A Great Monday
Monday started out well. I woke up on time, ate breakfast and then left my house. Ten minutes later, I was on the school bus with my friends. At one stop, Fat Ryan got on hurriedly. He tripped (绊倒) over someone’s foot accidentally and THUMP! He fell flat onto the floor.
Every one of us on the bus laughed crazily. Ryan struggled to his feet, dusted off his jacket and made his way to an empty seat. He tried to laugh with us, but his face was burning with embarrassment. The rest of the morning flew by. It wasn’t long before we heard the lunch bell. I met my friends from the cheerleading team in the dining hall. Then I couldn’t help but notice Ryan a few tables away, sitting all alone. He caught me looking. I smiled at him quickly and looked away.
When we had finished eating, we headed out to practice a cheer we would do at that night’s football game. We practiced it again and again. One last time, I raised my leg for one last toe touch. RIIPPP! I felt my jeans split (裂开) down the middle of my backside (臀部).
I froze. I had no idea what to do but stand still. Then I heard people burst out laughing and I saw them pointing at my torn jeans. Trying to cover myself with my hands, I tried to laugh too, but I felt tears begin to well up in my eyes.
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Then I saw Ryan running towards me.
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That night, after the cheer at the football game, I found Ryan and returned his jacket.
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You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. How many times have we said “Oh, I’ll do that tomorrow.”? Sometimes tomorrow never comes, and we find ourselves saying, “Boy, I wish I hadn’t put that off.”
I’m the mother of three children and grandmother of two. My oldest son Todd was killed instantly in a car accident when he was 16. It was shortly after Todd’s death that I entered into a personal relationship with Betty. From that day on, my life has taken a radical change for the better. Our family has been friends with Betty for many years. Over the years, we shared phone calls and birthday cards. Betty sent our youngest son Brandon a birthday card with $5 in it until he graduated from high school.
Shortly after Betty’s birthday, I called to see how she was and what she had done on her birthday. I was pretty surprised when Betty didn’t answer the phone；instead, her daughter Carol did. Carol told me that her mom had gone downhill fast, and she was now in Hospice care. Carol handed the phone to Betty. I talked briefly to her and let her know we loved her.
As soon as I got off the phone, I sent a text to Brandon to let him know Betty wasn’t doing well. Little did I know that Brandon stopped what he was doing and immediately sent flowers to Betty.
You can imagine how proud I was of Brandon when Carol called the next day, letting me know how much Betty loved the flowers Brandon had sent. A few days later, Betty died.
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I sat quietly on the sofa, feeling heavy.
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I hurried to clean up the house and welcome Carol.
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A tradesman was leading a caravan (商队) to another country to sell his goods. Along the way they came to the edge of a hot-sand desert. They learnt that during the daytime the sun heated up the fine sand until it was as hot as charcoal (木炭), so no one could walk on it — not even camels! Then the caravan leader hired a desert guide, one who could follow the stars, so they could travel only at night when the sand cooled down. The guide sat on the first cart. And they began the dangerous night-time journey across the desert. A couple of nights later, after eating their evening meal and waiting for the sand to cool, they started out again.
Later that night, the desert guide, who was driving the first cart, saw from the stars that they were getting close to the other side of the desert. He had been very tired, so when he relaxed, he fell asleep. Then the camels who, of course, couldn’t tell directions by reading the stars, gradually turned to the side and went in a big wide circle until they ended up at the same place that they started from! By then it was morning, and the people woke up and realized they were back at the same spot where they started. They lost heart and began to cry about their condition. Since the desert crossing was supposed to be over by now, they had no more water, and they were worried about there was nothing to drink, and were extremely afraid they would die of thirst. They even began to blame the caravan leader and the desert guide. However, the leader himself didn’t lose courage. He talked with the desert guide and then they began wandering, trying to work out a plan.
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Suddenly, the leader noticed a small clump (团) of grass.
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A spring (泉源) was found at last.
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People use the proverb “seeing is believing” to describe situations where it’s hard to believe something is possible if you haven’t seen it happen. I am here today to tell you that the proverb is true and to share with you how a girl and her grandmother made a positive transformation in a community.
It was a year ago when I was studying life cycles in my science class. I wrote a paper about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly (帝王蝶) and received a perfect score. I was so thrilled; I called my grandmother Nana and told her the exciting news. My talk recalled memories from Nana’s childhood. “I remember when I was a girl,” she said, “those orange and black butterflies were a common sight. Come late summer, there would suddenly be hundreds of them, and before long there were so many it felt like you were standing in an orange cloud.”
“It sounds like you witnessed a migration (迁徙), but what happened to them?” I asked. “To be honest, I’ve never known,” Nana admitted. “But there do seem to be fewer monarchs around the neighborhood.” Nana and I decided to investigate.
That weekend, we met at the public library. Our research produced plenty of information: some fascinating and some concerning. Apparently, the number of monarchs has been in decline for the last several decades. Housing developments have destroyed much of their habitat (栖息地). Some information was hopeful, though, like how conservationists are working to save them.
The best was this — it doesn’t take lots of money or equipment to do so. It takes only a little bit of land, some seeds, and dedicated people to create what’s called a Monarch Waystation (驿站).
“What if we set up our own Monarch Waystation?” I suggested. “We’ll need people to help.” Nana responded immediately and didn’t waste time to get started.
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The next day, Nana presented the idea to her garden club and I talked to my friends.
