最好的生日礼物

四月和五月是温哥华的春天，百花齐放，姹紫嫣红，甚是迷人。我的51岁生日也在春天刚刚度过，女儿写了很美好的诗送给我，心里很是欢喜。生活虽有种种不顺和坎坷，但这些美好的瞬间值得保存下来。它们就像小小加油站，当我的能量处于低位时，总能给我加油充电，让我始终对生活充满希望，微笑面对。

女儿的诗：

ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE

WISDOM

FLAIR

SWIFT

You blessed us with wisdom as precious as the stardust and boundless as the sea.

You've walked the path of No Man's Land, conquering formidable fields.

You are so irreplaceably, so phenomenally you.

Our mother for eternity.

Your humour is unparalleled, and your laughter shoves bad days away.

You caress me and harness the power of ten thousand paper folds.

You take my breath away.

The willow in the summer.

You are skyscrapers of passion and delight.

You are whimsical in all of your symmetry.

Splitting wind and light at your footsteps.

You ferry freckled tones, oranges, and autumn leaves.

You've lent hands of steel as soft as a duvet.

I ponder and linger in the silhouette of all the things that you are.

养育孩子最美好的回报不是等他们长大以后能给予我们什么；对我而言，陪伴他们长大的过程就是最好的回报。我们彼此感受对方的爱，以尊重和支持为回报。这个过程不光是孩子的成长，也包括我自己的成长，希望自己配得上孩子眼中的美好。