收銀員于是轉(zhuǎn)過身，眼淚濕潤了她充滿愛意的眼睛，回答道，“親愛的，那太好了!你有火雞嗎?”
“No. It’s okay because my children are sick anyway.”
“沒有。沒關(guān)系，反正我的孩子都生著病。”
She then asked, “Do you have anything else for Thanksgiving dinner?”
然后她問道，“你還為感恩節(jié)晚餐準(zhǔn)備了什么嗎?”
Again I replied, “No.”
我又一次回答道，“沒有。”
After handing me the change from the certificate, she looked at my face and said, “Honey, I can’t tell you exactly why right now, but I want you to go back into the store and buy a turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie or anything else you need for a Thanksgiving dinner.”
在她把零錢找給我之后，她看著我說，“親愛的，我現(xiàn)在不能夠告訴你具體原因是什么，但我希望你走回商店去買一只火雞，酸果蔓沙司，南瓜派或者任何一樣感恩節(jié)晚餐需要的東西
。”
I was shocked, and humbled to tears. “Are you sure?” I asked.
我當(dāng)時很震驚，謙卑地留下了眼淚并問道。“你確定嗎?”
“Yes! Get whatever you want. And get some Gatorade for the kids.”
“沒錯!去拿任何一樣你需要的東西。并且給孩子們帶些佳得樂飲料。”
I felt awkward as I went back to do some more shopping, but I selected a fresh turkey, a few yams and potatoes, and some juices for the children. Then I wheeled the shopping cart up to the same cashier as before. As I placed my groceries on the counter, she looked at me once more with giant tears in her kind eyes and began to speak.
當(dāng)我回去購買更多的東西的時候我感到有些尷尬，但是我選中了一只新鮮的火雞，一些甘薯和土豆，還有給孩子們的果汁。然后我推著購物車走向先前的那一個收銀柜。我把商品放在柜臺上，她又一次看著我，豆大的淚珠掛在她善意的眼睛中，接著她開始說話。
“Now I can tell you. This morning I prayed that I could help someone today, and you walked through my line.” She reached under the counter for her purse and took out a $20 bill. She paid for my groceries and then handed me the change. Once more I was moved to tears.
“現(xiàn)在，我可以告訴你。這個早晨我祈禱著我能在今天能夠幫助到某人，而你恰好來到了我這里。”她從柜臺下取出她的錢包并拿出20美元的賬單。她為我付了錢還把零錢遞給我。我又一次感動得哭了。
The sweet cashier then said, “I am a Christian. Here is my phone number if you ever need anything.” She then took my head in her hands, kissed my cheek and said, “God bless you, honey.”
善良的收銀員接著說道，“我是一個基督徒。這是我的電話號碼，如果你需要幫助的話聯(lián)系我。”然后她雙手抱著我的頭親吻我的臉頰，說，“愿上帝保佑你，親愛的。”
As I walked to my car, I was overwhelmed by this stranger’s love and by the realization that God loves my family too, and shows us his love through this stranger’s and my church’s kind deeds.
當(dāng)我走向我的車子，我被這個陌生人的愛所動容同時我意識到上帝也愛著我們?nèi)遥⑶宜膼弁ㄟ^這個陌生人和教堂的善舉展示給我們。
The children were supposed to have spent Thanksgiving with their father that year, but because of the flu they were home with me, for a very special Thanksgiving Day. They were feeling better, and we all ate the goodness of the Lord’s bounty -- and our community’s love. Our hearts were truly filled with thanks.
那年孩子們本應(yīng)該和他們的父親共度感恩節(jié)，但因為流感他們和我一起呆在家里，這是一個非常特別的感恩節(jié)。他們的病情漸漸好轉(zhuǎn)，而且我們沐浴在主的善意中------還有社會的愛。我們心中充滿感激之情。