Mum, it’s me. Hopefully, this Mothering阅读理解答案

Mum, it

’

s me. Hopefully, this Mothering

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读理解答案

Mum, it

’

s me. Hopefully, this Mothering Sunday you will

get to hear those three words. I will, of course, try to phone you.

I hope we will be able to speak for the allowed 10 minutes. But I

suspect many inmates will be using the phone, so if I don

’

t call

and if we don

’

t speak, then this is what I would have said:

It

’

s not your fault that I am here. I know that deep in your

heart

you have questioned whether

my

current circumstance is

somehow

your

fault,

if

the

reckless

stupidity

of

my

past

is

somehow a failure on your part. It is not. Only one person is to

blame,

only

one

person

should

hurt

—

me.

You

have

always

taught me that when the room goes dark, you can

wait for the

lights to be switched back on or you can search in the dark and

turn

the

light

on

yourself.

You

are

my

light.

You

always

have

been

and

always

will

be.

There

is

nobody

I

admire

more,

nobody I have strived harder to please in my life, which is why

my current failure hurts me so much.

I am so sorry that I will not be there to see you, but I want

you to know that now, as always, you are here with me. In my

darkest

hours,

and

in

the

coldest

loneliness

of

my

past

few

months, my mind has so often wandered to the past, to when it

was you and me

—

and I have been able to smile. Yours is the

strength that I draw upon.

A parent

’

s job is to make sure that they pass on the best of

themselves to their children. You have done that. It is the inner

you in me that will get me through this.

I have failed you so epically, but you have never failed me.

If I think back to the tears I shed when Dad left, all those years

ago,

I

see

you

through

their

misty

glaze.

You

holding

me

and

you telling me we

’

d be OK, and we will be. We are and always

will be the best team.

Childhood heroes such as footballers, actors and rock stars

are cliché

d. If the job

’

s done right, a child

’

s heroes should be

their parents

—

you are mine. The strength you showed after the

divorce

from

Dad

to

find

your

biological

parents,

to

go

to

university

and

get

your

teaching

qualifications,

to

begin

your

life again, is the strength that I draw on now. It is the belief in

myself, it is the belief you have in me, that tells me that once I

am

released

I

can

and

will

rebuild

my

life.

I

will

make

you

proud

again.

I

will

make

you

happy

to

have

me

as

your

son.

Yours is the will that gets me through every day.