I felt my heart swell with pride for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher. “Thank you，” I said， reaching for Jonathan’s hand， “you’ve made my day.”
Later that evening， I began pulling weeds from around my lopsided azalea bush. As my mind wandered back to the love Jonathan showed the little girl， a biblical verse came to me： “Now these three remain： faith， hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” While my son had put love into practice， I had only felt anger.
I heard the familiar squeak of my husband’s brakes as he pulled into the drive. I snapped a small limb bristling with hot pink azaleas off the bush. I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family beginning to bloom once again in me. My husband’s eyes widened in surprise as I handed him the flowers.
“I love you，” I said.
我希望你们能从这个故事中明白，孩子是如何教我们做人的。使自己变得更好，原来是如此简单。
当看到六岁的儿子折杜鹃的枝桠时，我的这一天就注定是晦涩的了。我赶到外面时，他已经把枝桠折下来了。儿子问道：“我能把这枝杜鹃花带到学校吗？”我摆摆手示意他离开，然后背转身，不让他看到我眼中盈满的泪水。我很爱惜那丛杜鹃。我抚摸着那根断枝，仿佛是在默默地说：“对不起。”
本想早点跟丈夫诉说此事，可我一直在生气，就没有说。洗衣机漏出的水弄脏了我新买的油毯。如果前天晚上我让他把洗衣机修理好时，他就照做，而不是只想着和儿子乔纳森下棋的话，现在也不会这样。他觉得什么才是重要的呢？我感到疑惑。乔纳森走进厨房时，我还在擦着那些污渍。“妈妈，早饭吃什么？”我打开已经空了的冰箱说：“没有谷类面包了！”儿子嘴巴撅了起来。“果酱面包怎么样啊？”我把果酱涂在面包上递给他。我为什么如此生气呢？我把丈夫的餐盘扔到了肥皂水里。