第49章魔枕
MagicPillow
南茜·B。吉布斯NancyB。Gibbs
&ine’sDayhadarrivedaherdayoftheyear,Iwasverybusy。
Myromantid,Roy,plaelikewehadneverhadbefore。Areservationatanexpewasmade。Abeautifullyreseingonmydresserforaferiortotheheart-filledholiday。
Afteraharddayatwork,Ihurriedhome,ranintothehouseaheshoeetheartarrived,Iwasdressediaogo。Hehuggedme,justasthesitterarrived。Wewerebothexcited。
Uhelittlestmemberinourhouseholdwasn’tsohappy。
“Daddy,ytotakemetobuyMammaapresent,”Becky,myeight-year-olddaughtersaid,asshesadlywalkedovertothedsatdowhebabysitter。
Roylookedathiswatdrealizedthatifweweretomakeourreservatiohtaway。Hedidn’tevenhaveafewmiakehertstoretobuyaheart-shapedboxofchody。
“I’msorry,Iwaslategettinghome,honey,”hesaid。
“That’sOK,”Beckyreplied。“Iuand。”
&ireeveningwasbittersweet。I’thelpbeingedaboutthedisappoiinBecky’seyes。IrememberedhowthejoyfulValentine’sDayglowhadleftherface,justbeforethedoorclosedbehiedmetoknowhowmue。Shedid,butIalreadykverywell。
Today,I’trememberrappediifulbox,whiedoverforseveraldays,butI’llthespecialgift,whichIreceivedwhenwearrivedbae。
Beckyonthecouch,gabox,whichwassittingonherlap。WhenIkissedhercheek,sheawoke。“I’vegotsomethingforyou,Mamma,”shesaid,asagiantsmilecoveredhertinyface。
&leboxediorethepaperoffahebox,IfouValehatIhaveeverreceived。
AfterRoyaforourdate,Beckygotbusy。Sheraidedmyfabridcross-stitchbox。Shestitchedthewords“ILoveYou”onapieceofredfabric,cutthefabritheshapeofaheart,stitchedthetwopiecestogether,adorhladstuffeditwith。Itedpillow,filledwithlove,whichI’llcherishforever。
MywonderfulValehasaspecialplamybedroomtoday,somethirteeer。Asshewasgrowingupintoayoungwoman,manytimesIheldthatpillowyheart。Idon’tknoillowagic,butthispillowhassurelyheldagreatdealofjoyformeovertheyears。Ithashelpedmethroughseveralsleeplessnightssihe。Inotift,butthememory,aswell。
IknowthatIamaveryluckymother,iohavesuderfullittlegirl,whowaelytoshareherheartwithme。AslongasIlive,therewillherValentine’sDay,whichwillbeanymorespee。
情人节到了,与往常一样,我的日程表安排得满满的。
我的丈夫罗伊是一个很浪漫的人,策划了一个我们从未经历过的约会,他在一家高档餐馆订了位子;爱意盈盈的日子到来的前几天,他还把一份包装精美的礼品放到了我的梳妆台上。
一天繁忙的工作结束后,我匆匆赶回家,一头扎进浴室。等老公回来时,我已把最漂亮的衣服穿好,只等出发了。他拥抱着我,这时来给我们照看孩子的人也刚好到。我们俩都非常高兴。
很遗憾,我们家里最小的成员却不高兴。