給子女的信
Dear son,
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The day that you see me old and I am already not, have patience and try to understand me. R2 D/ P1 U" D7 t
@2 H5 a- c3 `* gIf I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience.! O. U+ d" M9 I( M
) V; z6 S1 H/ w; C7 _Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
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If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times … do not interrupt me…listen to me.% E2 {% Z5 D- Z" O) a) P
3 \# N9 s W* {2 ]& n6 BWhen you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you gets to sleep…: |7 k$ t# g R4 y, J6 Q
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When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…
% i9 h' i( v) C& L3 t% l0 [Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath…- }0 q4 J4 U" a4 o' T
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When you see my ignorance on new technologies give me the necessary time# r! [6 S m/ K# o/ H% e
and not look at me with your mocking smile…6 u) P- r' Y7 @) |# n) E# @
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I taught you how to do so many things, to eat good, to dress well, to confront life…
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5 ]# e7 I, D1 o, @+ W! kWhen at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation,
0 [+ n: J4 O {* ^" H" |2 flet me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, 3 D/ D) R; Y8 A; m# {" h
do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not my conversation
" z: R; L" g5 U8 q* {% J2 c c but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…
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If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me.8 S# k' a; I' I! {. v
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I know well when I need to and when not.$ Y# w8 Q: `6 ?+ m
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When my tired legs do not allow me walk … give me your hand…
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1 Y7 O; o- ]( z0 a8 g) B( O/ MAnd when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more… 2 N/ M& _1 F9 J* _( y+ i* K. d5 V* C
that I want to die … do not get angry, some day you will understand.: n+ u* ^4 v* j* T; Q/ B) }+ q8 D
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Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived., w1 |* q5 y6 ~' x
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Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes,
% }. t) ?5 n& }. C2 zI always wanted the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you …
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You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you.
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You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you started living.
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$ A; k8 k0 [& N" B: t @, SHelp me to walk … help me to end my way with love and patience.+ t# b1 R: S, m- K) I; |; v+ }
. y9 H" ]% M! Z' XI will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.2 m% b0 f9 |0 n% M; W3 M& g: J9 c
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1 d! f7 M. z' U# q" t* iI love you son…
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8 f$ Q. T: E5 W" D) vYour father1 t2 y: U1 j& G; }. L
