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爱的奇迹LoveLivesForever

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MymouthfeltdryasIfollowedmymotherior'sprivateoffikintoapaddedexttohers。Thisdo'tcarryastethoscope。Hehadaroomfullofgadgetsandgizmostoahelearningabilitiesoffailidayhehadanalyzedme。

Heshuffledpapersandjabbedhiswireframeglasseswithafer。“I'msorrytotellyouthis，Mrs。Dow，butPeterhasdyslexia。Afairlyseverecase。”

Iswallowedaobreathe。Thedoton。“He'llneverreadabovethefradelevel。Sin'tbeabletopletehighschoolrequirements，Isuggestyouenrollhiminatradeschoolwherehetoworkwithhishands。”

Ididn'twanttogototradeschool。Iwaobeapreacher，likemydad。Myeyesfilledwithtears，butIforcedthemback。Atwelve-year-oldwastoobigtocry。

Momstoodup，soIjumpedtomyfeet，too。“Thankyou，Doctor，”shesaid。“ealoer。”

Wedrovehomewithoutsayingmuch。Ifeltnumb。Dyslexia?I'dheworduntillastweek。Sure，Iwasalwaystheslowestkidinmyclass。DuringrecessIhadaspegpladashrub。ThereIwouldcrybecauseIylessonsnomatterhowhardItried。

Ofcourse，Ioldmymomaboutthatpartofschool。Iwastooashamed。Ididn'twanttoworryher，either。Shehadenoughonhermindwithteagschoolfull-timeandtakingytwobrothers，mysisterandme。

MomandIarrivedhomebeforetherestofthefamily。Iwasglad。Iwaimealohmyalmosttougmychest，Ipulledoffmydhungiti。WhenIturnedaroundmymotherwasstandingrightinfrontofme。Shedidn'tsayanythiiearsrunningdownhercheeks。Seeingherue。BeforeIkening，Iwasinherarmsbawlinglikeabigbaby。Afewmier，sheledmeintothelivingroomtothecouch。

“Sitdowtotalktoyou。”

Irubbedmyeyeswithmysleeveandlugatthemytrousers。

“Youheardwhatthedoctorsaidaboutyournotfinishingschool。Idon'tbelievehim。”

Istoppedsnifflingaher。Hermildblueeyessmiledintomihemlayanironwill。“We'llhavetoworkveryhard，youandI，butIthinkwedoit。NowthatIknoroblemis，weeit。I'mgoiorwhoknowsaboutdyslexia。I'llworkwithyoumyselfeveningsandweekends。”Hereyebronasshepeeredatme。“Areyouwillingtowork，Peter?Doyouwanttotry?”

Arayofhopeshhthehazyfuture。“Yes，Mom。Iwanttorealhad。”

&sixyearswereanenduranforbothofus。IstudiedwithatutortwiceaweekuntilIcouldhaltinglyreadmylesso，mymomandIsatatmylittledeskahatday'sschoolworkforatleasttwohours，sometimesuntilmidnight。Wedrilledfortestsuntilmyheadpouheprintblurredbeforemyeyes。Atleastta。Ihadthestrengthofakitten，butmymom&#enever

She'driseearlytoprayovermyschoolday。AthousandtimesIheardhersay，“Lord，opeer'smindtoday。Helphimrememberthethiudied。”

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Momsaid，“ApplyattheBibleIown。Youliveathome，andI'llhelpyou。”

Iputmyarmsaredherclose，abaseball-sizedlumpinmythroat。

&ergraduation，mymomfeltastabbingpaininherhead。Shebecamedisorientedforjustamomeht。Itwasanrai，soshewenightDadtriedtowakeher。Shewasunscious。

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Mygriefalmostdrownedme。ForweeksIwalkedtheflht，sometimesweepiaringatnothing。DidIhaveafuturewithoutmymother?Shewasmyeyes，myuanding，mylife。ShouldIstillenrollihethoughtofgoingonalohterror。But，deepinside，Ikomoveoep，forher。

WhenIbroughthomethefirstsemester'sbooksaliimylittledesk。Withtremblingfingers，Iopeorybookaoreadthefirstchapter。Suddenly，Ilookedoveratthechairsheusedtositin。Itty，butmyheartwasfull。

Mom'sprayersstillfollowedme。Icouldfeelherpresence。Iseherfaith。