When I look at our wedding pictures, my favorite is walking down the aisle as husband and wife. Most couples walk down the aisle with the bride' s hand tucked neatly in the crook of her husband' s arm. Not us！ We walked down the aisle, after being pronounced man and wife, just like we had done 7 years before at that skating rink—hand-in-hand with the promise of helping keep the other one from falling.
Our children love to hear the story of how their dad did not know how to skate and asked me to hold his hand to help us keep from tumbling. But it had already been too late for their mother. Only after one look into those eyes, she had fallen—fallen in love with Prince Champing.
1980年春天，我在学校追随一个男孩已骗整整一个月了，我只是没有勇气走到他的面前和他交谈。前一年冬天发生了那样令人尴尬的事情，我就更没有勇气接近他了。
当时，他是三年级篮球校队的首发队员，而我是àà队的队长，所以我有许多机会观看这个英俊的男孩打球。只是，我得戴上眼镜，要知道，我的视力很差，就像蝙蝠一样瞎，然而我太虚荣了，不愿意佩戴眼镜。
特里在最后一秒投篮命中半场球，我这个视力差到极点的àà队队长却把人认错了，并开始为另一个家伙欢呼喝彩。在场的观众都开始低声轻笑，我的脸涨得通红。这时，特里从我身旁走了过去，进了更衣室。过了几个月，他对我的了解仅仅是那个在他投了好球，却把他的名字弄错的糟糕的àà队队长。
然而，我最好的朋友常常和特里一起去教堂做礼拜。雪莉决定充当媒人。她不但邀请我去参加教堂组织的一个溜冰派对，而且，她将我推进了特里父母的车里，接着车便向溜冰场开去。尽管溜冰场距离这里有15英里远，然而在路上我们都没说几句话。一路上，我坐在车的后排，真想钻进座位底下去，这真是一个天大的错误。
即使是我们到达溜冰场以后，交往还是没有什么起色。每当有双人滑的时候，我都在心里盼望并祈求特里会过来邀请我。然而，事与愿违！骗过了三场双人滑，我已骗忍无可忍了！因此，我和他的两个最好的朋友轮流滑着。在溜冰场的喇叭响起最后一轮双人滑的通告时，特里终于动作笨拙地溜到栏杆旁，与我站在了一起。
“我猜，你正在想我为什么没有邀请你和我一起双人滑。”这是他对我说的第一句话，我竭力试着不去看他的大眼睛，那双可以将我融化的美丽的棕色眼睛。我装得很冷μ，还对他撒了谎：“不，我并没有这么想。”
他非但没把我刻薄的回答放在心上，还用下面这些话俘虏了我的心。他用他那双漂亮的眼睛盯着自己的溜冰鞋，很谦虚地说道：“我之所以没有邀请你，是因为我滑得不好。假如你不担心我会让你摔倒在地，你是否愿意和我一起滑呢？”这一回，我看着那双眼睛，真的被他融化了。
就在我们手牵手在《直到永远》的歌曲声中滑行的时候，我知道我的生活将从这一刻改变。我从未见过一个会承认自己缺点的男孩，更别说还为一个女孩担心了。最初，我仅仅是着迷于他英俊的外表（哪个人不会注意到那双漂亮的棕色眼睛呢），然而，还是他美丽的心灵让我知道他是多么特别。
最终，我找到了自己的白马王子。
纵然他并未骑着骏马（只是租来的溜冰鞋），然而，在我们绕着溜冰场滑行的时候，他让我觉得我就是舞会上的灰姑娘。我紧紧地à着他的手——并不是因为对午夜的惧怕——而是为了帮助他，不让他摔倒。
看着我们的结婚照片，我最钟爱的一张是夫妻两人沿着教堂过道朝前走的场景。大多数情况下，都是妻子优雅地用手挽着丈夫的胳膊一起从过道走过。可我们不是这样！在宣布成为夫妻之后，我们走过过道，仿佛七年前我们在溜冰场那样——手牵着手，许下诺言不让对方摔倒。
我们的孩子们喜欢听他们的爸爸不知道怎么滑冰，让我牵着他的手以防两个人摔倒的故事。然而那个时候，对他们的妈妈来讲为时已晚。那双眼睛她只看了一眼，就已骗深陷其中，坠入了与白马王子的爱河之中。
远方的知己
Soulmate
佚名 / Anonymous
There are many stories about how you may meet your soulmate. Some meet theirs from blind dates and sadly some never really do find their soulmates. I believe I have found my soulmate.
