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亲爱的上帝，我不知道该怎样向她来表达感激之情，只有请求您好好地保佑母亲得到她应该享受的一切，并帮助我朝她树立的榜样看齐。
我祈求，在我孩子的眼睛里，我会如同母亲在我眼里一样优秀。
Dear God，now that I am no longer young，I have friends whose mothers have passed away.I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them.
I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive.I appreciate her more each day.My mother does not change，but I do.As I grow older and wiser，I realize what an extraordinary person she is.How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her presence，but they flow easily from my pen.
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself？For the love，patience and just plain hard work that go into raising a child？For running after a toddler1，for understanding a moody teenager，for tolerating a college student who knows everything？For waiting for the day when a daughter realizes her mother really is？
How does a grown woman thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother？For being ready with advice（when asked）or remaining silent when it is most appreciated？For not saying：'I told you so'，when she could have uttered these words dozens of times？For being essentially herself loving，thoughtful2，patient，and forgiving？
I don't know how，dear God，except to bless her as richly as she deserves and to help me live up to3 the example she has set.I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine.
上帝啊，如今我已不再年轻，我一些朋友的母亲都已经去世了。我曾听这些子女们说过，他们从来都没有向母亲充分地表达过他们的感激之情，而待到要说出口时，已经太晚了。
幸运的是，我亲爱的母亲依然健在。我对她的感激之情与日俱增。母亲没有改变，而我却变了。随着年岁的增长，我变得越来越懂事了，我认识到她是个非常了不起的人。但是当着她的面时，这些话我难以启齿，尽管用文字可以轻易地写出来，这令我感到很是难过。
做女儿的该怎样开口感谢她的母亲所赐予自己的生命呢？怎么感谢她在抚养孩子的过程中所付出的爱、耐心以及无私的辛勤劳动？怎么感谢她跟在蹒跚学步的孩子身后奔跑，感谢她对情绪不定的少女的理解，以及对一个自以为是的大学生的宽容呢？怎么感谢她等待着女儿有一天认识到她确实是一位好母亲？
一个成年女子该怎样感谢母亲依然如故的慈母角色？感谢她在征询意见时会及时地提供良言，而在不需要时她会保持沉默？感谢她没有说：“我早就告诉过你，”而她本来可以这样说上许多次？感谢她始终不变的爱心、体贴周到、耐心和理解宽容？
亲爱的上帝，我不知道该怎样向她来表达感激之情，只有请求您好好地保佑母亲得到她应该享受的一切，并帮助我朝她树立的榜样看齐。我祈求，在我孩子的眼睛里，我会如同母亲在我眼里一样优秀。
生词与短语 New Words and Expressions
1.toddler n.蹒跚学步的孩子
2.thoughtful adj.体贴的，关心的（Opposite：thoughtless）
3.live up to遵守，实践（诺言等）；符合，不辜负
妙语连珠：Beautiful Sentences
I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them.
我曾听这些子女们说过，他们从来都没有向母亲充分地表达过他们的感激之情，而待到要说出口时，已经太晚了。
心灵感悟：
It is the general rule that all superior men inherit the elements of superiority from their mother.
一切优秀的人通常都从他们的母亲那里继承优良的因素。