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My aunt died back in about 2003. She was eighty-four and so was my uncle. When she passed he was devastated. They had been married for over 60 years. We expected him to pass on quickly after she died. He attended his church more frequently and his mourning was nearly unbearable to witness. His only daughter lived clear across the country so he had only the rest of the extended family and church family to comfort him.
我伯母大約在2003年去世。她已是84歲高齡,我伯父與她同齡。伯母的去世對(duì)伯父來(lái)說(shuō)是個(gè)沉重的打擊。他們結(jié)婚超過(guò) 60年了。伯母去世后,我們以為伯父很快也會(huì)跟著離開(kāi)。伯父愈加頻繁地去教會(huì),他的悲慟幾乎令人不忍目睹。他唯一的女兒一直住在離他很遠(yuǎn)的另一個(gè)地方,因而他只能從家族的遠(yuǎn)親以及教會(huì)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. It was very hard to part with the home they built together. 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. She helped him buy furniture and a flat screen television. He had not watched television for years because of his religion. He got back into watching the news and history channel and religious programs when my aunt was in the nursing home. He was like a kid with a new toy but still grieved horribly for my aunt.
我堂姐游說(shuō)伯父賣(mài)掉那棟他和伯母大概在25年前一起建造的房子。要離開(kāi)他倆一起建造的 “家”,這對(duì)伯父而言非常艱難。他準(zhǔn)備搬進(jìn)一間公寓,不過(guò)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。堂姐幫伯父買(mǎi)來(lái)了家具和一臺(tái)平板電視機(jī)。由于他的宗教信仰,伯父已經(jīng)很多年沒(méi)有看電視了。他如同一個(gè)拿到一件新玩具的孩子那樣開(kāi)心,不過(guò)對(duì)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 he reconnected with a lady from a church that he and my aunt went to forty years previously. She played piano and his church was looking for new music. Her husband had died about seven years previously. He said he just wanted someone to go out to dinner with and spend time with. We were happy for them but had no idea how it would turn out. They were both almost eighty-seven years old.
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(shuō)他和一位女士重新取得了聯(lián)系,而那位女士來(lái)自他和伯母40多年前常去的一間教堂。那位女士會(huì)彈鋼琴,而伯父所在的教會(huì)正要找新的音樂(lè)伴奏。那位女士的丈夫大約七年前去世了。伯父說(shuō),他只是想有個(gè)人一起出去吃飯,一起消磨時(shí)光。我們很為他們倆高興,卻不知道結(jié)果會(huì)如何。他們倆都將近87歲高齡。
