The First Letter

第一封信

I faced my hardest challenge: surviving the death of my husband and best friend, Leon, in 2006. Rereading our letters, which began in 1954, became the best therapy for my sorrow. Leon’s first letter to me arrived soon after I got home for the winter break in my freshman year at college. It was a simple greeting for the Chinese New Year, and a warm expression of his thanks for our studying together. I didn’t reply because I had never exchanged any letters with a boy.

2006年王汝樑病逝, 我失去了終身伴侶. 面臨了人生最艱難的挑戰. 翻看多年的舊信成了對我心傷的最好治療. 他的第一封信到達我家時, 是在1954年初,大學一年級的寒假. 那只是一封很簡單祝賀中國新年的信. 他也親切表示了對我們在一起讀書的謝意.我沒有回信因為我從來沒有跟男孩子通過信.

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