my teen-age daughter was preparing to return home after having visited her grandparents for a few weeks one summer. her grandfather gave her 12 post cards .
"here, write us a few lines every month," he said.
months passed and the cards remained unused-that is until the day this letter arrived:
"dear jennifer,
life is a series of stages.
as a child, i looked forward to becoming a teenager-that happened.
as a teen-ager ,i looked forward to becoming a young man-that happened.
as a young man, i looked forward to meeting a young woman, in love and becoming a married man-that happened.
as a married man, i looked forward to becoming a father-that happened.
as a father, i looked forward to becoming a grandfather to beautiful ,intelligent grandchildren-that happened.
then i looked forward to the day they would learn to write-that hasn't happened yet.
yours sincerely"
notes:
(1) stage n.阶段
(2) teenager n.青少年
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