温馨夜读II PART2 5.Grandpa’s Valentine

[00:00.74] 5.Grandpas Valentine [00:05.97]I received a call from the nursing home. [00:09.45]Grandpa was failing rapidly. I should come. [00:13.60]There was nothing to do but hold his hand. [00:16.72]I love you, Grandpa. Thank you for always being th

温馨夜读II PART2 6.Happy Holidays

[00:00.30] 6.Happy Holidays [00:05.52]In prison, holidays is the worst. [00:08.14]Birthdays, anniversaries, Thanksgiving, Christmas, even Valentines Day can be a bummer. [00:15.11]Its difficult and painful to be away from those we love to be left out

温馨夜读II PART2 7.Watching Me Go

[00:00.20] 7.Watching Me Go [00:03.68]My son Brendan cried his first day of school. [00:08.14]Even Mrs. Phillips, a kind, soft-spoken master of the six-year-old mind, could not coax him to a seat. [00:15.65]His eyes streamed, his nose ran and he clun

温馨夜读II PART2 8.Love Is Everything

[00:00.40] 8.Love Is Everything [00:04.97]The winter cold hung in the air like a frozen dinosaur trying to thaw from his glacier and walk across the earth. [00:12.60]Breath iced like a tiny morning mist upon a meandering river. [00:16.07]The sounds o

温馨夜读II PART2 9.The Priorities of Life

[00:00.74] 9.The Priorities of Life [00:04.22]Friday afternoon, when I was worrying about my pregnancy and the future conflicts between work and family, [00:11.62]Dans assistant dropped a memo at my desk. [00:15.01]We were supposed to run a new set o

温馨夜读II PART2 11.A Mother’s Letter to a Son Starting Kindergarten

[00:00.40] 11.A Mothers Letter to a Son Starting Kindergarten [00:05.73]Dear George, [00:07.48]When your big brother and your little dog and I walked you up to school today, you had no idea how I was feeling. [00:15.86]You were so excited, you had pa

温馨夜读II PART2 12.An Act of Kindness for a Broken Heart

[00:00.20] 12.An Act of Kindness for a Broken Heart [00:05.53]Hi, Mommy, what are you doing? asked Susie. [00:10.00]Im making a casserole for Mrs. Smith next door, said her mother. [00:14.57]Why? asked Susie, who was only six years old. [00:18.27]Bec

温馨夜读II PART2 13.A Coke and a Smile

[00:00.62] 13.A Coke and a Smile [00:05.96]I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five years ago was not a tall man. [00:14.78]But to a five-year-old, he was a giant. [00:18.48]Thirsty? Gran

温馨夜读II PART2 14.The All-Leather, NFL Regulation, 1963 Chicago Bears-Inscribed Football

[00:00.29] 14.The All-Leather, NFL Regulation, 1963 Chicago Bears-Inscribed Football [00:09.34]The year was 1964. The place was Chicago. [00:13.58]A man I worked with had acquired a couple of all-leather, NFL regulation, [00:18.81]1963 Chicago Bears-

温馨夜读II PART2 15.Cyber Step-Mother

[00:00.42] 15.Cyber Step-Mother [00:05.75]Ive often felt that step-parent is a label we attach to men and women who marry into families where children already exist, [00:13.59]for the simple reason that we need to call them something. [00:17.29]It is

温馨夜读II PART2 10.Working Christmas Day

[00:00.30] 10.Working Christmas Day [00:03.78]It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. [00:08.47]I was triage nurse that day. [00:11.19]I didnt think there would be any patients, sighing about having to work on Christmas. [00:15.6

温馨夜读II PART4 5.Did The Earth Move For You?

[00:01.17] 5.Did The Earth Move For You? [00:04.65]Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a debilitating disease involving her nervous system. [00:10.54]She was unable to walk and her movement was restricted in other ways as well. [00:15.98]The doc

温馨夜读II PART4 4.The Father of Genetics

[00:00.63] 4.The Father of Genetics [00:04.55]His name is introduced to biology students, but often forgotten after the final exam. [00:10.76]His pioneering discoveries went unnoticed by the world until years after his death. [00:15.88]But now, in th

温馨夜读II PART4 3.Care for Your Dream

[00:00.52]3.Care for Your Dream [00:04.55]My dream ended when I was born. [00:08.58]Although I never knew it then, I just held on to something that would never come to pass. [00:14.57]Dreams really do exist. But in the morning when you wake up, they

温馨夜读II PART2 1.Back Home

[00:00.41] Prints on the Heart [00:03.24]When night unfurls its silent splendor, please take this book and read in the lamplight. [00:09.55]Each sensation will be heightened by the people, their stories and their feelings. [00:16.31]You may read the

温馨夜读II PART4 15.The Most Beautiful Flower

[00:00.31]15.The Most Beautiful Flower [00:04.34]The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree. [00:13.05]Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, for the world was intent on dragg

温馨夜读II PART4 14.Under Water

[00:00.29] 14.Under Water [00:03.99]Standing by the swimming pool, June was really hot and decided to plunge into the water. [00:11.18]The refreshing water cooled her body immediately. [00:14.88]Having not swam in the past several years and being a b

温馨夜读II PART4 12.18 Holes in His Mind

[00:00.52] 12.18 Holes in His Mind [00:06.29]Major James Nesmeth had a dream of improving his golf game and he developed a unique method of achieving his goal. [00:14.35]Until he devised this method, he was just your average weekend golfer, shooting

温馨夜读II PART4 11.The Brilliant Lessons of Michelangelo

[00:00.51] 11.The Brilliant Lessons of Michelangelo [00:04.22]The artist Michelangelo often stirred up the opposition of the contemporary artists of his day. [00:11.07]Many of them envied his magnificent abilities. [00:15.28]One example was the archi

温馨夜读II PART4 10.Grow Great by Dreams

[00:00.29] 10.Grow Great by Dreams [00:05.63]The question was once asked of a highly successful businessman: How have you done so much in your lifetime? [00:14.67]He replied, I have dreamed. I have turned my mind loose to imagine what I wanted to do.