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妈妈特别的一天 　　Love doesn’t make the world go a round. 　　Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. 　　―Franklin P. Jones 　　 　　爱无法让世界转动。 　　但爱却能让你生命的旅程变得值得。 　　――富兰克林?P?琼斯 　　 　　In the early eighties, when my two sons were toddlers, I put them in day care when I went to work. Like thousands of other working moms, I, too, was plagued by the articles and news stories about the negative impact of children growing up in day care. Despite the growing ranks of women in the workplace, society’s message is still to be:“Mothers belong at home with their children.” Period! End of discussion. 　　 　　Although I was doing my best to balance wholesome family life with an aggressive career track, I was filled with guilty and self-doubt. Am I ruining my kids for life by sending them to day care? Will they resent me? Should I be a stay-at-home mom? 　　 　　On Mother’s Day 1993, at the traditional eighth-grade Mother’s Day Tea, the answer to my question came in a very unexpected way. To celebrate this day, the children had written poems about their mothers. I sat there, listening to poems describing cookie-baking, Halloween-costumemaking birthday-party-giving and car-pool-driving moms. There was laughter and plenty of tears as we all heard how our teenage children saw us. 　　 　　Then it was Justin’s turn. As he walked to the front of the room, I held my breath, and my stomach did a flipflop. How would his poem describe me? 　　 　　My Mom 　　How will you be remembered? 　　A woman who owned her own business and became 　　 Very successful, 　　You will be remembered by the way you fulfilled all 　　Your dreams, 　　How you spent time looking after kids while you 　　Reach the top― 　　 　　Two young boys, rowdy as monkeys. 　　You were a great mom, a great wife, a great person― 　　Mom, how on earth did you do it? 　　 　　Legends will be told about you, Mom, 　　When I needed help, you were there. 　　Your shoulder was a place where I could rest my head. 　　 　　What would I do without you? 　　How would