双语阅读：坚持不放弃，你便是生活的主人
<p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="separated">separated</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1954 <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="only">only</span> 2 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="again">again</span>.</p><p>1954年，我的父母离婚了，那时我才两岁，从那之后，我就再也没见过我的父亲。</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="secret">secret</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="century">century</span>.</p><p>在将近一个世纪的时间里，我的母亲，还有我母亲娘家的亲戚一直对我守口如瓶，他们闭口不提我的父亲，还有我父亲这边的亲人。</p><p><span word="In">In</span> 2010 <span word="I">I</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="Ancestry">Ancestry</span>.<span word="Com">Com</span>.</p><p>2010年，我开始通过<span word="Ancestry">Ancestry</span>.<span word="Com">Com</span>网站寻找我父亲的相关信息。</p><p><span word="However">However</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="August">August</span> 6, 1999 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Dallas">Dallas</span>, <span word="Texas">Texas</span>.</p><p>没有想到，我得到的是一个噩耗。我父亲早已在1999年8月6日去世，在德克萨斯州达拉斯市的一家医院里，死因是癌症。</p><p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="father">father</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="certificate">certificate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="examiner">examiner</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="relatives">relatives</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="buried">buried</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="bag">bag</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="unmarked">unmarked</span> <span word="grave">grave</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="cemetery">cemetery</span>.</p><p>我终于拿到了父亲的死亡证明时，当时的法医告诉我，由于我父亲在当地没有任何家属，医院只能把他埋葬在一个废旧的墓地里，墓碑上没有名字，遗骸入殓于廉价的裹尸袋之中。</p><p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="served">served</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="WW">WW</span>2 <span word="so">so</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="remains">remains</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="buried">buried</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="cemetery">cemetery</span>.</p>
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