第23章你所有的好（1）
AlltheGood
海伦·姆罗斯拉HelenMrosla
&hethirdgradeclassItaughtatSaintMary’sSorris，Mia。All34ofmystudeome，butMarkEklundwasoneinamillioinappearahappy-to-be-aliveattitudethatmadeevenhisoisessdelightful。
Markalsotalkedily。Itriedtoremindhimagainandagainthattalkingwithoutpermissiontable。ressedmesomuch，though，wasthesincererespoimeIhadtoformisbehaving。“Thankyme，Sister！”Ididn’tknowwhattomakeofitatfirst，butbefIbecameaedtitmanytimesaday。
mypatiencewasgrowingthialkedoen。Imadeaeacher’smistake。IlookedatMarkandsaid，“Ifyousayonemoingtotapeyourmouthshut！”
ItwaserwhenChuckblurtedout，“Markistalkingagain。”Ihadn’taskedastohelpmewatchMark，butsiatedthepuinfrontoftheclass，Ihadtoait。
&heseasifithadoccurredthism。Iwalkedtomydesk，verydeliberatelyopehedrawerandtookoutarollofmaskisayingaword，Iproark’sdesk，toreofftwopiecesoftapeandmadeabigXwiththemoverhismouth。Ithehefrontoftheroom。
AsIglaMarktoseehowhewasdoing，hewididit！IstartedlaughiireclasscheeredasIwalkedbaark’sdesk，removedthetapeandshruggedmyshoulders。Hisfirstwordswere，“Thankyme，Sister。”
AttheendoftheyearIwasaskedtoteaath。Theyearsflewby，andbeforeIkMarkwasinmyagain。Hewasmorehahaneverandjustaspolite。Siolisteomyinstruthe“h”，hedidnottalkasmuthgrade。
&hingsjustdid。Wehadworkedhardoallweek，ahestudentsweregrowingfrustratedwiththemselves—ahoher。Ihadtostopthisessbefotoutofhand。SoIaskedthemtolisttheheotherstudentsintheroomosaspaeaame。ThenItoldthemtothihingtheycouldsayabouteachoftheirclassmatesadown。
Ittooktheremaiheclassperiodtofinishtheassigasthestudeheroom，eadedmetheirpaper。Chucksmiled。Marksaid，“Thankyme，Sister。Haveagoodweekend。”
ThatSaturday，Iwrotedowntheudeesheetofpaper，aeveryoneelsehadsaidaboutthatindividual。OnMondayIgaveeathisorherlist。Someofthemran，twopages。Bef，theentireclasswassmiling。“Really？”Iheardwhispers。“Imeantanythingtoanyone！”“Ididn’tknowotherslikedmesomuch！”
iohosepapersinclassagain。Iheydiscussedthemafterclassorwiththeirparents，butitdidheexercisehadaplisheditspurpose。Thestudentsywiththemselvesaheragain。
Thatgroupofstudentsmovedon。Severalyearslater，afterIhadreturnedfromavaypareheairport。Asweweredriviheraskedtheusualquestionsaboutthetrip：Hoas，myexperieherewasaslightlullintheversatiaveDadasidewaysglandsimplysaid，“Dad？”Myfatherclearedhisthroat。“TheEklunight，”hebegan。
“Really？”Isaid，“Ihaven’theardfromthemforseveralyears。IwonderhowMarkis。”
Dadrespoly。“Markwaskilledihefuomorroarentswouldlikeitifyoucouldattend。”TothisdayIstillpoispotonI-494whereDadtoldmeaboutMark。
Ihadneverseenaserviamilitarybefore。Marklookedsohaure。AllIkatthatmomentwas，Mark，Iwouldgiveallthemaskiheworldifonlyyoucouldtalktome。
ThechurchackedwithMark’sfriends。Chuck’ssistersaleHymnoftheRepublic。”Whydidithavetoraihefuwasdiffioughatthegraveside。Thepastorsaidtheusualprayersandthebuglerplayedtaps。OhosewholovedMarktookalastwalkbythedsprihholy