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When my husband, Bob, died very suddenly in January 1994, I received condolences（慰问） from people I hadn’t heard from in years: letters, cards, flowers, calls, visits.
1994年1月，我的丈夫鲍勃突然去世。那时，我收到一些多年没有联系的朋友的慰问，有信件、卡片、鲜花、电话和上门拜访。
I was overwhelmed with grief, yet uplifted by this outpouring of love from family, friends and even mere acquaintances . One message touched me profoundly（深深地）. I received a letter from my best friend from sixth grade through high school.
尽管丧夫的悲伤让我备受打击，但是家人、朋友还有那些只是相识的人们所给予我的爱极大地鼓舞了我。 这其中，有一封信深深地将我打动了。这封信是寄自于我从六年级到整个高中时代最要好的朋友。
We had drifted somewhat since graduation in 1949, as she stayed in our hometown and I had not. But it was the kind of friendship that could quickly resume even if we lost touch for five or ten years.
从1949年毕业以后，我们就各奔东西了。因为她在家乡留下了，而我却没有。但是，我们是这样的朋友，就算我们五年甚至十年都没有联系，我们的友情也能在瞬间恢复。
Her husband, Pete, had died perhaps 20 years ago at a young age, leaving her with deep sorrow and heavy responsibilities : finding a job and raising three young children. She and Pete, like Bob and I, had shared one of those rare, close, “love-of-your-life-you-can-never-forget” relationships.
她的丈夫皮特去世得很早，离现在差不多已经有二十多年了。皮特的离去给她留下了深深的悲痛，还有沉重的责任：她必须找份工作来供养三个年幼的孩子。正如我和鲍勃之间的感情一样，她和皮特之间也有着那种世间罕有的、亲密的、“终生都无法忘怀的爱”的感情。
In her letter she shared an anecdote about my mother (now long deceased). She wrote, “When Pete died, your dear mother hugged me and said, ‘Trudy, I don’t know what to say… so I’ll just say I love you’ . ”
在信中，她跟我说了一件关于我那早已故去了的母亲的事情。她这样写道：“当年皮特去世时，你那亲爱的母亲紧紧地搂着我说道：‘特鲁蒂，我不知道该怎么安慰你……因此，我只能说我爱你’。”
She closed her letter to me repeating my mother’s words of so long ago, “Bonnie, I don’t know what to say… so I’ll just say I love you.” I felt I could almost hear my mother speaking to me now. What a powerful message of sympath !
在这封信的结尾，她引用了我母亲很久以前说过的那句话：“邦妮，我不知道该怎么安慰你……因此，我只能说我爱你。” 那时，我似乎听见母亲正在跟我说着这句话。
How dear of my friend to cherish it all those years and then pass it on to me. I love you. Perfect words. A gift. A legacy（遗赠）.
这是一封多么富有同情心的信啊！多么好的朋友啊，将这句话珍藏这么多年之后，又在这一刻把它传递给我。我爱你。多么完美的词语啊！这是一份爱的礼物！这是一份爱的遗赠！
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