英语美文：天下最真挚的爱情

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天下最真挚的爱情

I have a friend who is falling in love. She honestlyclaims the sky is bluer. Mozart moves her to tears.She has lost 15 pounds and looks like a cover girl(封面女郎).

"I'm young again!" she shouts exuberantly.

As my friend raves(咆哮) on about her new love, I'vetaken a good look at my old one. My husband ofalmost 20 years, Scott, has gained 15 pounds. Oncea marathon runner, he now runs only down hospitalhalls. His hairline is receding(后退) and his body shows the signs of long working hours and toomany candy bars. Yet he can still give me a certain look across a restaurant table and I wantto ask for the check and head home.

When my friend asked me "What will make this love last?" I ran through all the obviousreasons: commitment, shared interests, unselfishness, physical attraction, communication.Yet there's more. We still have fun. Spontaneous(自发的,自然产生的) good times. Yesterday,after slipping the rubber band off the rolled up newspaper, Scott flipped it playfully at me: thisled to an all-out war. Last Saturday at the grocery, we split the list and raced each other to seewho could make it to the checkout(校验) first. Even washing dishes can be a blast. We enjoysimply being together.

And there are surprises. One time I came home to find a note on the front door that led me toanother note, then another, until I reached the walk-in(可供人走进之物) closet. I opened the doorto find Scott holding a "pot of gold" (my cooking kettle) and the "treasure" of a gift package.Sometimes I leave him notes on the mirror and little presents under his pillow.

There is understanding. I understand why he must play basketball with the guys. And heunderstands why, once a year, I must get away from the house, the kids—and even him-tomeet my sisters for a few days of nonstop talking and laughing.

There is sharing. Not only do we share household worries and parental burdens—we also shareideas. Scott came home from a convention last month and presented me with a thick historicalnovel. Though he prefers thrillers(惊险读物) and science fiction, he had read the novel on theplane. He touched my heart when he explained it was because he wanted to be able toexchange ideas about the book after I'd read it.

There is forgiveness. When I'm embarrassingly(使人尴尬地) loud and crazy at parties, Scottforgives me. When he confessed losing some of our savings in the stock(股票) market, I gavehim a hug and said, "It's okay. It's only money."

There is sensitivity. Last week he walked through the door with that look that tells me it's beena tough day. After he spent some time with the kids, I asked him what happened. He told meabout a 60-year-old woman who'd had a stroke. He wept as he recalled the woman's husbandstanding beside her bed, caressing(爱抚) her hand. How was he going to tell this husband of 40years that his wife would probably never recover? I shed a few tears myself. Because of themedical crisis. Because there were still people who have been married 40 years. Because myhusband is still moved and concerned after years of hospital rooms and dying patients.

Finally, there is knowing. I know Scott will throw his laundry(要洗的衣服) just shy of thehamper every night; he'll be late to most appointments and eat the last chocolate in the box.He knows that I sleep with a pillow over my head; I'll lock us out of the house at a regular basis,and I will also eat the last chocolate.

I guess our love lasts because it is comfortable. No, the sky is not bluer: it's just a familiarhue(色调). We don't feel particularly young: we've experienced too much that has contributedto our growth and wisdom, taking its toll on our bodies, and created our memories.

I hope we've got what it takes to make our love last. As a bride, I had Scott's wedding bandengraved(雕刻) with Robert Browning's line "Grow old along with me!" We're following thoseinstructions.

If anything is real, the heart will make it plain.