When I was a kid, I remember my dad used to sing an old, WWI song, "Pack up your Troubles," while he was getting dressed for work in the morning. The lyrics from the chorus of the song play in my head often when I'm packing for a trip - "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile."
Lately, with TSA regulations seemingly changing daily, packing my kit bag(工具袋) with clothes, toothbrush and Ziploc-baggie of three - ounce bottles seems more like trouble than fun, fun, fun.
For my friend, Vikki, though, what to pack isn't as
You see, Vikki collects prayer cards from funerals and memorials of her loved ones and takes them with her wherever she goes. The cards, some with watercolor images of Jesus and others with pictures of a deceased friend and "in loving memory" printed beneath, are bound together with a rubber band and stashed somewhere in Vikki's carry-on.
I'm fascinated by this practice and ask her
Obviously, I'm not as sentimental
Larry and I were in Peru with Vikki and Bill. We had just finished dinner at a restaurant in Aguas Calientes, when Vikki slid a small card across the table to Larry and asked, “Would you like to have your mom with you tomorrow when you climb Machu Picchu?” Larry was visibly moved by the gesture and slipped the prayer card from his mother's funeral into his shirt pocket. When we walked the ancient, Incan ruins the next day, Larry had his mom with him and I could sense the joy he felt in her presence.
It was then I realized the enormous happiness Vikki must feel, having some forty loved ones near her at all times.
With all the rules today
相关单词:lyrics
lyrics解释:n.歌词
lyrics例句:
music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。
相关单词:kit
kit解释:n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物
kit例句:
The kit consisted of
The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。
相关单词:mammoth
mammoth解释:n.长毛象;adj.长毛象似的,巨大的
mammoth例句:
You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。
相关单词:posthumously
posthumously解释:adv.于死后,于身后;于著作者死后出版地
posthumously例句:
He was confirmed posthumously as a member of the Chinese Communist Party. 他被追认为中国共产党党员。 来自《简明英汉词典》
Her last book was published posthumously in 1948. 她最后的一本书在她死后于1948 年出版了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词:stashed
stashed解释:v.贮藏( stash的过去式和过去分词 );隐藏;藏匿;藏起
stashed例句:
She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts. 她有一大笔钱存在几个不同的银行账户下。
She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts. 她在不同的银行账户上秘密储存了一大笔钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词:tally
tally解释:n.计数器,记分,一致,测量;vt.计算,记录,使一致;vi.计算,记分,一致
tally例句:
Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。
相关单词:poker
poker解释:n.扑克;vt.烙制
poker例句:
He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌,把钱都输光了。
I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了,可以玩些花样。
相关单词:sentimental
sentimental解释:adj.多愁善感的,感伤的
sentimental例句:
She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人,她相信姻缘命中注定。
We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。