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7个多月前，拒绝在医院“抢救治疗”而选择在家里与亲人度过最后时光去世的美国前“第一夫人”、老总统布什的夫人芭芭拉·布什下葬。布什夫人的儿子、前弗罗里达州州长杰布⋅布什（Jeb·Bush），生前好友苏珊⋅贝克尔(Susan Baker)，总统历史学家乔恩⋅米彻姆(Jon Meacham)在葬礼上致悼词。
令人感叹的是，芭芭拉最疼爱的小儿子杰布⋅布什的追思悼词中没有没有任何消极和悲哀的用词，反而充满了家庭亲情的回忆、欢乐、幽默、和敬意。他的回忆母亲生前种种点滴小事和言谈引起听众一阵阵欢乐的笑声！老布什和小布什也是望着讲坛上的他，笑的肩抖不止，女儿笑着抚摸着坐在轮椅上的老布什的肩，场景令人感动，完全没有哭天喊地悲痛欲绝的景象。
他的儿子杰布回忆说，他最后一次与母亲在一起时问到母亲对死亡的态度，母亲告诉他“杰布，我相信耶稣，他是我的救主。我不想离开你父亲，但我知道我会去一个美丽的地方。”
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老布什总统夫人葬礼上，二儿子杰布的欢乐致辞，让人们懂得家族传承要义！
As I stand here todayto share a few words about my mom, I feel her looming presence behind me. 
And I know exactly what she's thinking right now. Jeb, keep it short. Don't' drag this out. People have already heard enough remarks already and most of all, don't get weepy.Remember, I've spent decades laughing and living a life with these people!
And that is true. 
Barbara Bush filled our lives with laughter and joy and in the case of her family, she was our teacher and role model on how to live a life of purpose and meaning.
On behalf of our family we want to thank the thousands and thousands of expressions of condolence and love for our precious mother.
We want to thank mom's caregivers for their compassionate care in the last month's of her life. I want to thank Neiland Maria for their next door family love of our parents and thank John and Suzanne for their eloquent words. 
Meacham （Jon Meacham,historian）, it might have been a little long but it was beautiful. We want to thank Russ and Laura for their friendship and pastoral care of our parents and we want to thank all that are here to celebrate the life of Barbara Bush.
It is appropriate to express gratitude because we learned to do that at a very early age.
You see our mom was our first and most important teacher. "Sit up, look people in the eye, say please and thank you, do your homework, quit whining and stop complaining, eat your broccoli". 
Yes, Dad she said that .
The little things we learned became habits and they led to bigger things like, be kind. Always tell the truth, Never disparage anyone. Serve others.
Treat everyone as you would want to be treated and love your God with your heart and soul.
'What a blessing to have a teacher like that 24/7. Now to be clear, her students weren't perfect.That's an understatement.

Mom got us through our difficult times with consistent, take-it-to-the bank,unconditional but tough love.
She called her style,a benevolent dictatorship. But honestly, it wasn't always benevolent.
When our children got a little older,they would spend more time visiting their Gampy and Ganny.
All it would take would be one week and when they came home, all of a sudden they were pitching in around the house. They didn't fight as much and they were actually nice tobe with.
Pitch in：to contribute to acommon endeavor
I attribute this tothe unbridled fear of the ganny lecture and the habit forming effects of better behavior taking hold even in her 90s, mom could strike fear into her grandchildren, nephews, nieces and her children, if someone didn't behave.
 （Take hold：to become attached or established, take effect）

There were no safe spaces or microaggressions allowed with Barbara Pierce Bush. 
( Safe space： a place, as on a collegecampus, intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentiallythreatening actions, ideas, or conversations)
But in the end, every grandchild knew their Ganny loved them. We learned a lot more from our mom and our Ganny. We learned not to take ourselves too seriously.
We learned that humor is a joy that should be shared. Some of my greatest memories are participating in our family dinners when mom would get into it, most of the time with George W, as you might imagine, and having us all laughing to tears. 
We learned to strive to be genuine and authentic by the best role model in the world.
Her authentic, plastic pearls. Her notcoloring her hair - by the way, she was beautiful till the day she died. 
Her hugging of an HIV aids patient at atime when her own mother wouldn't do it.
Her standing by her man with a little rhyming poetry in the 1984 election. And a thousand other ways. Barbara PierceBush was real and that's people admired her and loved her so.
Finally, our familyhas had front row seat for the most amazing love story. 
Through a multitude of moves, from NewHaven to Odessa to Ventura, to Bakersfield, to Compton, to Midl and, to Houston,to DC, to New York, to DC, to Beijing, to DC, to Houston, to DC, back toHouston and Kennebunkport, their love was a constant in our lives.
My dad is a phenomenal letter writer and he would write mom on their wedding anniversaries which totalled an amazing 73 years.
Here's one of them written on January6, 1994.
"Will you marry me? Oops, I forgot we did that 49 years ago. I was very happy on that day in 1945 but I am evenhappier today .
"You have given me joy that few menknow. You have made our boys into men by balling them out and then, right away,by loving them.
"You've helped Doro be the sweetest, greatest daughter in the whole wide world.
"I have climbed perhaps the highest mountain in the world but even that cannot hold a candle to being Barbara's husband.
(Hold a candle:
if someone or something cannot hold a candle to someone or somethingelse, they are not as good as that other person or thing)
"Mom used to tell me, "Now,George, don't walk ahead." Little did she know I was only trying to keep up, keep up with Barbara Pierce from Rye, New York. 
"I love you."
The last time mom went in to the hospital, I think Dad got sick on purpose so that he could be with her.

