[00:00.86]Eternal Love 永恒之爱 [00:03.38]In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, [00:08.29]the cement that binds closer together, [00:11.47]and the music that brings harmony. [00:14.65]Words From The Heart 心灵之声 [00:21.21]Most people need to hear those three little words“I love you”. [00:26.46]Once in a while, they hear them just in time. [00:30.40]I met Connie the day she was admitted to the hospice room, [00:35.15]where I worked as a volunteer. [00:37.29]Her husband, Bill, stood nervously nearby [00:41.50]as she was transferred to the hospital bed. [00:44.18]Although Connie was in the final stages of her fight against cancer, [00:49.48]she was alert and cheerful. [00:51.51]Connie was a romantic. She loved soap operas, [00:55.71]romance novels and movies with a good love story. [00:59.39]As we became acquainted, she confided how frustrating it was [01:04.20]to be married 32 years to a man who often called her “a silly woman”. [01:09.89]“Oh, I know Bill loves me,”she said, [01:13.92]“but he has never been one to say he loves me, or send cards to me.” [01:19.30]She sighed and looked out the window at the trees in the courtyard. [01:23.90]“I’d give anything if he’d say‘I love you’, [01:28.05]but it’s just not in his nature.” [01:30.79]Bill visited Connie every day. [01:33.63]One day, I remembered it was February 12, over coffee in the cafeteria, [01:40.20]I got him on the subject of women and how we need romance in our lives; [01:45.34]how we love to get sentimental cards and love letters. [01:49.06]“Do you tell Connie you love her?”I asked (knowing his answer), [01:54.42]and he looked at me as if I was crazy. [01:57.05]“I don’t have to,”he said.“She knows I do!” [02:02.30]“I’m sure she knows,”I said “but she needs to hear it, Bill. [02:07.66]She needs to hear what she has meant to you all these years. [02:11.93]Please think about it.” [02:13.57]Two days later I walked down the hospice ward at noon. [02:17.95]There stood Bill, leaning up against the wall in the hallway, staring at the floor. [02:23.63]I already knew from the head nurse that Connie had died at 11 a.m. [02:29.11]When Bill saw me, he said，“I thought a lot about what you said, [02:33.92]and this morning I told her how much I loved her... and loved being married to her. [02:39.72]You should have seen her smile!” [02:42.12]I went into the room to say my own goodbye to Connie. [02:45.95]There, on the bedside table, was a large Valentine card from Bill. [02:51.65]You know, the sentimental kind that says,“To my wonderful wife... I love you.” [02:57.11]Don’t be closefisted in expressing your affection to your beloved lover, [03:02.47]to your parents and to your friends who are waiting for it.

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