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I now know he participated in some things vicariously through me, his only son. When I played ball (poorly), he "played" too. When I joined the Navy he "joined" too. And when I came home on leave, he saw to it that I visited his office. Introducing me, he was really saying, "This is my son, but it is also me, and I could have done this, too, if things had been different." Those words were never said aloud.
現在我知道一些事情他是通過我——他唯一的兒子來做的。當我打球時（盡管我打得很糟糕），他也在“打球”。當我參加海軍時，他也“參軍”。當時我休假，他一定會讓我去他的辦公室，向人介紹我時，其實他真正想說的是：“這是我兒子，但也是我自己，假如事情不是這樣的話，我也會去參軍的?！蹦切┰捤麖膩頉]有說出口。
He has been gone many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he sensed my reluctance to be seen with him during our walks. If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, how unworthy I was, how I regretted it. I think of him when I complain about trifles, when I am envious of another's good fortune, when I don't have a "good heart".
父親離開我們已經很多年了，但是我時常想起他。我不知道他是否意識到我曾經不愿意讓人看到和他走在一起的心理。假如他知道這一切，我現在感到很后悔，因為我從沒告訴過他我是多么愧疚、多么不孝、多么悔恨。每當我為一些瑣事而抱怨，妒忌別人的好運，缺乏“善心”的時候，我就會想起我的父親。
At such times I put my hand on his arm to regain my balance, and say, "You set the pace, I will try to adjust to you."
此時，我會挽著他的胳膊保持身體平衡，并且說，“你走你的，我想法兒跟上你?！?/p>
