几天前，接到大学同班同学 T 君 的 E-Mail, 说起在文学城上读到一篇 “老公， 谢谢”的文章，她一边读一边哽咽，惊动了她十七岁的女儿。女儿问起，她说：这是我同学，你 K 阿姨写的。 她女儿忙问：你怎么知道？她说：因为很多事情，我们是一起经历的。她女儿连忙也读了一遍。当即提笔给我女儿写信。

我们俩虽常电话联络，可也有十多年未见面了。我们俩的女儿，应该是在一两岁，还穿开裆裤的时候，几家孩子一起玩过，不会有啥印象。在我们俩的电话里，常常聊起女儿们的趣事，她俩虽差两岁，却有很多相似之处。她俩除了交流过一点，关于我女儿的那本还未完成的书,“ Resurrection” 外，几乎没有过别的接触。这里，我只是简单地介绍一下俩女孩的背景。至于俩孩子的理想，思考，人生观，信仰，等等，可以从她们自己的信件中，看出来。就像我这同学 T 君说的：有时真是觉得，我们应该向孩子们多学习，净化我们的灵魂。有时我也在想，我们的教育，跟孩子们今天在美国所受的教育，到底不同在哪儿。我们来到人家的国家，如果再不改变我们的一些陋习，不用说，会被人家美国人看不起，更可怕的是，在我们自己的孩子眼里，我们配称作文明五千年的国度里受过教育的人吗？

以下这篇 ， 是同学女儿 H 写给我女儿 E 的。我女儿的回信，将在下一篇发出。

Dear E:

I wish I had prettier paper to write to you, but I guess notebook paper just have to do for a while.

Wow, where to start…. I have so much I want to say, that I can’t decide where to begin anymore.

Well, first of all, I want you to know that you are the most kind-hearted, nicest, and sweetest girl I’ve ever known. Your ability to forgive and love others is simply amazing. My New Year’s Resolution is to be more like you, to become a better person with more patience, to be more generous and more kind. You are an example of how we should live according to God’s command. You are my role model.

You are also an extremely talented young women. Although I haven’t had the time to finish reading- and translating- your <>. I now from what I have read that it is one of the most touching and awakening books I’ve ever encountered (when you win a Pulitzer’s prize for it, remember me in your award acception speech). I can’t wait to see all your

Other Nobel- prize- winner- books- in- progress. I’ll try to finish my short novel, although it is making agonizingly slow progress- I never have enough time.

You are such a hard- worker-------- 3 AP classes?! Are you crazy? What are you trying to do?! Kill yourself? You are so dedicated to your work, and I wish you luck in everything you do.

Know that you and your family are in my prayers. Don’t worry too much about the future. Things will work out. Because as Christians we know that our Heavenly Father is in control of the world and our lives.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Say hi to your brother and mom and Yuki for me!

Love, H

P.S. We should plan a get- together in the summer when we have the time and opportunity.

P.S.S (Dog prints)

P.S.S.S. Excuse the funny-looking envelope. I made out of a moment of “creativeness.”