IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER

by Erma Bombeck

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would

go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the ’good’ living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day

because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

如果生命可以重來，

我會在自己生病時臥床休息，而不是假裝整個地球?qū)⒁蛭医袢詹辉诙Ｖ剐D(zhuǎn)。

我會在那個玫瑰形狀的粉紅蠟燭在地下室里融化之前將它點燃。

我會少說多聽。

我會請朋友到家里吃飯，雖然我的地毯滿是污漬，沙發(fā)已經(jīng)褪色。

我會在干凈的客廳里吃爆米花，而不是擔心當有人想點燃壁爐時會看到壁爐里未打掃的灰燼。

我會抽出時間聽爺爺絮絮叨叨講他年輕時的往事。

我會替丈夫分憂解難。

我永遠不會在炎熱的夏天因為自己的頭發(fā)剛剛梳理和噴好發(fā)膠而堅持別人把車窗搖起。