By Barbara J Crocker My grandmother became a widow in 1970 Shortly after that, we went to the animal shelter to pick out a puppy to keep her compa...
Words from the Heart Most people need to hear those three little words I love you Once in a while, they hear them just in time I met Connie t...
If I Had My Life to Live OverI would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I werent the...
Time is running out for my friend While we are sitting at lunch she casually mentions she and her husband are thinking of starting a family Were t...
Its like anything else, dear, said Mama No matter how good at it you are, if it stops being fun, you wont want to do it anymore 像任何事情一样，不管你...
前后加起来，我在北京已经住了四十多年，算是一个老北京了。②北京的名胜古迹，北京的妙处，③我应该说是了解的；其他老北京当然也了解，但是有一点，我相信绝大多数的老北京并不了解，④这就是黎明时分以前的北京。多少年来，我养成了一个习惯：每天早晨四点在黎明以前起床工作。我不出去跑步或散步，而是一下床就干活儿，...
The Pride of Youth 青春的骄傲华尔德·司各特Proud Maisie is in the wood,Walking so early;Sweet Robin sits on the bush,Singing so rarely “tell me ,thou bonny bird,w...
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness painsMy sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drainsOne minute past, and L...
What makes a man? ---Hamlin GarlandDo you fear the force of the wind 你可害怕寒风凛冽,The slash of the rain? 你可畏惧大雨滂沱Go face them and fight them, 去迎着风雨努力拼搏Be...
With best wishes for a happy birthday Each birthday is a milestone we touch along lifes way May every special happiness fill this day for you and may...
Dreams 梦想---Langston HughesHold fast to dreams 紧紧抓住梦想， For if dreams die 梦想若是消亡Life is a broken-winged bird 生命就象鸟儿折了翅膀 That can never fly 再也不能飞翔 Hold...
Moon in Chinese Celestial Cosmology The choice of the festivals theme -- celebrating the glories and mysteries of the moon -- was a natural Along wi...
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a qualit...
If 如果If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make al...
Three Passions I have Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and un...
FAMILY= (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OUA man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at th...
There’s a spot in my heart which no colleen may own; There’s a depth in my soul never sounded or known; There’s a place in my memory my life tha...
However mean your life is,meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call it hard names It is not so bad as you are It looks poorest when you are richest...
Right from the start he is dressed in his best - his blacks and his whitesLittle Fauntleroy - quiffed and glossy,A Sunday suit, a wedding natty get-up...
I hope you have a most happy and prosperous(大吉大利） New Year To wish you joy at this holy season Wishing every happiness will always come to you!With m...
