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When my husband, Bob, died very suddenly in January 1994, I received condolences（慰問） from people I hadn’t heard from in years: letters, cards, flowers, calls, visits.
1994年1月，我的丈夫鮑勃突然去世邻奠。那時劫拗，我收到一些多年沒有聯(lián)系的朋友的慰問，有信件勺疼、卡片教寂、鮮花、電話和上門拜訪执庐。
I was overwhelmed with grief, yet uplifted by this outpouring of love from family, friends and even mere acquaintances . One message touched me profoundly（深深地）. I received a letter from my best friend from sixth grade through high school.
盡管喪夫的悲傷讓我備受打擊酪耕，但是家人、朋友還有那些只是相識的人們所給予我的愛極大地鼓舞了我轨淌。 這其中迂烁，有一封信深深地將我打動了。這封信是寄自于我從六年級到整個高中時代最要好的朋友递鹉。
We had drifted somewhat since graduation in 1949, as she stayed in our hometown and I had not. But it was the kind of friendship that could quickly resume even if we lost touch for five or ten years.
從1949年畢業(yè)以后盟步，我們就各奔東西了。因為她在家鄉(xiāng)留下了躏结，而我卻沒有却盘。但是，我們是這樣的朋友，就算我們五年甚至十年都沒有聯(lián)系谷炸，我們的友情也能在瞬間恢復(fù)北专。
Her husband, Pete, had died perhaps 20 years ago at a young age, leaving her with deep sorrow and heavy responsibilities : finding a job and raising three young children. She and Pete, like Bob and I, had shared one of those rare, close, “l(fā)ove-of-your-life-you-can-never-forget” relationships.
她的丈夫皮特去世得很早，離現(xiàn)在差不多已經(jīng)有二十多年了旬陡。皮特的離去給她留下了深深的悲痛拓颓，還有沉重的責(zé)任：她必須找份工作來供養(yǎng)三個年幼的孩子。正如我和鮑勃之間的感情一樣描孟，她和皮特之間也有著那種世間罕有的驶睦、親密的、“終生都無法忘懷的愛”的感情匿醒。
In her letter she shared an anecdote about my mother (now long deceased). She wrote, “When Pete died, your dear mother hugged me and said, ‘Trudy, I don’t know what to say… so I’ll just say I love you’ . ”
在信中场航，她跟我說了一件關(guān)于我那早已故去了的母親的事情。她這樣寫道：“當(dāng)年皮特去世時廉羔，你那親愛的母親緊緊地?fù)е艺f道：‘特魯?shù)俑攘。也恢涝撛趺窗参磕恪虼耍抑荒苷f我愛你’憋他『⒈”
She closed her letter to me repeating my mother’s words of so long ago, “Bonnie, I don’t know what to say… so I’ll just say I love you.” I felt I could almost hear my mother speaking to me now. What a powerful message of sympath !
在這封信的結(jié)尾，她引用了我母親很久以前說過的那句話：“邦妮竹挡，我不知道該怎么安慰你……因此镀娶，我只能說我愛你【竞保” 那時梯码，我似乎聽見母親正在跟我說著這句話。
How dear of my friend to cherish it all those years and then pass it on to me. I love you. Perfect words. A gift. A legacy（遺贈）.
這是一封多么富有同情心的信昂脝轩娶！多么好的朋友啊，將這句話珍藏這么多年之后坎怪，又在這一刻把它傳遞給我罢坝。我愛你。多么完美的詞語敖亮嘁酿！這是一份愛的禮物！這是一份愛的遺贈男应！
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