逛書店,嗅著濃濃的書卷味,是為人生一大樂事也。
俗語有云Don't judge a book by its cover,可是買書一事卻五分憑封面,三分靠感覺,兩分則看內容,順帶一提,三聯書店正舉行大減價,大部分書籍均有八五折優惠,最後兩天,欲購從速。
維維的故事 ( Vivi's Story )
邊看書,邊流淚,流下的每一滴都是感動的淚,感激作者龔晴 (維維的母親 ) ,讓我感受到母愛的偉大、勇氣的可貴,堅持的威力。
這書講述一個患有阿佩爾氏綜合症的小女孩頑強生存的故事,她名叫維維,一個出生時臉部頭部畸形,手指腳趾並連的小女孩,經歷無數大小手術,為的是爭取一個正常人的權利,此書由母親親自執筆,用簡單直接的陳述方式,道出和女兒自1995年起長達17年與頑疾抗爭的點滴,短短一百多頁,你可以感受到不同的愛,父母對女兒的關愛,姐妹間血肉相連的愛,維維溶化別人心靈的自愛。
經歷完重大的顱逄手術,包紮得像個小士兵的維維
天真可愛,無懼缺陷,用自己的方法打保齡球的維維
維維是一個業餘小作家,喜歡在網上發表自己的作品,雖然手指較短小,可是打字速度非常快,我信這滴滴噠噠的打字聲後定必下了不少苦功。
有一天,維維問媽媽若她將來有自己的孩子,孩子會和她一樣有病嗎?媽媽知道維維長大了,開始想結婚生子的事,無奈的是殘酷的現實,可恨的是那50%的遺傳基率。
She sat me down in the big oak chair,
Said, baby,here's the cold hard truth.
You've come so far toward your journey end,
But your child may still not be normal,
Give him love and hold him close,
Wipe off all his broken tears.
But how can you expect me to know it,
When I am asked to choose.
I would not sin by not taking in,
A child and his differences.
They tell me to get rid of him,
How can they expect me to?
By the time it has occurred,
I stick to my own word.
He's my flesh and my blood,
And I 'll love and nurture him to the end.
Don't tell me things I don't want to hear,
Don't put trash in my ear.
He's my flesh and my blood,
And I 'll love and nurture him to the end.
Count the months and count the day,
Till I have you in my arms.
Hold you close and whisper soft and sweet,
Baby, you 're the light of my life
I 'll never lose.
一段出自維維手筆的小詩,真摰感人,這段讓我哭得最慘。
世上確是有很多不幸,社會亦的確是有無數的不公,生活壓力無可否認是咄咄逼人,可是能在逆境中找到希望,學會堅持,這何嘗不是一堂珍貴的課,看完維維的故事,我所謂的不幸、挫折只是微不足道。
When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have thousand reasons to smile.
Author Unknown