变我们做出决定的方式，给我们的心灵留下永久的记忆…… It’s often the simple things in life that make the most significant impact on us. Simple things that change our view of life, change the way we make decisions, leave lasting memories in our minds. It was late one afternoon in mid-September. My then three-month-old son was napping in his crib1) and I was spending the afternoon getting settled into our new home in Wisconsin. It was a rainy day. Not cold, but a steady drizzle2) had been falling all morning and into the afternoon. As I wandered through our living room, picking up toys and blankets, I happened to glance out my second story balcony3) window. Puddles4) had formed on the ground and the rain had slowed. Down below, where the grass met the pavement and a large puddle had formed, stood a boy of about four. He wore a T-shirt and a pair of shorts and up to his knees he sported5) a pair of red, rubber boots. Filled with a mixture of fascination and glee, he stomped6) through the puddle, mud and water flying. Over and over he walked, stomped, splashed through that puddle, happily enjoying what Mother Nature had left for him. Not more than four feet away stood his mother, watching as her son explored his world. She watched as water droplets7), airborne8) because of his stomping, landed on the boy’s head, clothes and body. Mud flecks9) flew all around him and still she stood and watched with a pleasant smile on her face. It was a simple scene that I watched from my hidden vantage10) point. To an unnoticing passerby it was just two people going about their day. But from my new found sensitivity to the joys and experiences of motherhood, it was a touching moment that altered the way I will forever view my role as a mother. There stood a mother allowing her child to explore and enjoy one of the simple things of life. She showed no concern for a little mud or for the laundry11) she would later have to do because of the experience. She did not worry that she might have something to get done that day—dinner to cook, the dishes to do, or a phone call to make. She simply let her son relish12) the effects of one day’s rain and enjoy his afternoon outdoors. And so my outlook on motherhood was altered that day because of one simple moment, a glimpse from my balcony window, a pause in my daily cleaning. I was struck at how the mother allowed her son to enjoy the puddles and promised myself that day that I would be the kind of mother who lets my child stomp through life’s puddles. I will allow him to stop and exam the sticks, rocks and bugs, to splash in the bathtub to his heart’s content13), to crawl through the dirt, maybe even to blow bubbles in his milk. A simple moment in my life made me stop and realize just how important the simple things really are. As the little boy in the rubber boots grows up, he probably will not remember each afternoon that his mother took him outside and let him stomp in the puddles or each bug that she let him stop to touch. He may not remember each little thing that his mother does for him everyday — each time she lets him explore his world. But he will remember that his mother loved him and he will know that she helped him to learn and grow in a pleasant and fun environment. |
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