英語溫馨夜讀I PART3 12 Butterfly Kisses 蝶吻

[00:00.77]Butterfly Kisses 蝶吻 [00:04.82]My newlywed husband said the same thing every morning. [00:09.75]“You’re beautiful today.” [00:11.71]One glance in the mirror revealed that it was far from the truth. [00:16.64]A skinny girl with mashed hair on one side of her head [00:20.97]and no makeup smiled back at me. [00:23.63]I could feel my sticky morning breath. [00:26.49]“Liar,”I shot back with a grin. [00:29.65]It was my usual response. [00:33.04]My mother’s first husband was not a kind man [00:36.93]and the harsh words we heard growing up took root. [00:40.59]I had trouble seeing myself as someone of value. [00:44.42]I had been married two years when I surprised myself. [00:48.68]My husband wrapped his arms around me and told me I was beautiful. [00:54.04]“Thank you,”I said. [00:56.45]The same thin girl with the mousy brown hair still stared back at me in the mirror, [01:02.69]but somehow the words had finally blossomed in my heart. [01:06.63]A lot of years have passed. My husband has grey in his hair. [01:12.65]I’m no longer skinny. [01:14.97]Last week I woke up and my husband’s face was inches from mine. [01:20.41]“What are you doing?”I asked. [01:23.69]I covered my mouth, trying to hide my morning breath. [01:27.79]He reached down and kissed my face. [01:30.48]“What I do every morning,”he said. [01:33.65]He leaves in the early hours of the morning while I sleep. [01:38.36]When he left, I rolled over and hugged my pillow. [01:41.97]I envisioned the picture of me lightly snoring with my mouth open and giggled. [01:47.33]What a man! My husband understands my past. [01:51.82]He’s been beside me as I’ve grown from an unsure young girl to a confident woman, [01:57.13]mother, speaker and author. [01:59.48]But I’m not sure that he understands the part he played in that transition. [02:05.05]The words I heard growing up pierced my soul, yet his words pierced even deeper. [02:11.73]This Anniversary Day I plan to wake early. [02:15.77]I want to tell Richard how much I love him. [02:18.84]He may look in the mirror and see an extra pound or two, [02:22.77]or wish for the day when his hair was dark and curly, [02:25.84]but all I’ll see is the man who saw something in me when I couldn’t see it myself, [02:31.75]and who leaves butterfly kisses, even after twenty-three years of marriage.

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