谢谢

女儿

我们最近经常听到的一句话是：朋友之间不需要说谢谢，家人之间就更不要说谢。纪念我父亲的鲜花一束一束的到来、烧好的饭菜装满了我们冰箱. 事实上谢谢这个词已经显得苍白。我们收到的已经远远超过两个谢谢的字可以表达的. 我们真诚的想与你们分享再过去的几周里, 你们给我们的安慰是如何缓解我们的痛苦和振奋我们的精神。
 

A phrase we have heard so often recently is: You don’t need to say thank you between friends, you certainly don’t need to say thanks between family.  The flowers that commemorate our father, the food that fills our fridge, have arrived with such abundance and with such steadiness, in fact, it has become impossible to say thank you. Instead, what we would like to endeavor to do is share with you a little bit of how you have lifted our spirit and eased our pain over the last few weeks.

 我们家充满了爸爸的影子. 每一个角落都有他为我们留下的点点滴滴, 在他走后, 我们寻求重温每一段过去记忆, 不断的活在回忆中,也在痛苦中.  我们试图想抓住每一点他的碎片。于是，我们开始为自己编织一个保护茧JIAN，一个充满父亲珍贵回忆的茧。一个昨天的茧。一个孤独的茧。

 The rooms and halls of our family home is filled with the shadows and memories of our father. They are a constant reminder of his handiness, his propensity for organization and what a creative dynamic spirit that he was. In our pain, we sought the temporary relief of reliving each past memory, desperately trying to hold on to every shred. And so, we each began to knit a protective cocoon for ourselves, a cocoon filled with our own precious memories of our father. A cocoon of yesterday.

 我们家收到了无数的信息、电话和来访。每一份心意、每一个拥抱、每一个关怀的眼神 都让我们无比感动。在与你们共度的几分钟和几小时里，我们的心在倾听，我们的泪水一起流淌。我们听到了爸爸和你们的故事, 听到了你们对父亲的回忆。你们的关心与支持慢慢地解开了我们为自己编织的茧。

 As a family, we received countless messages, phone calls and visits. We received small and large gestures of love. Through the minutes and hours spent with you, our hearts listened as our tears flowed together. We heard your stories and your memories of our father. Your words and your love slowly unwound the cocoon that we knit for ourselves.

 人们说治愈之路往往是寂寞的。但我们的治愈之路并不孤独. 在我们最艰难的时刻，朋友们纷纷用不同的方式缅怀父亲、纪念他：写文章、作诗歌、献歌父(赋)、做影集. 用深厚的情谊表达对他的敬意与怀念. 你们做的一切一切 是对我父亲 一生品格付出的 认可褒扬. 你们的情谊我们铭记于心、永志不忘. 这些真挚zhi的情意，不仅让我们感受到父亲生前丰厚的人缘与大家对他一生肯定的深深怀念，也让我们在悲伤中找到一丝温暖与安慰. 我相信父亲的在天之灵一定能感到欣慰

They say the path to healing is a lonely one. They say the sign of life is measured through breaths. But we say the path to healing can’t be done alone, just like a life worth living can’t be done alone. As a family, we want to express our gratitude to all of you. Your presence today is an affirmation of our father’s life, a life well lived. Your words and your kindness brought warmth and light into these dark times of our family. And for those of you, who have worked tirelessly to help make today possible, in our hearts, we know our father would say: this is more than enough for me.

所以在此我们不说谢谢。因为谢谢太苍白。今天我们聚集在这里,用心倾听,一起流泪, 或许我们可以解开每个人为自己编织的茧JIAN。让父亲的精神与爱永远陪伴着我们每一个人. 愿平安、健康永相伴

 So we are not here to say thank you, because it is impossible to say thank you, just like it is impossible to say goodbye, especially to someone like our father. As we gather here today, as our tears flow together, as we listen with our hearts, I hope we can unravel the cocoons we have each built for ourselves in the wake of our father’s loss, through the sharing of his memory and the celebration of his life.