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My aunt died back in about 2003. She was eighty-four and so was my uncle.
我伯母大約在2003年去世。她已是84歲高齡，我伯父與她同齡。
When she passed he was devastated.
伯母的去世對伯父來說是個沉重的打擊。
They had been married for over 60 years.
他們結婚超過60年了。
We expected him to pass on quickly after she died.
伯母去世后，我們以為伯父很快也會跟著離開。
He attended his church more frequently and his mourning was nearly unbearable to witness.
伯父愈加頻繁地去教會，他的悲慟幾乎令人不忍目睹。
His only daughter lived clear across the country so he had only the rest of the extended family and church family to comfort him.
他唯一的女兒一直住在離他很遠的另一個地方，因而他只能從家族的遠親以及教會同伴那里尋求慰藉。
My cousin talked him into selling the house that he and my aunt had built together about twenty five years before.
我堂姐游說伯父賣掉那棟他和伯母大概在25年前一起建造的房子。
It was very hard to part with the home they built together.
要離開他倆一起建造的 “家”，這對伯父而言非常艱難。
He was going to move into an apartment, but at the last moment, my cousin and he saw a new house for sale, that was close to his business.
他準備搬進一間公寓，不過就在最后一刻，我堂姐和他看中了一棟待售的新房，而且這房子離伯父的公司很近。
She helped him buy furniture and a flat screen television.
堂姐幫伯父買來了家具和一臺平板電視機。
He had not watched television for years because of his religion.
由于他的宗教信仰，伯父已經很多年沒有看電視了。
He got back into watching the news and history channel and religious programs when my aunt was in the nursing home.
我的伯母在住院的時候他重新開始看新聞、歷史頻道和宗教節目。
He was like a kid with a new toy but still grieved horribly for my aunt.
他如同一個拿到一件新玩具的孩子那樣開心，不過對于伯母的離去，他還是非常傷心。
One day he called my cousin who was living in Texas and told her that here connected with a lady from a church that he and my aunt went to forty years previously.
有一天，伯父打電話給我那住在得克薩斯州的堂姐，告訴她說他和一位女士重新取得了聯系，而那位女士來自他和伯母40多年前常去的一間教堂。
She played piano and his church was looking for new music. Her husband had died about seven years previously.
那位女士會彈鋼琴，而伯父所在的教會正要找新的音樂伴奏。那位女士的丈夫大約七年前去世了。
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