The Powerful Gift of Love
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="watched">watched</span> <span word="sympathetically">sympathetically</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="attractive">attractive</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="cane">cane</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="carefully">carefully</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="steps">steps</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="paid">paid</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="driver">driver</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="using">using</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="location">location</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seats">seats</span>, <span word="walked">walked</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="theaisle">theaisle</span>（甬道）<span word="and">and</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seat">seat</span> <span word="he">he</span>'<span word="d">d</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="empty">empty</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="settled">settled</span> <span word="in">in</span>, <span word="placed">placed</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="briefcase">briefcase</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="lap">lap</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rested">rested</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="cane">cane</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="leg">leg</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="Susan">Susan</span>, 34, <span word="became">became</span> <span word="blind">blind</span>. <span word="Due">Due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="misdiagnosis">misdiagnosis</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="rendered">rendered</span> <span word="sightless">sightless</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="suddenly">suddenly</span> <span word="thrown">thrown</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="darkness">darkness</span>, <span word="anger">anger</span>, <span word="frustration">frustration</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="self">self</span> <span word="pity">pity</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cling">cling</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span>, <span word="Mark">Mark</span>.</p><p><span word="Mark">Mark</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Air">Air</span> <span word="Force">Force</span> <span word="officer">officer</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="loved">loved</span> <span word="Susan">Susan</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="heart">heart</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="sight">sight</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="watched">watched</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="sink">sink</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="despair">despair</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="determined">determined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="gain">gain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strength">strength</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="confidence">confidence</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="independent">independent</span> <span word="again">again</span>.</p><p><span word="Finally">Finally</span>, <span word="Susan">Susan</span> <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="ready">ready</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="job">job</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="there">there</span>? <span word="She">She</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bus">bus</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="frightened">frightened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="herself">herself</span>. <span word="Mark">Mark</span> <span word="volunteered">volunteered</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="drive">drive</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="though">though</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="opposite">opposite</span> <span word="ends">ends</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="first">first</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="comforted">comforted</span> <span word="Susan">Susan</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fulfilled">fulfilled</span> <span word="Mark">Mark</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="sightless">sightless</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="insecure">insecure</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="performing">performing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="slightest">slightest</span> <span word="task">task</span>. <span word="Soon">Soon</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="Mark">Mark</span> <span word="realized">realized</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="arrangement">arrangement</span> <span word="wasn">wasn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="working">working</span>. <span word="Susan">Susan</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="again">again</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="admitted">admitted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="himself">himself</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="fragile">fragile</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="angry">angry</span> - <span word="how">how</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="react">react</span>?</p>
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