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1、我愛你勝過愛自己
It all began as we were standing in front of the bathroom mirror, me fixing Amanda's blonde hair. I said, “I love you, Amanda?!?“And, I love you,” she replied. “Oh, yeah,” I taunted. “Well, I love you more?!?Her eyes lit up as she recognized the cue for the start of another “I love you mor
2、e” match. “Nuh-uh,” she laughed, “I love you the most。” “I love you bigger than a volcano!” I countered—a favorite family phrase in these battles of love. “But, Mom, I love you from here to China。” A country she's learning about from our new neighbors up the street. We volleyed back and forth a few
3、favorite lines. “I love you more than peanut butter。” “Well, I love you more than television。” “I even love you more than bubble gum?!?It was my turn again, and I made the move that usually brings victory. “I love you bigger than the universe!” On this day, however, Amanda was not going to give up.
4、I could see she was thinking. “Mom,” she said in a quiet voice, “I love you more than myself。”I stopped. Dumbfounded,overwhelmed by her sincerity. Here I thought I knew more than she did. I thought I knew at least everything that she knew. However, my four-year-old daughter knows more about love tha
5、n her 28-year-old mom。
事情發(fā)生時(shí),我們倆正站在浴室的鏡子前,我替阿曼達(dá)梳理她的一頭金發(fā)。我說,“我愛你,阿曼達(dá)?!薄拔乙矏勰?,”她回答。“噢,是的,”我嘲弄她?!昂冒?,我愛你更多?!碑?dāng)她意識到另一場關(guān)于“我愛你”的口舌之爭拉開帷幕時(shí),她的眼睛閃閃發(fā)亮?!皡龋彼笮χf,“我最愛你。”我回敬道:“我對你的愛比一座火山還要大!”這句話是我們愛的爭奪戰(zhàn)中最受歡迎的家庭用語?!翱?,媽媽,我對你的愛從這里一直延伸到中國。”這是她從我們街那頭新來的鄰居那兒學(xué)到的國家名稱。我們用這些美言你來我往地斗了幾個(gè)回合。“我愛你勝過愛花生醬?!薄班?,我愛你勝過愛電視機(jī)。”“我愛你甚至超過愛泡泡糖。”又輪到我了,我決定使出殺手锏:“我對你的愛超越整個(gè)宇宙!”每次用這招都會勝出的??山裉?,阿曼達(dá)不打算“善罷甘休”。我看得出她正絞盡腦汁?!皨寢?,”她平靜地說,“我愛你勝過愛我自己?!蔽翌D時(shí)無言以對,目瞪口呆。女兒的真誠讓我折服。我原以為,我比她懂得更多。我以為,至少她知道的事情我都知道??墒?,我那4歲的寶貝女兒比她28歲的媽媽更懂得愛。