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I come from a broken family that many would consider dysfunctional at the very least: marriages, divorces, etc.
我來自一個破碎的家庭，很多人至少會認為這個家庭是不正常的：婚姻、離婚等等。
After we grew up, my three siblings and I could go years without speaking. And that is where this story begins.
我們長大后，我的三個姐妹好幾年都不說話。這就是故事的開始。
My sister Jeanne and I were born only 14 months apart, but by the time we were teenagers we had lost touch.
我和姐姐珍妮出生只相差14個月，但是在我們是青少年的時候，我們就失去聯系了。
By age 19, I had moved away from our home in Wisconsin to live on my father's horse farm in Virginia, where I worked ultimately as a veterinary assistant and a bartender.
19歲時，我就已經離開威斯康辛州的家，搬到了父親在弗吉尼亞州的馬場。我后來在那里做過獸醫助理和酒保。
Jeanne got married at 18, moved to Chicago, and became—well, I didn't know what.
珍妮18歲就結婚了，搬到了芝加哥，成為...我不知道。
We lived separate lives in separate states, and our connection somehow ended. Fast-forward about five years.
我們在不同的州過著不同的生活，我們的聯系不知怎么的就中斷了。時間快進到五年后。
I was 24 and on a trip with my fiancé to New York City, a place I had never been. It was overwhelming.
我24歲，和我的未婚夫一起去紐約旅行，那是一個我從未去過的地方。這令我無法抗拒。
I was used to riding my horse to the corner store where everyone knew everyone and everything going on in the quiet little cowpoke town of Driver, Virginia.
我習慣于騎馬去街角的商店，那里的每個人都彼此認識，所有的事情都發生在安靜的牛仔小鎮弗吉尼亞的德賴弗。
We had gone to New York to visit my fiancé's cousin and see the sights.
我們去紐約拜訪我未婚夫的表弟，參觀景點。
We went to Little Italy, the Statue of Liberty, Chinatown, and several Manhattan clubs.
我們去了小意大利，自由女神像、唐人街和幾個曼哈頓俱樂部。
I had never seen so many taxicabs in one spot in all my life.
我一輩子都沒在一個地方見過這么多出租車。
During a day of sightseeing, we were crossing a very busy street loaded with people. Everyone was in a hurry, hustling and bustling.
有一天觀光的時候，我們穿過一個非常繁忙的街道，路上都是人。大家都很匆忙，熙熙攘攘。
I had laughed at something my fiancé said, and I suddenly heard my name yelled from somewhere behind me: “Cheryl!” I froze in my steps in the middle of the road.
我剛被我未婚夫說的某個東西逗笑，就突然聽到后面有人大喊我的名字：謝麗爾！我的身體就在路中間定住了。
