咕咕愛囉唆

愛的禮物A GIFT OF LOVE

换個角度，珍惜所有Look at your life through someone else’s eyes

 那年聖誕，我朋友沒有地方可去，所以我邀請他一起回到蘭卡斯特我父母的家。

我父母相當高興他能來訪。

他們殷勤為他清出家裡的客房，甚至還幫他買了一些聖誕禮物。

我永遠忘不了我們回到家的那個夜晚。

我父母已經就寢，但母親為我們準備了晚餐，烤了一些餅乾，還留了一張字條給我們。

我父母慷慨大方是出了名的，所以這樣的熱情歡迎我並不感到驚訝。

但是當我朋友看完我母親的字條，並且看到她準備的所有東西時，他居然痛哭失聲。

而就在那時，我才了解到自己根本一直把家人的愛視為理所當然。

那一年，我朋友和我自己都收到了我們會永遠珍惜的禮物。

我給了他一個溫暖安全、充滿愛的地方度過聖誕節；而他則給了我一個全新思考事情的角度。

如果我沒有跟他分享我的家，我也就不會了解到自己有多麼幸福。

 That Christmas my friend didn't have any place to go, so I invited him home to my parents' house in Lancaster. My parents were happy to have him stay with us. They graciously cleaned up our guest room for him and even bought him some Christmas gifts. I'll never forget the night we arrived at my home. My parents were already asleep, but my mom had prepared dinner for us, baked some cookies and left us a note. My parents are known for their generosity, so I wasn't surprised by this warm welcome.

 But when my friend read my mom's note and saw all that she had prepared, he broke down and cried. That's when I realized how much I took my loving

family for granted.

That year my friend and I both received gifts that we would cherish forever. I gave him the gift of a warm, loving, safe place to spend Christmas. And he gave me the gift of a new perspective. If I hadn't shared my home with him, I wouldn't have realized how blessed I am.

graciously  （adv.）殷勤的

Even though Amelia and Brody weren't expecting us for dinner, they graciously

invited us to join them.

When Chloe found out that Amanda didn’t have appropriate dress for the formal dinner, she graciously loaned her one to her.nvited us to join them.

gracious  （adj.）

Maddie is such a gracious host that we all immediately at home.

generosity  （n.）慷慨大方

Vincent’s generosity to the hospital meant that they could build a new section for cancer patients.

The poor boy who lives in our neighborhood was able to attend university due to Mr.Kaplan’s generosity.

generous  （adj.）慷慨的

Eric was very generous and paid for everyone’s dinner at teh steak house.

grasping at straws形容垂死掙扎、病急亂投醫

   做某件事，心裡非常慌亂

That team is grasping at straws in the debate.

cherish （v.）珍惜

Simone cherishes the necklace her mother gave her.

You can’t just drop in to see Benjamin as he cherishes his privacy and won’t answer the door if he isn’t expecting you.

cherished （adj.）珍惜的

If you travel, you will have many cherished memories of the places you've visited.

perspective （n.）思考問題的角度跟觀點

It is always a good idea to look at every situation from several perspectives.

From a historical perspective, those two countries have often been at war with each other.

keep things in perspective  客觀看待事物；從全面性的角度來看

Ella needs to keep things in perspective and realize that the store is just going through a hard time out but won’t necessarily be closing.keep things in perspective  decoration

christmas music

Celebrate God’s Son

Watching christmas movie

Christmas cards

Christmas tree

buying gifts 

the importance of sharing your home