上回答,然後又低下頭,繼續縫被子。
我擔心這個問題會傷她的心。我很尷尬,不知所措。但接下來卻聽見母親這樣說:
“蘇珊,”她若有所思地說,“你看這線。有時我們看得見它,但更多時侯它卻藏在被子中,我們看不見。這些線確實使被子結實耐用。如果將生活比做被子,那麼愛就是絲線。你不可能時刻都看得到它,但是它卻真實地存在著。愛是內在的東西。”
我仔細聽著,但是直到第二年春天才真正明白她所說的話。當時,父親病重,母親在醫院裡照顧他,一個月後,父親出院回到家時,兩個人看起來都面色蒼白,就像他們得過同樣的重病似的。
他們回家後,每到黎明和黃昏,母親總會攙扶著父親在鄉間小路上散步。父親從沒有那樣溫和過。他們看起來是那樣和諧。路旁有許多漂亮的鮮花、綠草和樹木,陽光透過葉子的縫隙溫柔地照射在上面,所有這一切勾勒出世間最美的畫面。
醫生說,兩個月後父親就能病癒。可兩個月後他還是不能獨立行走,我們都很擔心。
“你感覺如何,爸爸?”有一天我問他。
“蘇珊,不要擔心我。”父親慢慢地說,“不瞞你說,我就是喜歡和你媽媽一起散步的感覺。我喜歡這樣的生活。”從他的眼神中,我讀出了他對母親那深深的愛戀。
曾經以為愛情是與鮮花、禮物和香甜的熱吻這些美好的事物分不開的。經歷了這些後,使我明白了:愛情就如同我們生活中被子裡的絲線一樣,是內在的、堅固的和溫暖生活的東西。
Love Is Just a Thread
Anonymous
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents。 Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me。 They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV。 In their opinion; “I love you”is too luxurious1 for them to say。 Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question。 Finally my father has a bad temper。 When he’s very tired from the hard work; it is easy for him to lose his temper。
One day; my mother was sewing a quilt。 I silently sat down beside her and looked at her。
“Mom; I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while。
“What?”she replied; still doing her work。
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice。
My mother stopped