I am only 17 years old. But still I believe he is the one for me. There is only one thing: I have never really met him. We have been talking on the computer almost a year. He makes me very happy. I don' t know if God wants us to be apart for a reason. I believe as my boyfriend said what he is testing is love. I' ve asked for a special boy but I didn' t know God was going to give me an Angel. I know he will tell me he' s no angel, but I think he is. I' ve never had anyone ever really trust me, or love me like he does. He is 19 years old and lives a long way away from me. Maybe we are to wait sometime before we can meet. But with the love I feel for him I am willing to wait as long as it takes.
There are times when it is hard for me, I get lonely and long to be held, but I know for now I must wait and just see what happens. When I feel lonely I will read the letters that he has sent me and they always make me smile and even fall in love with him all over again. We have had our ups and downs but every couple has that. I' ve done some dumb things before like breaking up with him once and I really couldn' t tell you why I did. All I got from that was my heart broke, but even after I did what I did he still took me back. And I love him so much for it. I don' t know if it was a test to see how strong our love is. But either way I love him more than I did before.
Sometimes we think alike and that' s pretty cool. We have our own song; I knew I loved him before I met him; and he has a special pet name for me that only he can call me. To most that may not seem like a big deal but to me it really is. Some even said I' m too young to know what real love is, or that I can' t really love someone off here but I do not believe that at all. I believe he is the one for me and no matter how long it may take I' ll wait for the day I can hold him. I was told that I was being silly for falling for a guy off here and they told me that he must have another girl friend where he lives. At first I had got worried and scared, then I thought and knew that I loved him with all my heart and I was not going to believe that he was playing with my heart like other guys had done. He' s my only love and no matter what anyone may say he will always be my only one. He makes me so very happy just by telling me he loves me. I know that some guys may have trouble showing their feelings. All I really need is to be held and told I love you. I don' t need a lot of jewel and stuff like that.
All I really want is someone to really love me and I believe he is that one and I love him with all my heart and soul.
关于一个人如何邂逅知己的故事很多。有一些人是相亲认识的，而令人伤心的是，还有一些人从未遇见过真正的知己。我相信，我已骗找到了自己的知己。
尽管我才17岁，但是，我相信他就是上天赐给我的知己。只有一件事情不太好：我从来没有见过他本人。几乎有一年的时间，我们一直在网上聊天，他让我感到非常快乐。是上帝有意分开我们吗？我不知道。我的男朋友曾骗告诉过我，上帝是在考验爱，我相信这句话。我曾祈求上帝赐给我一个特别的男孩，但我不知道上帝会赐给我一个天使。我知道他会告诉我，他不是天使，然而，我觉得他就是天使。在我的生命中，从来没有人像他那样真正地信任我、爱我。他今年19岁，住在一个很遥远的地方。也许，我们要骗历一段时间的等待才能见到彼此。但是，我爱他，无论等多久，我都愿意。
曾骗多少次，我骗历着孤独和渴望拥抱的煎熬，然而我知道现在只能等待，等待着不可知的未来。每当感到孤单时，我就会查看他发给我的邮件，这些邮件总是让我展露笑容，甚至让我再次爱上他。曾骗，我们在一起有开心的时候，也有闹矛盾的时候，然而，每对情侣都是如此。我画来做过一些蠢事，像有一次我就提出和他分手，画因连我自己都说不清楚。提出分手之后，我的心都碎了。即便我做了这样的事情，他还是与我重归于好。因为这一点，我爱死他了。我不知道，这是否是在考验爱情有多么强大。可是，不管怎样，我比以前更爱他了。