我的爸爸长得高大英俊,菱角分明的五官,乌黑的头发,看起来一点也不像我的爸爸,倒像我的哥哥。说他像我的哥哥一点也没错 ,因为他像我一样很贪吃零食,还经常跟我抢零食吃。
有一次,我跟他去商场采购零食,回来后他立即冲向装得快爆炸的零食袋,我也不甘落后。我们抢得很激烈,把袋子弄得粉身碎骨,还把把薯片弄得满地都是,结果被妈妈大骂了一顿。我们只好把地扫干净了才吃。
我爸爸虽然很贪吃零食,但绝对是一个负责任的好爸爸,每天不论刮风下雨他都准时接送我上学、放学。而且对我要求很严格,无论是在生活习惯上还是在学习上。记得有一次,去参加姐姐的生日晚会, 很晚才回家,感觉又累又困,便倒在床上正想呼呼大睡。可爸爸一把把我拽起来说:“快去刷牙。”我说:“我很困,我明天补刷两次行吗?”爸爸坚决地说:“不行,快去!”我只好执行命令。还有一次,我的数学作业因为我的粗心大意得了50分,他就把我的作业撕掉,说:“把题目抄下来,重新做一次!”我恳求说:“我会做了,不用重新做了吧?”可爸爸还是很坚决地说:“no!”我又乖乖地重做了一次。
看,这就是我的爸爸——一个既孩子气又负责任的好爸爸!
我虽然脾气暴、不文静,但闪光点总还是有的——对于优点,我并不需要谦虚。因为老爸有句口头禅——过度谦虚等于骄傲。
二月份刚开学,妈妈就一把把我拉进房间,说:“文文,你也不小了,该学会独立了。我和你爸总不能呆在家里陪你吧?你也知道,一家子的开销全在我们肩上。我们得出去打工。你呢,就和奶奶住,要听话……”妈妈话还没说完,泪水就在我眼里打转了。撒娇、缠着要东西、和爸妈逛街等等就像放电影一样一下子在我脑海里闪过。“妈,你别去。你走了,谁给我捂被子?谁给我查作业?”说到这儿,我们母女俩早已泪如雨下,泣不成声了。
然而,眼泪终究留不住他们即将远行的`脚步。
当我闷在房里大哭的时候,“你也不小了,该学会独立了”突然回响在我耳边。是啊,我已经长大了,怎能再依赖父母,让父母为我操心呢?我不能哭!我要把最懂事的一面让他们带走!
第二天早上,我懂事地帮爸妈收拾行李。到了车站,我不知怎么搞的,竟一个劲儿地催他们上车。这令爸妈大感迷惑。“文文,你不是……”“妈,你别说了。要注意保重身体。”此时此刻,纵有千言万语我也不嫌多。可我全把它们咽进了肚子,以一个最轻松、最灿烂的笑容为他们送行!在他们同样微笑的眸子中,我看到泪水在无声地滑落!汽车渐行渐远,而我的泪也终于顺着脸颊流入嘴唇。
妈妈走后,隔三差五就打电话问奶奶我的情况。奶奶呢,不是说我学习自觉了就是说我常常帮她做家务,乐得妈妈在电话那头笑得哭了起来。
两个月后,妈妈突然来到校门口接我,她一把把我搂在怀里,一脸幸福地说:“真是女大十八变!文文长大了!”
It wasn't until we moved into our new home in 2006 that I found it again. It was addressed to me with explicit instructions not to open until my birthday 2005. It was now 2006 so I decided to open it. This is what it said:
Dear Sherri
By the time you read this you will be 30. At the age of 18 I had so many hopes and dreams about where you'd be, what you'd be doing and with whom you'd spend your life with.
Right now I hope that you have traveled and seen everything you've always wanted to, both in Canada and overseas, and maybe even settled down somewhere in Australia doing some research in the field of biology (genetics.
I hope you're married to the man of your dreams. The man of mine is Gwynn. He is originally from South Africa (another place I wish to visit.
You'll probably have two children of your own – a girl(Michaela Anne and a boy (name yet to be decided.
If everything goes according to plan you'll be living in Australia in a big house in a small town outside of a big city with a lot of land, a dog, Gwynn and your two beautiful children. Hopefully you have a career in the medical field, maybe doing research in genetics. Gwynn will be a computer programmer and you will be doing alright for yourselves.
However, if things don't go according to plan for you, I wish you all the love, happiness and joy in the world and don't settle for anything less than the best since that is absolutely what you deserve.
Live long, be happy and live life to it's fullest.
Love Sherri "18″
When I read this for the first time since writing it I was floored. Even now having dug this up again another 4 years later I still can't help but think this is really cool.
So much of what I wanted for myself has materialized.
I did travel to a few more places in Canada although I haven't seen everything I'd like to.I did marry the man of my dreams and yes he still is my one and only.I've traveled to the UK, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. I lived in Australia for nearly 4 years in a big house, in a small suburb, in a major city (close enough. I had a career in Biology in the field of genetics for 10 years.I have two lovely kids – both boys (names now decided.
I have not one dog but two dogs. Both yellow labs from Australia.Gwynn is a computer programmer. We are doing okay for ourselves.
After writing this I quickly forgot about what I had put in here actually. The things that materialized were all met with quite a bit of resistance (all internal but I suppose these were things that I really did want. Having never strayed too far from home overseas travel was a huge deal. Having never been away from my family moving to Australia for several years was an incredibly huge decision.
I find it fascinating how the dreams of a young and naive little girl can become a grown woman's reality.
I'm curious if you guys have ever written anything to your future self and how it stacks up to your current reality. If you haven't, will you join me in writing a letter now to yourself in say 10 years from now? It's an interesting little experiment.
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