A few years ago,when Grandma left this earth,I bid farewell to a loving grandmother.How quickly our lives can change.We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier,on her 91st birthday.
I missed her very much.On one particular birthday,when I was feeling a little low,something happened to make me feel like she was sharing that special day with me.I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made,and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow.It was small and hard.I moved the object to a seam (接缝) that I carefully opened,and to my delight out came a tiny silver thimble! How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her.Not realizing it had fallen off her finger,I pictured her sewing it in that little pillow that I just happened to place on my bedspread that day.I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others I’ve collected over the years,where I could continue to see the gift God chose to reveal to me.What a precious memory of a very special lady who somehow,I knew,was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble inside my pillow.
I made some tea,using my best china,as Grandma always did,and enjoyed my tea and Grandma’s thimble.What a wonderful birthday that was!
61.The author wrote this passage to
.
A.show she missed living with her grandma
B.express a desire to lead a simple life
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