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Nana and I created a blog and frequently updated about the community’s efforts.
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In gift shops, it is likely that many tourists would pass by what may be a symbol of Portugal: swallows made of glass. In Portugal, people gift the birds for weddings, anniversaries, housewarmings and going-away gatherings.
Farewells were on my mind when I met Apolinario in February 2020. At the time I was well aware of my oldest child’s upcoming graduation and departure for university in a city far from home.
Ethan, my oldest child, has been away from me before. There have been camps and school trips, but each time I have rested easy in the knowledge that he would come home. He always comes home.
But this time I feel less certain.
The feeling was at its peak when I entered Apolinario’s gift shop that specialized in Portuguese souvenirs. I was aimlessly walking among the shelves when I noticed the abundance of glass swallows.
“The swallow is connected to a lot of things that are dear to us,’’ explained Apolinario who stood behind me. The birds’ qualities —they mate for life and raise their babies together—make it a nostalgic (怀旧的) symbol. “They don’t leave the nest until all of the babies do and they always return.”
Apolinario also told me that the swallow also marked an important time in the country’s history when the Portuguese sailed around the world. A lot of people missed their homeland and wanted to come back. The swallow represented that there was a nest somewhere in Portugal, although people were living all over the world.
“The concept is best described as the feeling of connection you get when you taste your grandmother’s cooking or a familiar smell that takes you back to your childhood. The swallow is thought to be the embodiment (体现) of that feeling. When you have one in or on your home, it carries those good memories with it,” he added. “When you’re giving this as a gift, you’re basically giving a part of yourself that stays there. You’re creating a connection.”
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When Apolinario told me about the bird, I knew I needed one.
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This past September, my husband and I accompanied our son to his university.
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At a neighbor’s pool the summer after sixth grade, Charley yelled those famous last words, “Hey, watch this!” As he dove into the pool, I froze. It wasn’t the deep end!
Charley was hurt bad when he hit the concrete bottom of the swimming pool. The paramedic said he might have broken his back and could lose the use of his legs. His life would change forever. I didn’t see Charley for over a month after he was carried away in the screaming ambulance.
When I went to visit Charley in the hospital, his “Hey, dude, how’s it going?” was greeted by a grunt.
Looking small and pale, Charley growled,
“I can’t walk—how do you think I feel? I wish I was dead!”
“Bro, you’ll get well! You’re tough.”
“No, the doc said I won’t.”
“Aw, man. That suck!” And the conversation died right there.
I didn’t go back after that. I just didn’t know what to say. When Charley got out of the hospital, I went over to his house a few times and played video games, but it just wasn’t the same. Not only was my friend’s body damaged, so was his spirit. I wanted to help and be a good friend but didn’t know how now.
Charley came back to middle school in the fall, but he had a tough time all year. I pushed his wheelchair to help him get to class on time. But Charley had to find someone else if I was at ball practice. Or he could just be late. I wanted to help my friend to make it all better but knew I couldn’t.
One day Charley dropped his cell phone. As he tried to lean down and pick it up, he tumbled out of his wheelchair. I helped him get back into his chair. Though Charley wasn’t hurt, he was so embarrassed that he didn’t talk to anyone the rest of the day. Charley become sadder and sadder, and I spent less and less time with him as the year passed. Since then, I didn’t see much of Charley because I didn’t have time for video games.
However, I was shocked right before eighth grade started to see Charley sailing down the sidewalk with a big black dog by his wheelchair.
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At the sight of this I ran over to my friend Charley and wanted to talk about the dog.
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When school started again, I felt much more comfortable with Charley accompanied by the big black service dog.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Summer vacation approaching, David had thoughtfully planned to do a few meaningful things with his friends. Roy was the first to support him.
Five of them decided to organize a long-distance cycle ride. According to the original plan, they departed from the riverbank ferry at 7 am on Tuesday on time. However, on Monday night, there was a rainstorm in this area, which led to flooding. Fortunately, the weather cleared up soon and it wouldn’t affect their arrangements.
It was 8:30, but the other three didn’t arrive. David and Roy were anxiously waiting. Finally, the three turned up exhausted.
“We had to come round a long way,” said Robert. “The old bridge over the stream had collapsed.”
“And that means we had to ride an extra quarter of a mile and use the other bridge,” added Henry. “The stream must be nearly five feet deep after all this rain.”
“Don’t worry.” said David. “The Town Council will soon build another one.”
“Oh no,” replied Henry quickly. “My father has asked about that. There isn’t enough money this year.”
The boys were silent. That meant that their original plan had to be readjusted.
“I wonder who built that old bridge,” said Robert. “It was only a few tree trunks and logs held together with some nails.” Then an idea struck him. “Do you think we could rebuild it?”
“You know…” David paused. “I think we can do it, if we plan it properly and can borrow the tools.”
The boys started to consider the idea seriously. Sammy told them that his elder brother worked in the Public Works Department and could probably make a plan for them.
Their greatest problem was to find enough logs. The next day the boys visited nearly every house. In the evening, they gathered.
“I must tell you this,” David burst out. “Mr. Robinson, our mayor, has promised to supply logs as long as we do the work and finish it within a month. He thanked us for our volunteer behavior and instructed us to pay attention to safety.”
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Mr. Robinson kept his promise and sent enough logs.
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Nearby residents decided on an opening ceremony for the new bridge.
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