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Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work. There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I’ve noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, the afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Everyday I drove past the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty...” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel one year for my trunk to be used for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband’s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I’ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
每年春天,在我每天上班都要经过的高速公路旁的壕沟里,鲜花盛开,姹紫嫣红。
有一种十分特别的蓝花总吸引我的视线。我发现这种花儿只在早晨这个时段开放,午后的阳光对于它来说太热烈了。在大约两个星期里,每天我都看到这种娇艳的花朵。
今年春天,我在自家院子里开辟了花圃,专门栽种野花。这样,我就可以在刷锅洗碗的时候,透过厨房的窗口看到这些花朵。我常想,若是路沟里的那些美丽的蓝花和别的野花一块种在花床中,一定会交相辉映,光彩夺目。
每天我开车经过的时候都会想:“下班回家的时候我就停车把它们移走。”“哎,我不想把漂亮的衣服弄成脏兮兮的……” 不管是什么原因吧,我始终没有停下车来把花儿挖走。因为我给丈夫说过这个想法,有一年他甚至给我的后备箱里配备了一把折叠铲。
有一天在下班回家途中,我注意到高速公路管理部门对路旁边的壕沟进行了剪草。看到那些漂亮的蓝花踪影全失,我不禁感到黯然神伤。我心想:“傻眼了吧,你拖的时间太长了。你本来应该在今年春天第一次看到的时候就把它们移回家的。”
一个星期前,当我们得知我的大姑子患了晚期脑瘤时又是震惊又是难过。她长我丈夫二十岁,不幸的是,由于年龄差距和相隔甚远,两家人并没有像我们大家期望的那样亲近。我不禁把那些漂亮的蓝花和我们同大姑子之间的关系联想到一块。我相信,上帝给我们留过一些时间,让我们去播种可以年年为我们绽放的美好的记忆。
没错,如果我能再看到那些蓝花儿,放心吧,我一定会停下车把它们移栽到我的花圃里。
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Everyday I drove past the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty...” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel one year for my trunk to be used for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband’s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I’ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
每年春天,在我每天上班都要经过的高速公路旁的壕沟里,鲜花盛开,姹紫嫣红。
有一种十分特别的蓝花总吸引我的视线。我发现这种花儿只在早晨这个时段开放,午后的阳光对于它来说太热烈了。在大约两个星期里,每天我都看到这种娇艳的花朵。
今年春天,我在自家院子里开辟了花圃,专门栽种野花。这样,我就可以在刷锅洗碗的时候,透过厨房的窗口看到这些花朵。我常想,若是路沟里的那些美丽的蓝花和别的野花一块种在花床中,一定会交相辉映,光彩夺目。
每天我开车经过的时候都会想:“下班回家的时候我就停车把它们移走。”“哎,我不想把漂亮的衣服弄成脏兮兮的……” 不管是什么原因吧,我始终没有停下车来把花儿挖走。因为我给丈夫说过这个想法,有一年他甚至给我的后备箱里配备了一把折叠铲。
有一天在下班回家途中,我注意到高速公路管理部门对路旁边的壕沟进行了剪草。看到那些漂亮的蓝花踪影全失,我不禁感到黯然神伤。我心想:“傻眼了吧,你拖的时间太长了。你本来应该在今年春天第一次看到的时候就把它们移回家的。”
一个星期前,当我们得知我的大姑子患了晚期脑瘤时又是震惊又是难过。她长我丈夫二十岁,不幸的是,由于年龄差距和相隔甚远,两家人并没有像我们大家期望的那样亲近。我不禁把那些漂亮的蓝花和我们同大姑子之间的关系联想到一块。我相信,上帝给我们留过一些时间,让我们去播种可以年年为我们绽放的美好的记忆。
没错,如果我能再看到那些蓝花儿,放心吧,我一定会停下车把它们移栽到我的花圃里。