母亲的影响力

May 13, 2024

教导孩童走正路。(箴言22:6)

哈利·戴和妻子艾妲(Harry and Ada Mae Day)从医院把他们的第一个孩子桑德拉带回家,那是一个没有水电的牧场小屋,周边也没有开车就可以抵达的学校。然而,他们拒绝受制于环境。因为父亲过世,哈利错失了斯坦福大学,但他从不失去女儿就此攻读的盼望。艾妲订阅了教育报纸和杂志,在家里教女儿,后来将她送到最好的寄宿学校。有一年夏天,全家人爬遍了密西西比河以西各州议会大厦的圆顶!桑德拉确实上了斯坦福大学,接着上了法学院,最后成为美国最高法院的首位女性大法官。宣誓就职的那天她穿上法官袍,在其他法官当中就坐后,定睛凝视家人,眼泪开始流出来。所罗门说:“教导孩童走正路,他到老也不偏离。”桑德拉·戴·奥康纳(Sandra Day O’Connor)为什么能够成功?智力和雄心无疑起了一定的作用,但更多的功劳应该归于那个意志坚定的小女人。她坐在那间四居室的土坯房子里,坚持不懈地给她的孩子们朗读,也给那些与他们一道攀爬议会大厦楼梯的父母们朗读。查克·斯温德尔(Chuck Swindoll)说:“尽管政治、军事、教育或宗教人物可能同样重要,但没有任何人能与母亲的影响力相比。她们的话语永远不会被忘记,她们的触摸给人留下不可磨灭的印象……对她们的记忆将会持续一生。我问你,还有谁能带来这种影响力?”

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