第30章爱如断臂
&LikeaBrokenArm
？佚名Anonymous
“ButwhatifIbreakmyarmagain？”myfive-year-olddaughterasked，herlowerliptrembliholdingontoherbikeandlhtintheeyes。Iknewhowmutedtoleareoutwhenherfriendspedaledbyourhouse。Yeteversinceshe’dfallenoffherbikeandbrokenherarm，she’dbeenafraid。
“Ohhoney，”Isaid。“Idon’tthinkyou’llbreakanotherarm。”
“ButIcould，’tI？”
“Yes，”Iadmitted，andfourugglihingtosay。Attimeslikethis，IwishedIhadaparturnto。Someonewhomighthelpfiwordstomakemylittlegirl’sproblemsdisappear。Butafteradisastreandapainfuldivorce，I’dweledthehardshipsofbeingasiaintelliriedtofixmeupthatIwasterminallysingle。
“Idon’tthinkIwanttoride，”shesaidandgotoffherbike。
ayandsatdowree。
“Don’tyouwahyourfriends？”Iasked。
“Yes，”sheadmitted。
“AndIthoughtytyourbiketosextyear，”Iadded。
“Iwas，”shesaid，hervoicealmostaquiver。
“Youknow，honey，”Isaid，“Myoudoewithrisks。Youcouldgetabrokenarminacarwredtheoeverrideina。Youcouldbreakyrope。Youcouldbreakyymnastics。Doyouwanttostopgoingtogymnastics？”
“No，”shesaid。Andwithadetermi，shestooduparyagaiothebackofherbikeuhecetosay，“Letgo！”
&herestoftheafternoogaverybravelittlegirlovereafear，andgratulatingmyselffaself-suffigleparent。
Aswewalkedhome，pushingthebikeaswemadeourwayalongthesidewalk，sheaskedmeaboutaversationshe’doverheardmehavingwithmymhtbefore。
“Whywereyuinglastnight？”
Mymotherwasohemanypeoplewhotlytriedtofixmeup。Howmaoldher“heMr。Perfectshepie。Shejustkhemanforme。
“It’snothing，”Itoldher。
Sheshrugged，“Grandmasaidshejustwaofiolove。”
“Whatgrandmawantsisfuytobreakmyheartagain，”Isnapped，angrythatmymotherhadsaidanythingaboutthistomydaughter。
“ButMom。。。”
“You’retooyouand，”Itoldher。
Shewasquietforthees。Thenshelookedupandinasmallvoicegavemesomethingtothinkabout。
“SoIguessloveisn’tlikeabrokenarm。”
Uoaherestofthewayinsilehome，Icalledmymotherandscoldedherfaboutthistomydaughter。ThenIdidwhatI’dseelegiftdothatveryaftergoaSteve。
&hemanforme。Wemarriedlessthaer。Itturherandmydaughterwereright。
“可要是我又把胳膊摔断了怎么办？”五岁的女儿颤抖着嘴唇问我。我跪下来，扶住她的自行车，看着她的眼睛。我知道她很想学骑车。每次她的朋友们骑着脚踏车路过我们家时，她都有强烈的失落感。但自从上次骑车摔断胳膊后，她就畏惧了。
“噢，宝贝，”我说，“我确信你不会摔断另一条胳膊。”
“但那有可能，不是吗？”