你来到人世，她抱你在怀。你报答她，哭得天昏地暗；你5岁时，节日里她给你盛妆打扮。你报答她，扑通一声摔进旁边的泥巴里；……你15岁时，她下班回到家，期望有人拥抱她。你报答她，把房门反锁不理她；……你25岁，她为你筹办婚礼，哭着说深深爱你。你报答她，安家离她千万里；……你50岁，她病倒需要你照顾。你报答她，抱怨父母成负担；……她永远的离你而去，你才发现，原来她是这个世界上最深爱你的人。她，就是那个被你称为"母亲"的人，就是那个你生命中谁也无法替代的人。
Those
teenage years Growing old and gray
Those childhood
days
When you came into the world, she held you in her arms.
You thanked her by weeping your eyes out.
When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you.
You thanked her by
crying all night long.
When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.
You thanked her by
running away when she called.
When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love.
You thanked
her by tossing your plate on the floor.
When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons.
You thanked her by
coloring the dining room table.
When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays.
You thanked
her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud.
When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school.
You thanked her by
screaming, "I'm not going!"
When you were 7 years old, she bought you a baseball.
You thanked
her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor's window.
When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice cream.
You thanked her by
dripping it all over your lap.
When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons.
You thanked her by
never even bothering to practice.
When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastics
to ne birthday party after another.
You thanked her by jumping out of the car
and never looking back.
When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the
movies.
You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.
When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV
shows.
You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.
