e a boy's scraped knee. She cooks the best fried chicken in the world... gets stains out of blue jeans like I never could...and still insists on dishing out ice cream at any hour of the day or night.
Through the years, my mother's hands have put in countless hours of toil, and most of hers were before automatic washers!
Now, my own children are grown and gone. Mom no longer has Dad, and on special occasions, I find myself drawn next door to spend the night with her. So it was that late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I drifted into sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly stole across my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my brow.
In my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night my surly young voice complained: \"Don't do that anymore -- your
hands are too rough!\" Catching Mom's hand in hand, I blurted out how sorry I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I
did. But Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten -- and forgiven -- long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
夜複一夜，她總是來幫我來蓋被子，即使我早已長大。這是媽媽長期習慣，她總是彎下身來，撥開我的長發，在我的額上一吻。
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我不記得從何時起，她撥開我的頭發令我非常不耐煩。但的確，我討厭她長期操勞、粗糙的手摩擦我細嫩的皮膚。最後，一天晚上，我衝她叫：“別再這樣了——你的手太粗糙了！”她什麼也沒說。但媽媽再也沒有象這樣對我表達她的愛。直到很久以後，我還是常想起我的那些話。但自尊占了上風，我沒有告訴她我很後悔。
時光流逝，我又想到那個晚上。那時我想念我媽媽的手，想念她晚上在我額上的一吻。有時這幕情景似乎很近，有時又似乎很遙遠。但它總是潛伏著，時常浮現，出現在我意識中。
一年年過去，我也不再是一個小女孩，媽媽也有70多歲了。那雙我認為很粗糙的手依然為我和我家庭做著事。她是我家的醫生，為我女兒在藥櫥裡找胃藥或在我兒子擦傷的膝蓋上敷藥。她能燒出世界上最美味的雞…… 將牛仔褲弄乾淨而我卻永遠不能……而且可以在任何時候盛出冰激淩。
這麼多年來，媽媽手做了多少家務！而且在自動洗衣機出現以前她已經操勞了絕大多數時間。
。上毛眉的我在印地輕輕，吻個一後然，發頭開撥上頭額我從，臉的我過略地悄悄、地豫猶些有手的悉熟隻一，裡室臥的時輕年在睡我，夜深的夕前節恩感次一。間房壁隔媽媽在睡我，候時些有，了世去爸爸。家了開離，大長經已都子孩的我，在現
。我了諒原就早並，事這了忘就前以久很在經已她。麼什些說在我道知不媽媽但。樣一我像，了來起想她為以我。悔後麼多是我，晚那為因出而口衝我，手*媽住抓”！了糙粗太手的你——了樣這再別“：音聲的青年、暴粗我晚那起想，次數無，中憶記的我在
。蹤無失消經已感罪負的我來年多許這。睡入激感的手雙貼體和親母柔溫對著帶我，晚那
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疤傷塊那的上臉媽媽
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