英文散文The Blessed Dress
英文散文The Blessed Dress
By Sandy Williams Driver
I got an engagement ring for Christmas. My boyfriend and I had been dating for almost a year and both felt the time was right to join our lives together in holy matrimony.
The month of January was spent planning our perfect Alabama June wedding. My mother, two sisters and I went to Huntsville, the closest town with a selection of bridal shops, to buy the gown that would play the leading role on my special occasion.
We had a wonderful time just being together and sharing silly jokes, but the day soon turned serious by afternoon: still no sign of the dress of my dreams. Both sisters were ready to give up and try another day in another town, but I coerced them into one more boutique.
I had a good feeling as we entered the quaint little shop filled with the scent of fresh flowers. The elderly clerk showed us several beautiful gowns in my size and price range, but none were right. As I opened the door to leave, the desperate shop owner announced she had one more dress in the back that was expensive and not even my size, but perhaps I might want to look at it anyway. When she brought it out, I squealed in delight.
This was it!
I rushed to the dressing room and slipped it on. Even though it was at least two sizes too large and more costly than I had anticipated, I talked Mom into buying it. The shop was so small it didn’t offer alterations, but my excitement assured me I would be able to get it resized in my hometown.
Excitement wasn’t enough. On Monday morning, my world crumbled when the local sewing shop informed me the dress simply could not be altered because of numerous hand-sewn pearls and sequins on the bodice. I called the boutique for suggestions but only got their answering machine.
A friend gave me the number of a lady across town who worked at home doing alterations. I was desperate and willing to try anything, so I decided to give her a call.
When I arrived at her modest white house on the outskirts of town, she carefully inspected my dress and asked me to try it on. She put a handful of pins into the shoulders and sides of my gown and told me to pick it up in two days. She was the answer to my prayers.
When the time came to pick it up, however, I grew skeptical. How could I have been so foolish as to just leave a $1,200 wedding dress in the hands of someone I barely knew? What if she made a mess out of it? I had no idea if she could even sew on a button.
Thank goodness my fears were all for naught. The dress still looked exactly the same, but it now fit as if it had been made especially for me. I thanked the cheerful lady and paid her modest fee.
One small problem solved just in time for a bigger one to emerge. On Valentine’s Day, my fiance called.
"Sandy, I’ve come to the decision that I’m not ready to get married," he announced, none too gently. "I want to travel and experience life for a few years before settling down."
He apologized for the inconvenience of leaving all the wedding cancellations to me and then quickly left town.
My world turned upside down. I was angry and heartbroken and had no idea how to recover. But days flew into weeks and weeks blended into months. I survived.
One day in the fall of the same year, while standing in line at the supermarket, I heard someone calling my name. I turned around to see the alterations lady. She politely inquired about my wedding, and was shocked to discover it had been called off, but agreed it was probably for the best.
I thanked her again for adjusting my wedding gown, and assured her it was safely bagged and awaiting the day I would wear it down the aisle on the arm of my real "Mister Right." With a sparkle in her eye, she began telling me about her single son, Tim. Even though I wasn’t interested in dating again, I let her talk me into meeting him.
I did have my summer wedding after all, only a year later. And I did get to wear the dress of my dreams - standing beside Tim, the man I have shared the last eighteen years of my life with, whom I would never have met without that special wedding gown.
-
席慕容散文《恢宏的心胸》
是說再會的時候了。一年半來,給年輕的中國母親寫了十八封信,不能說少,也不能算多。正如楊子先生所說的:說出來的話只是浮在水面的那一部分的冰山而且,還有更多的話,也可以說更多的願望是屬於沒有浮出來的那一部分。我心中有很多的願望,希望母親能快樂,希望孩子能快樂,希...
-
優美的散文2篇
散文是一種抒發作者真情實感、寫作方式靈活的記敘類文學體裁。學會笑着去原諒生活在紛擾的紅塵中,總有一朵雲遮住了上空的明媚,總有一滴雨淋溼人生的熱望。所以,要盈一顆豁達淡然的心,學會笑着去原諒。很多事情不會按照自己預期的軌道發展,這個世界有太多的出乎意料...
-
初中課文經典散文
散文是指以文字爲創作、審美對象的文學藝術體裁,是文學中的一種體裁形式。從百草園到三味書屋我家的後面有一個很大的園,相傳叫作百草園。現在是早已並屋子一起賣給朱文公的子孫了,連那最末次的相見也已經隔了七八年,其中似乎確鑿只有一些野草;但那時卻是我的樂園...
-
散文詩集《野草》教案
【教學目標】1、培養閱讀和欣賞散文詩的能力,透過誦讀,體味作者的思想感情。2、初步瞭解散文詩的特點──把詩的精煉、音樂美和散文靈活多樣的表現力融爲一體。3、品味語言,理解本詩語言中的寓意。4、培養學生追求美好理想和敢於同困難作鬥爭、勇於拼搏的精神。【...
相關文章
- The responsibility of the student英語作文
- The cat and the mouse英語作文
- the internet英語作文
- 小學英語作文:The City And the Countryside
- dress用英文怎麼表達?
- The Tide Rises, the tide Falls的英文詩歌
- The survival of the fittest作文|The survival of the fittest 英語
- The letter英語作文
- The Travellers and the Bear散文
- 英語作文:The plan for the new term