Words from the Heart
Most people need to hear those three little words I love you. Once in a while, they hearthem just in time.
I met Connie the day she was admitted to the hospice ward, where I worked as a volunteer.Her husband, Bill, stood nervously nearby as she was transferred from the gurney to thehospital bed. Although Connie was in the final stages of her fight against cancer, she was alertand cheerful. We got her settled in. I finished marking her name on all the hospital suppliesshe would be using, then asked if she needed anything.
大多数人需要听到那三个小字我爱你。有时他们就会在最需要的时候听到。
我在康妮住进收容所病房的那天见到了她。我在那儿当义工。把她从轮床抬上病床时,她的丈夫比尔焦虑不安地站在旁边。虽然康妮处于和癌症搏斗的晚期,但她仍然神智清醒,精神愉快。我们把她安顿好。我在医院提供给她使用的所有用品上标上她的名字,然后问她是否需要什么。
啊,是的,她说,请告诉我怎么用电视好吗我非常喜欢肥皂剧,想随时跟上进展情况。康妮是个浪漫的人。她酷爱肥皂剧、浪漫小说和讲述美好爱情故事的电影。随着我们越来越熟,她向我吐露说,跟一个经常叫她傻女人的男人生活了32年有多么沮丧。
Oh, yes, she said, would you please show me how to use the TV I enjoy the soaps somuch and I dont want to get behind on whats happening. Connie was a romantic. She lovedsoap operas, romance novels and movies with a good love story. As we became acquainted,she confided how frustrating it was to be married 32 years to a man who often called her a sillywoman.
Oh, I know Bill loves me, she said, but he has never been one to say he loves me, or sendcards to me. She sighed and looked out the window at the trees in the courtyard. Id giveanything if hed say I love you, but its just not in his nature.