紫丁香的回忆--The Remebrance of Lilacs

　　当我们因拥有快乐而幸福时，能否为那些和我们有着同样需求的人们做点什么呢？献出你的爱心吧，这不是虚伪而是真正的善良．

　　The following story is read by me in a newspaper.

   The family had just moved to Rhode Island,and the young woman was feeling a little melancholy on that Sunday in May.After all,it was Mother'sDay--and 800miles separated her from her parents in Ohio.

   She had called her mother that morning to wish her a happy Mother's Day,and her mother had mentioned the colorful yard filled with purple lilacs.

   Later ,when she mentioned to her husband how she missed those lilacs,he popped up from his chair.''I know where we can find you all you want,"he said,"Get the kids and come on."

   So off they went.Before they got halfway up the hill,the fragrance of the lilac drifted down to them,and the kids started running.Soon,the mother began running too,until she reached the top.

  There were the towering lilac bushes,so laden with the huge flower clusters.Carefully,the young woman chose a sprig here,another one there.

   Finally,they returned to their car for the trip home.

   When they were within three miles of home,she suddenly shouted to her husband,"Stop the car.Stop right here."

  The man slammed on the brakes.The woman went out of the car and hurried up a nearby grassy slope with the lilacs still in her arms.At the top of the hill was a nursing home and the patients were outdoors strolling with relatives or sitting on the porch.

   The young woman went to the end of the porch,,where an elderly patient was sitting in her wheelchair,alone,head bowed.Across the porch railing went the flowers,into the lap of the old woman.She lifted her head,and smiled.For a few moments,the two women chatted,both aglow with happiness,and then the young woman turned and ran back to her family.

   'Mom,' the kids asked,'who was that?Why did you give her our flowers?'The mother said she didn't know the old woman.But it was Mother's Day and she seemed ao alone.'Besides,'she added,"I have all of you,and I still have my mother,even if she is far away.That woman needed those flowers more than I did."

    The next day the husband purchased half a dozen young lilacs bushes and planted them around their yard.

   The husband said every Mother's Day their kids gathered purple bouquets.And every year he remembered that smile on a lonely old woman's face,and the kindnessthat   putted   the smile there.

 

 

     Love is not confined to lovers,to parents.It has a more broader sense.It is the special feeling- love that makes the world more warmer.

     Everyday we can feel love around us,it is because that someone loves you.Thus.when you love,you are also loved.