我捂住嘴，不想讓他聞到嘴裡的氣味。他俯身過來親吻我的臉。
“What I do every morning,” he said.
“做我每天早晨都做的事。”他說。
He leaves in the early hours of the morning while I sleep. I miss our morning conversations, but I had not realized that he continued to tell me that he loved me even while I slept. When he left, I rolled over and hugged my pillow. I envisioned4 the picture of me lightly snoring with my mouth open and giggled.
他清晨就得離開家，我常常還在熟睡。我因我們早上沒有談話而感到遺憾，但是我還未曾意識到他一直在告訴我他愛我，哪怕是在我還睡著時。當他離開後，我在床上翻過身去，抱著我的枕頭。我想象著我睡覺時輕輕打鼾，嘴巴還微微張著的`樣子，不禁咯咯笑了。
What a man! My husband understands my past. He’s been beside me as I’ve grown from an unsure young girl to a confident woman, mother, speaker and author.
這樣一個男人！我丈夫知道我的過去。在我從一個不自信的年輕女子變成一個成熟自信的女人、母親、演講者、作家的過程中，他一直在我身邊。
But I’m not sure that he understands the part he played in that transition. The words I heard growing up pierced my soul, yet his words pierced even deeper.
但是我不確信他是否知道在這一變化過程中他起著怎樣的作用。伴我長大的話語曾刺入我的靈魂，但他的話語更是深深地感動了我的靈魂。
This Anniversary Day I plan to wake early. I want to tell Richard how much I love him. He may look in the mirror and see an extra pound or two, or wish for the day when his hair was dark and curly, but all I’ll see is the man who saw something in me when I couldn’t see it myself, and who leaves butterfly kisses, even after twenty-three years of marriage.
今年的結婚週年紀念日我打算早點醒來。我要告訴理查德我是多麼地愛他。照鏡子時，他也許會發現又增加了一兩磅體重，或者期望有一天他的頭髮又是烏黑拳曲的，但是我所看到的是這樣一個男人，是他發現我身上具備什麼東西，而我未能發現，是他天天給我留下蝶吻，即使是在結婚23年後。
