13-01-04 The D-word. It's most people's worst fear, but, in a bittersweet（苦乐参半的） way, it was my greatest joy. In divorce, you gain something and you lose something. There is no way around it, and in the end, it is best for everyone, whether they know...

12-12-29 Before they closed my father's casket（棺材，骨灰盒） , I left him with a gift. After all he had given me, it was the least and best I could do. He passed away the day I got my 1,000th career hit, in the final game of the 2002 season, so at his side...

12-12-26 Inevitably, we will meet a lot of crossings on the way of our lives. How to choose? The brewer's son, Jim Koch, endows（赋予） it novel thoughts. When Jim was a teenager, his father did everything he could to dissuade（劝阻） him from becoming a bre...

12-12-20 When my father came home there was laughter, rollicking（申斥，责骂） , rolling laughter. He was strong and handsome; his thick, black, wavy hair fell into his black, laughing eyes. When he kissed me, I pushed his bristled mustache from my tender sk...

12-12-19 One day, a man named Ai Zi said to the rich man, Your sons are so stupid and know nothing about the world. How can they take your property over after your death? Hearing these words, the rich man became a little bit angry. The father said, Everyone...

12-12-19 A little boy asked his father: Daddy, how much does it cost to get married? The father replied: I don 't know son. I'm still paying!! 小孩问他的父亲说：爸爸，结婚的花多少钱啊？ 父亲回答道：我也不知道，到现在我还在付出。...

12-12-07 King Pandion of Athens had two daughters, Procne and Philomela. When Athens was threatened by the wild men, King Tereus of Thrace came to its help. Out of gratitude King Pandion offered Tereus either of his daughters in marriage and the Thracian kin...

12-11-28 I think that we should all have two lives. One to live to make mistakes and then one to come back and do it again. You know so you don't make mistakes. I mean because parents will not tell you things － nobody ever tells you. Parents don't want to s...

12-11-28 When I was growing up I do not recall hearing the words I love you from my father. When your father never says them to you when you are a child, it gets tougher and tougher for him to say those words as he gets older. To tell the truth, I could not...

12-10-26 Son: Dad, give me a dime. Father: Son, don't you think you're getting too big to be forever begging for dimes? Son: I guess you're right, Dad. Give me a dollar, will you? 儿子：爸爸，给我一角钱。 父亲：儿子，你不认为你已经长大了，不该再老是一角一角...