這個週日就是2017年的父親節了，你是否有什麼話想要對你的父親說?也許在這個特殊的日子，給父親寫一封信會是一個好主意。
Dear Dad,
親愛的爸爸，
Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, and selected and read again, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
今天我在商場花了很長時間閱讀那些寫滿父親節寄語的卡片。那些卡片上面的文字很特別，也或多或少地表達出了我對您的感受。但當我反覆挑選閱讀時，我發現沒有一張卡片能明確表達我想對您說的話。
You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Days together. I haven’t always been with you on Father’s Day nor have I been with you for all of your birthdays. It wasn’t because I didn’t want to be with you. I’ve always been with you in my heart but sometimes life gets in the way.
爸爸，您很快就84歲了，並且我和您將共度第55個父親節。無論父親節還是您的生日，我並非總是陪在您身邊。而這並不是因爲我不想陪伴您。我的心一直在您身畔，可奈何人生世事變幻。
You know, Dad, there was a time when we were not only separated by the generation gap but completely polarized by it. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other, father and daughter split apart by age and experience, opinions, hairstyles, cosmetics, clothing, curfews, music, and boys.
爸爸，您知道的，有段時間我們完全被時代代溝阻隔。您站在溝壑一邊，而我在另一邊。父女生生被年齡、經驗、意見、髮式、化妝、服飾、晚歸、音樂和男友等因素分開。
The Father-Daughter Duel of ’54 shifted into high gear when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the ‘54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who escorted me home after you reported the Chevy stolen late one evening was too young to understand father-daughter politics and too old to have much tolerance for a snotty 16 year old. You were so decent about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.
那時，您教我開那部道奇舊車，可我卻不顧您是否同意執意要開那輛雪佛蘭54，也由此，我們的爭執開始白熱化。您報警說雪佛蘭車被盜的那晚，護送我回家的`警察到家太年輕，根本不懂我們父女倆之間的政治鬥爭，可他也不小了，竟然對一個16歲的流鼻涕的小孩沒有足夠耐心。爸爸，您對這件事處理得很體面，但我想那可能是我一生中最糟糕的一個夜晚吧。
最後，小編再送上一份爲父親而做的禱告：
Gaynell Bordes Cronin
From Friend Jesus: Prayers for Children
Thank you, friend Jesus,
感謝你，我的朋友耶穌
For my father who loves me,
爲愛我的父親
For my grandfather who cares for me,
爲關心我的祖父，
And for God, your father and mine,
爲你和我的父親——上帝
Who made me and is always with me.
他創造了我並永遠與我同在。
How lucky I am!
我怎會如此之幸!
