女儿十八

这是为宝宝做的第N个生日蛋糕，心想以后也许很难再有机会亲手为她做蛋糕了。几个月之后，她就要飞了，自个儿离家上大学去了。她的生日又不在节假日，不会在家过了。哎呀，真快呀，宝宝都十八啦。自从学会做蛋糕以来，多少年了，每到生日，都亲手给她们做蛋糕。心里一直在琢磨着这“最后”一个生日蛋糕该做成什么样子。排球，是她酷爱的体育运动，高中四年都在校队里，为了它，再苦再累，甚至受伤挂彩，都心甘情愿。排球带给她活力与快乐。看看妹妹对姐姐的发自内心的赞叹吧：

Doing her homework on buses
Instead of at home,
Receiving whizzing serves from the opponent
While other teens chat on the phone.
These sacrifices are not that small,
The ones my sister makes for volleyball.

Training hard,even after the season ends,
Attending a club every Monday and Wednesday,
Competing in tournaments outside of school,
Right up until the start of May.
These sacrifices are not small at all,
The ones my sister makes for volleyball.

Dedication like that
For just a single sport,
From lifting weights and running laps,
To diving on the court.
It dares me to make sacrifices, even small,
For anything I choose, Anything at all.

姐妹之情，溢于字里行间，老妈深受感动。蛋糕的创意，由此而生。十八岁，人生的一个新起点，从此走向独立和成熟。对老妈我而言，也是一个调整心态的转折点。衷心祝愿我亲爱的宝宝今后的学习生活工作顺顺利利，幸福快乐，充满阳光。