Ice Bucket Challenge (冰桶挑戰) 前些年在美國以至全世界搞得風風火火,全民皆冰。當年女兒校排球隊的教練們都被孩子們甜蜜複仇,一個個澆成了落湯雞。於此同時,ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis )也得到全世界廣大人民的了解與認知。但多數人並不知道這場聲勢浩大的善舉後麵還隱藏著一個淒美的愛情故事。現在就由四嫂口述,爪四哥執筆,把這個故事記錄下來。當然,爪四哥在筆錄時盡情地放飛了浪漫的風箏,let it fly all the way to 愛的伊甸園......
我們這位癡情的丈夫,愛的守護者,也可以稍稍撫平創痛的心靈。象他每年如一日所做的那樣,在旭日東升彩霞漫天的早晨,登上記載著他們戀情的離家不遠處的玫瑰丘(Rose Hill),遙望著天際的臨界,溫柔地告訴他的愛妻:親愛的,你交給我的任務己完成差不多,但我會繼續努力把這人間的事辦好。等著我,I am coming soon。
附錄:ALS 簡介 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.