That's my theory at least cause literally a day later he showed up with anillness, he came into a room when she was sleeping and held her hand, his hair was standing straight up, he was wearing a mask to improve his breathing,he was wearing a hospital gown, in other words, he looked like hell.
'Mom opened her eyesand said, "My God George, you are devastatingly handsome!"
'Every nurse, doctor, staffer had to run to the hallway because they all started crying.
'I hope you can see why we think our mom and our dad are teachers and models for our entire family and for many others.
'Finally, the last time I was with her,I asked her about dying. Was she ready to go? Was she sad? Without missing a beat, she said, "Jeb, I believe in Jesus and he is my savior.
"I don't want to leave your dad butI know I will be in a beautiful place." 
'Mom, we look forward to being with youand Robyn and all of God's children.
'We love you.'  
今天，我站在这里和大家分享我母亲的一些小事，感觉她就在我身后。我知道，她现在肯定在想：“Jeb，长话短说，别拖延时间，大家已经听够了致辞。还有，最重要的，别哭哭啼啼的。要知道，我和这些人一起生活了几十年。”这倒是事实。
芭芭拉·布什给我们的生活带来了无数欢笑。在家庭中，她是一位老师，也是我们的榜样，教我们如何度过有目标、有意义的一生。我代表我们一家，感谢成千上万的人对我母亲的爱和慰问；谢谢我母亲的护理者，在她生命的最后一个月对她无微不至的照顾；谢谢住在父母隔壁的Neil和Maria，像家人一样照顾我的父母；谢谢Jon和Susan的致辞；不过Meacham，你的时间有点长了，不过说的很好；谢谢Russ和Laura对我父母的陪伴；谢谢在场的所有人来这里纪念我们的母亲。
表达感谢是很重要的，我们很小的时候就学到这一点。

母亲是我们第一位也是最重要的一位老师，“起立”“看着别人的眼睛”“请说‘请’和‘谢谢’” “好好写作业” “别哭哭啼啼也别抱怨”“好好吃饭”……是的，爸爸，昨天她也这么说了。
我们学到的这些小事变成了习惯，并且成就了更好的品质：做个好人，永远说实话，不要轻视任何人，为别人服务，以自己想要被对待的方式对待他人，全心全意爱你的神。每时每刻都有这样一位老师是件多么幸福的事。
但要说明一下，她的学生并不完美。当然这是个谦辞。
在我们最困难的日子，母亲始终给我们百分之一百二的肯定和无条件的严厉的爱。她对自己的评价是“一个仁慈的独裁者”。但说实话，母亲可不是一直都仁慈的。
我们的孩子稍微大一点的时候，会花更多的时间去拜访祖父母（外祖父母）。通常只需要跟祖父母待一个星期的时间，他们回到家里后就变得愿意做家务，不打架了，也更好相处了。我觉得这得归功于让人害怕的祖母说教，让他们在家里养成了良好的习惯。
即使到了90多岁的时候，母亲依然会让孙辈、侄子、侄女甚至是子女感到害怕，如果我们不好好表现的话。在芭芭拉·布什的世界里，没有安全角落，也不允许有任何微小的争斗。但每个孩子都知道，祖母是爱他们的。
我们从母亲或祖母的身上学到了很多：不要太把自己当回事，幽默也是一种值得分享的乐趣。我一生中很多美好的回忆都来自于和母亲一起参加家庭聚餐，她总能让我们笑到流泪。
从她身上我们学到，要保持诚实和真实，这一方面她是世界上最好的榜样：她戴的塑料珍珠；不染发（不过，直到离世她都是漂亮的）；她给HIV患者的拥抱，那时候这些患者自己的母亲都不愿意这么做；在1984年选举的时候站在自己丈夫身边读诗……这样的例子有成千上万，每一个都证明她都是真实的。这是人们喜欢她爱她的原因。
我们一家还有最美妙的爱情故事。在无数次的搬家中，我们从纽黑文搬到敖德萨、到贝克斯菲尔德、到康普顿、到华盛顿、到纽约、到北京、再到华盛顿、到休斯顿再回到肯尼邦克港。但在我们的生活里，他们的爱从未间断。
我父亲是一个写信的高手，他会在他们结婚纪念日的时候给母亲写信，他们的婚姻持续了73年。1984年1月6日的时候他写道：你愿意嫁给我吗，哦，我忘了，我们49年前就结过婚了。1945年的那一天我非常开心，我今天更开心，你给我带来的幸福是很多人体会不到的。你对我们的儿子严格教育并把他们培养成男子汉。我可能爬到了世界的顶端，但依然觉得自己配不上你。我妈妈总是跟我说，乔治，不要总向前赶。但她不知道的是，我只是想跟上你的步伐而已。我爱你。
母亲最后一次去医院，我父亲也假装生病，只为了和母亲在一起。至少我是这么认为的。因为，母亲生病的第二天他就说自己病了，他去到母亲的房间，在她睡觉时握着她的手。他的头发竖起来，带着氧气面罩，穿着病号服，换句话说，他看起来像从地狱走了一圈。但母亲睁开眼却说，天哪，乔治，你帅爆了！所有护士、医生和其他工作人员都躲到了走廊里，因为他们都感动哭了。
我希望通过这些你们能理解，为什么我们认为母亲和父亲是我们全家人的老师和榜样，也是很多其他人的老师和榜样。
我最后一次和母亲在一起时，问了她几个关于死亡的问题：是不是准备好了，是否悲伤。她丝毫没有犹豫地回答我，我相信耶稣，他会是我的救世主，我不想离开你父亲，但我知道我会去一个美丽的地方。
妈妈，我们期待与你和罗宾（芭芭拉·布什已故的女儿）相聚。
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