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文章类别：爱情 |
关键词语：second
love，husband, divorce |
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难度级别：中级 |
词汇要求：1000 |
文章词数：370 |
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Sometimes, love is sweeter the second time around.
遇见他，我的爱才有了真正的开始。有时候，迟来爱也许会更甜美。 |
The
Second Time Around
我的第二次爱
作者：Pat
[美国] 来源：Heartwarmers4u
转载日期：2007-6
At the age of 18,
I married for the first time. After almost 24
years of tumultuous（喧嚣的）havoc（浩劫）that nearly
cost me my life, that marriage ended in
divorce（离婚）. I swore that I would never again
care enough about anyone to let them into my
life as a marriage partner; the earlier years of
abuse（虐待）were too painful. For several years,
that resolve was not difficult to keep. Then one
day at church as I left the sanctuary（教堂）heading
toward my Sunday school class, I spotted（发现）a
man who was a head taller than most of the
crowd. He was bald（秃顶的）and wore glasses, and
there was no particular reason to notice him. In
class, there he was. He expressed his opinions
freely but with a light in his eyes that showed
how passionately（充满热情地）he felt about what he
said. Several weeks passed and I became more and
more attracted（被吸引地）to this strange man.
One Sunday, he
followed me to my car and asked me to go to lunch with him. I think
we both knew we felt something special for each other before that
lunch was finished. Less than a month later, he proposed（求婚）. I
accepted but with much fear in my heart. I was determined not to
ever be abused again. Three years of marriage to this wonderful man
has brought me immense（无限的）joy as he has showered me with his love,
compassion（同情）and caring. He has become my husband, my lover, my
companion, and my best friend. I have learned the difference between
self-serving, abusive love and the real, true,
self-sacrificing（献身的）kind of love. The best thing I can think to say
about this big, bald Texan is that he enables me to find the best in
myself and loves me as I am. Sometimes, love is sweeter the second
time around.
