Yesterday was Father's Day. Something that happened between my father and I is still on my mind. It was a Sunday morning, and I was in a terrible mood (情绪).1friends of mine had gone to the movies the night before and neither had invited me. I was in my room2 how to make them sorry when my father came in. “Want to go for a ride today, Beck? It's a beautiful day.”
“No! Leave me alone!” Those were the3words I said to him that morning.
A few hours later, my friends called me to go to the mall with them. I forgot to be 4 with them and went with them. When I came home, I found a(n) 5 from my mother that said, “Dad has had an accident. Please meet us at the Park Hospital.”
When I reached the hospital, my mother told me a car hit my father and he was seriously wounded. “Your father told the driver to leave6alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy...
My mother may have said more, but I didn't hear anything7those terrible words: Leave me alone. How much had I hurt him when I shouted at him earlier that day?
It was several days later that he was8able to talk. I held his hand gently, afraid of hurting him.
“Daddy... I am so sorry...”
“It's okay, sweetheart. I'll be okay.”
“No,” I said, “I mean9I said to you that day. You know, that morning.”
He looked at me and said with a weak smile, “Sweetheart, I remember nothing about that day.”
My English teacher once told me that words have great power. They can hurt or they can heal(治愈). And we all have the power to10what to say. I am going to do that very carefully from now on.
