母親的愛，無論以何種方式表達，都是如此偉大。
One night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read:
一天晚上，妻子在廚房準備晚餐的時候，我們的小兒子拿著一張紙走向他母親。上面寫道：
For washing the car………………………………….$5.00
洗車---5美元
For making my own bed this week…………………$1.00
本周整理我的房間-1美元
Going to the provision shop…………………………$0.50
為你去商店0.5美元
Playing with little sister…………………………$0.25
照管小妹妹0.25美元
Taking out the rubbish……………………………$1.00
外出倒垃圾1美元
Getting a good report card…………………………$5.00
成績報告單獲得良好----5美元
And for sweeping the common corridor……………$2.00
打掃通道---2美元
Total…………………………………………………$14.75
總計----14.75美元
His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment. I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind. So she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote:
他母親看著他兒子滿懷希望地站在那兒等著拿錢。我能看到她腦子裡翻騰著記憶的浪花。她拿起鋼筆把兒子寫過的紙翻過來。在上面寫道：
For 9 months I carried you, growing inside me…………………No Charge
你呆在我的腹中，我為你懷胎九月免費;
For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you…….No Charge
晚上陪伴著你，為你求醫，為你祈禱---免費;
For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose……………No Charge
為你準備玩具、食物、衣服甚至為你擦鼻涕免費，
When you add it all up, the full cost of my love………………No Charge
你把以上所有的累加起來，我為你付出的全部的愛--免費。
Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. He looked at his mother and said, 「Mummy, I love you.」 Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on the 「bill」 「All paid.」
兒子讀完母親寫的話，雙眼含著豆大的淚花，他看著他的媽媽說：「媽媽，我愛你。」他拿出鋼筆在他的「帳單」上寫了幾個大大的字：「全部要償還。」