Alone in the light at the dining room table, surrounded by a nearly dark house, I sat in tears.
Finally, I36in getting both kids to bed. As a new single37 , I had to be both Mommy and Daddy to my two little children.
With full rights of my children, I38to give them a normal and comfortable home life. I39a happy face for them.
I rose slowly, trying not to40even the least sound which might start them up41 . I tiptoed(蹑手蹑脚地走) out of their room,42the door part way, and went downstairs.
And loneliness(孤独). I43as thought I were at the bottom(底部) of a great sea of loneliness. It all44together and I was at once lost. I sat there,45crying.
Just then, a pair of little46went around my middle and a little face looked up at me. I looked down into my five-year-old son’s47face.
I was shy to be48crying by my son. “I’m sorry. Ethan, I didn’t know you were stillo awake.” I don’t know why, but so many people49when they cry and I was no exception. “I didn’t50to cry. I’m just a little51tonight.”
“It’s okay, Daddy. It’s okay to cry; you’re just52 .”
I couldn’t express(表达) how happy he made me, this little boy, who was , gave me53to cry. He seemed to be saying that I didn’t have to always be54 , and that sometimes it was possible to allow myself to feel weak and let out my55 .
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