大年初二早上,妈妈领着我高高兴兴去给姥姥、姥爷拜年。快到中午时,姥爷家已经来了许多人。姥爷提议:人多好好热闹热闹,不如中午去酒店吃饭,方便快捷、省时省力。姥爷的提议得到了大家的支持,我们一群人浩浩荡荡向酒店出发。
坐座位时,姥姥、姥爷被让到了最里面,我不明白。妈妈说那是上位,留给长辈或尊贵的客人坐的'。
菜上来了,第一道菜就是我喜欢的菜,我快速拿起筷子去夹菜。妈妈却轻轻地拍了拍我的手,把菜转到姥爷和姥姥面前。妈妈说:“有长辈在,他们动过第一筷子后我们才能动筷子。”“嗯,我知道了。”我说。
看着姥爷和姥姥都夹了一筷子菜之后,我就迫不及待地把菜转到我面前大块朵颐起来。我正吃得香呢,妈妈把菜又转到了别处,我不明白妈妈怎么总是不让我好好吃呢?我生气地看着妈妈。妈妈原本微笑着的脸严肃起来,她俯下身低声对我说:“如果遇到你喜欢的菜,要等别人全部吃过之后,才能慢慢享受。不能别人都没吃,你一人占着盘子不放,这是不礼貌的。”听了妈妈的话,我羞愧地低下了头。
通过这顿饭,我学到了许多餐桌上的礼仪,觉得这顿饭吃得太有意义了!
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.
爸爸坐了下来,笑着说:“女儿啊,平常都是妈妈做饭,今天还是妈妈做,爸爸洗碗,好不好?小法官大人。”我心想,既然我是法官,就要公平、公正,不能因为这样,就还是妈妈做。就在这时,妈妈出现了,朝我跟爸爸说:“老公啊,你这样跟法官大人求情,是不是作弊了。这样吧,为了公平、公正,我们剪刀石头布,输地洗,三局两胜,你们看好不好?”我看了看爸爸又看了看妈妈说:“好,就怎么办。”爸爸和妈妈气势汹汹地站在餐桌前,爸爸后面冒着蓝色的火焰,就像一头大象要冲出去,而妈妈也不甘示弱,眼中燃烧着怒火,后面燃着母老虎般的熊熊火焰。我大声喊着:“预备,开始。
石头、剪刀、布。”就在这时爸爸妈妈同时出了石头,第二回合两人又同时出了布,第三回合两人同时出了剪刀,直到第九九八十一回合,两人还是没有分出胜负。我默默的说:“夫妻连心呐!”我看了看爸爸又看了看妈妈。“哎呀,都过去那么久了,别比了,可是今天谁来做饭,谁来洗碗呢?每次都是我先回家,都是我做饭,更何况马上就到我生日了,就不能让我享享福、享受一下者清闲时光吗?老公,今天你去做饭呗!”爸爸看了看妈妈也一脸委屈地说:“可是父亲节也马上到了,我也想享清福啊!”这时,我站在桌子上说:“平时都是妈妈做,今天爸爸做。”
爸爸默默地走向厨房做饭去了就这样家庭“官司”结束了。
世人皆说饭有“妈妈的味道是最好吃的,但是我认为爸爸做的饭也不差。
还记得那是一个天空灰蒙蒙的下午,压抑得我透不过气,除了天气的原因,还有一件事像一块巨石一样压在我的心上——这次月考,我从前三名的神坛跌落了。
我一个人孤独地走在回家的路上,往日家校的距离仿佛一眨眼就走过去,而今日却觉得走了一年却只走了一半。突然,一阵liang风袭来,这股风并没有吹散我惆怅的思绪,反而路旁小树沙沙作响的声音像是讥笑我一般,加剧了我的心忧。我抬头看了看天,一滴雨水掉在了我表情痛苦的脸上,接着,两滴、三滴……雨渐渐下大了,我戴起了妈妈给我第一次得第一名而奖励的'帽子,以前戴着很舒服,现在却觉得有万千根银针扎在了头上……
终于我到家门口了,我一碰门,门竟虚掩着,我大步走了进去,我那在外开饭店的爸爸居然回来了。
“爸爸,你咋回来了,饭店不开了吗?我疑惑地问了问。
“想你们娘俩了,不能回来看看吗?快,洗手吃饭,老爸今天亲自下厨给你做了顿大餐!爸爸笑着回答我,用那因为长年工作而布满茧的大手摸了摸我的脸。
我洗了手,坐在餐桌边,看着一桌子色香味俱全的美味,一时却提不起筷子。
“咋不吃呀!快点,做的都是你爱吃的,我晚上给她再做一桌。爸爸招呼我快吃。
“我……我……我把筷子放在碗旁,掩面哭了起来。
“怎么了?谁欺负你了,明天爸找他去。爸爸连忙安慰我。
“不是,我这次月考没考好。我用沙哑的声音说着。
“哎呀,就这点事儿,还以为有多大呢,下次好好考。爸爸松了一口气。
“可是,可是,嗯……爸爸夹了块肉塞进了我的嘴里。
“没事儿,那边有我,你好好学就行了。
爸爸笑嘻嘻的说道,而我也竟无语凝噎,只吃饭来宽慰自己,也让爸爸放心。抬起头,爸爸也在大口大口的吃着……
啊!世上的饭不仅只有妈妈做的好,爸爸做的也不差。
这天饭一煮熟,妈妈便拿起筷子,狼吞虎咽,爸爸偷偷摸摸盛了一勺,便假装有很多,假模假样的装着。“我吃好了。”两人异口同声,我静静的当个过路人。妈妈见这情景,便发出挑战:石头剪刀布来不来!平常爸爸是个最不会玩猜拳的人,但是今天巧了,三局两胜,五局三胜,每局他俩都打平,只好换下一场P。爸爸开始讲道理:“今天工作太累了,我实在是不行了,孩儿她妈今天您就代劳一下!”妈妈听了,不但没有改变主意,脸色变得更加严肃:“以前我累的时候也没有人帮我代劳啊!”
两人不分上下,只好由我亲自出马。我坐在沙发中央,表示我是法官,爸爸是被告,妈妈是原告。我严肃的说:“现在我宣布本次谁洗碗法堂正式开始!”“砰!”我使出洪荒之力敲响了桌子,接着说道:“先由原告方进行自我讲述!”妈妈脸上的笑容早被赶跑了,只剩下一张冷漠而恐怖的.脸,说道:“今天我一烧好饭,便看见被告方碗里只有一勺饭,而他却演出碗里有好多饭一样,请法官明查。”“请被告方进行讲述。”我说道,“今天我工作多很累,想快点吃完饭睡觉,这有错吗?”我明显有点动摇,妈妈似乎看出了我的内心,接着说:“但是,法官你想,工作多很累应该吃更多饭啊!”再说,以前我累的时候也没吃这么少,说明被告方不是因为累才吃那么少的!”
我听了,觉得原告方的讲述似乎更加有道理便下令:“我宣布今天有被告方洗碗!”爸爸无奈地摇摇头,只好听从我(法官)的话。厨房里只留下了爸爸凄凉的背影,而客厅里留下我和妈妈欢笑的声音。
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