"Simply avoid her." Abby listened closely, as I continued, "If she says any more1 things to you, I'll go to your teacher. I'll make sure you are never in a(n)2 where you have to sit next to her again."
At that time, Allyson, my then eight-year-old, came to3 us and listened to every word. Neither of my daughters interrupted ( 打断 ) as I finished my heartfelt speech, filled with4 wisdom. Then, as I was telling them what I thought right, Allyson's real words of5 came about. "Mom," she said, "I was just thinking. Maybe Abby should be that girl's6 so that she can bear ( 容忍 ) her. In that way, she can let that girl see forgiveness ( 谅解 ) and kindness through her."
Hmm, I became the7 . At that moment, I realized that although I was wearing the "mother's hat", the "hat" certainly didn't make me8 all the time. In fact, I wanted to pull that hat over my face and hide myself so that they couldn't see my embarrassed ( 难为情的 ) look.
"Yes, that's a good point," I commented ( 评论 ),9 a half smile at my girls. "Abby, you deal with this situation the way you think is right." "OK," she said, giving me a quick hug ( 拥抱 ) before walking out of the door and off to school. "Bye, Mom!" Allyson called, following her big sister to go out of the door.
I was left alone-in my slippers ( 拖鞋 ). In those following10 moments, I was lost in thought. I did feel11 my two amazing daughters-small in size but big in heart. Sometimes our children have great lessons to teach us-12 we are willing to listen.
That lesson came more than ten years ago, and I'll never forget how much I have learned from my children.
