他們回家後，每到黎明和黃昏，母親總會攙扶著父親在鄉間小路上散步。父親從沒有那樣溫柔過。他們看起來就仿佛是世間最和諧的一對。路旁有許多漂亮的鮮花、綠草和樹木，陽光透過葉子的縫隙溫柔地照射在上麵，所有這一切勾勒出一幅世間最美的畫麵。
醫生說，兩個月後父親就能病愈。不過，兩個月後他還是不能獨立行走，為此，我們都很擔心。
“你感覺如何，爸爸？”有一天我問他。
“蘇珊，不要擔心我。”父親慢慢地說，“不瞞你說，我很喜歡和你媽媽一起散步的感覺。我喜歡這樣的生活。”從他的眼神中，我讀出了他對母親那份深深的愛戀。
曾經，我以為愛情是與鮮花、禮物和香吻密不可分的。可是，經曆了這些後，我明白了：愛情就如同我們生活中被子裏的絲線，隱藏於生活之中，令生活變得更加穩固和溫暖。
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Sheila stomped into the staff room， her uniform plastered with someone's dinner. "I don't know how you do it！" she fumed to Helen， the nurse supervising the evening shift. "Mrs. Svoboda just threw her tray at me again， and she's so agitated I don't know how l' ll be able to clean her up before bed. Why don't you have so much trouble with her？"
Helen smiled sympathetically. "I've had my share of rough nights with her， too. But I' ve been here， longer and， of course， I knew her husband." "yeah， Troy. I've heard about him. It's about the only word I can understand when she gets going."
"Sheila， "Helen began hesitantly. "I know it's hard to work with people like Mrs. Svoboda. When Mrs. Svoboda was admitted she wasn't as bad as she is now， but she was still pretty spicy. She used to give me grief over the smallest thingsā her tea wasn't hot enough， her bed wasn't made up right. On her bad days she'd accuse us all of stealing her things. I had no patience with her， until one day her husband happened to be there during bath time. I was gearing up for the usual fight with her when he asked if he could help. 'Sure， ' I said gratefully. Good thing the safety restraints were on because she began kicking and screaming."