Today I posted a picture of our 8-year-old grandson, Eli, running in a race on social website. 今天我在社交网站上发布了一张照片,照片上,我们八岁的小孙子正在一场一场比赛中奋力奔跑。 I tagged a friend, Andrew, to make sure he saw it. 我特意向一个名叫Andrew的朋友发送了提示,希望他能够看到这张照片。 There was a reason why Andrew was tagged 之所以要对Andrew发出提是有原因的 and I'd like to share the reason why. 我想把与此有关的故事跟你们分享 Our son Todd died suddenly in a car accident at the age of 16. 我们的儿子Todd在一场车祸中意外身亡,年纪才16岁 Todd had been a cross country runner in high school with Andrew 那时Todd正在念高中,和Andrew都是跨国比赛的赛跑选手 and they had become friends. 他们结成了好友 The day of Todd's calling hours Andrew came to show his respects. Todd去世的那一天,Andrew也来悼念 My eyes filled with tears when I saw Andrew placed some of his cross country medals in the casket with Todd. 当我看到Andrew把自己在跨国比赛中获得的奖牌放进Todd的遗物匣时,泪水盈满了我的眼睛。 I walked over 我走过去 and asked Andrew why he was putting these medals in the casket . |