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    My daughter Kelly is a cautious person. She needs to warm up to situations' and is hesitant to try new things. When with close friends, she becomes a leader who laughs loudly and chants, “Girls rule, boys drool.” But when that comfort zone is not around her, she is shy and nervous.

    This has been challenging for me at times. “Shy” is not a word that I think has ever been used to describe me. But this has been a year of firsts for my girl that has filled her with a new sense of confidence. This year she moved to lap lane in swimming where she was preparing for a swim team. This year she learned to ride a bike without training wheels. And this year she completed her first kids' triathlon (三项全能).

    On Saturday, with a thunderstorm coming soon and my son's birthday party later in the day, we all went out in the dark of the morning for Kelly to participate in her first triathlon. We practiced transitions from swim to bike to run with her, we got all the equipment she'd need, and we kept talking about the race. But as we waited the two hours for the older kids to finish before her turn, she held my leg a little harder and told me she loved me a few too many times. She was nervous but trying to keep it together.

    And then it was her turn. From the second she jumped into the water, my heart soared. My daughter transformed into the most confident human being I had ever seen. She dominated that swim, crushed that bike ride and ran to the finish with the biggest smile on her face.

    I can honestly say that I never felt so proud of someone in my entire life. It wasn't because she did a sport or anything like that. It was because she was afraid of something and conquered that fear with confidence and a fire I hadn't seen before.

    All day I would find myself just looking over at her and smiling. She might be wearing the finalist medal but I felt like I won that day. I won the chance to see my girl shine.

Shine on, sweet baby.

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唱歌的人

沈家禄

在报社旁边的小店吃面,门外的风吹得紧,街上几乎是漆黑一片,我要了一碗辣酱面。吃到一半,门被大大地推开了,西北风乘机往我衣领里钻。三个小伙子,一个背着吉他,一个拿着萨克斯,一个双手甩着沙球就唱起了歌。他们是对着一张坐满了客人的桌子唱的,那桌子人在吆五喝六地喝着酒,菜盘子一个叠一个,一个火锅冒着热气。但是这拨客人挥挥手,像赶苍蝇似的叫他们走。他们又来到一张小方桌前,四个小青年在喝酒,喝啤酒。“快走吧。”他们的声音显出更加不耐烦。唱歌的三个人来到角落里,两个中年客人在吃馄饨,他们说:“你们唱也是白唱,我们没有钱给你们。”这三个小伙子只得怏怏地走了。

我叫住了他们。“你们吃晚饭了没有?”他们愣了一下,就来到我面前准备开口。我没让他们唱,而是给他们每人要了一碗排骨面。店主有点纳闷,但还是吩咐手下人去做了。他们三个穿着相似的衣服,浅米色的粗呢西装,起皱的地方看样子是熨不平了,外套里面穿得不多,但他们情绪还不错,说话干脆利索,时不时地看看同伴,笑一下。他们皮肤黝黑,很瘦,从辽宁来到上海,看看,顺便赚点钱。我问他们会唱什么歌,他们说老歌新歌都会,太多了。

面上来了,但他们不动筷。说:“还是你吃吧,叫我们怎么咽得下。”我说我有胆囊炎,不能吃大肉。于是他们说了声“不客气了”就吃起来了。我不再问他们更多的问题,怕产生误会,好像我请他们吃面就有了询问他们的权利。他们好像没怎么嚼就吃完了,犹豫了一下把汤也喝下去了,站起来问我想听哪支歌。我一手按住吉他的弦,说我还要上班。

结了账,店主嘀咕一声:“你做了好人,他们明天就还会再来。”我说让他们来吧,给他们吃面,账算在我头上。旁桌客人中传来笑声:“天下饿肚子的人多了,给一碗排骨面就能做慈善家了?”我没理他们。三个辽宁小伙子听不懂上海话,但觉出味道不对,就问我要不要揍那些人一顿。我把他们推出门外。

没想到我走在前面,他们就紧跟着我唱起来。我挥手阻止他们,吉他手说:“我们喜欢唱,有时候憋在心里发堵,还是唱出来痛快。”他们一个弹吉他,一个吹萨克斯,一个手甩沙球,就在夜色沉沉的街上边走边唱起来。我在脚下加了点力,一转身进了报社大门。回身一看,三个小伙子就站在不远的路灯下,声音更加响亮,很高兴的样子,风吹起了他们的衣角。我心里感激着他们,后来这种情绪慢慢地变成了羞愧。我真是羞愧极了。