雙語美文：一條毛毯的旅行

Last year

去年

I was able to do a nice thing for some community members.

我爲社區裏的小夥伴做了一點力所能及的好事

I was homeless

我是一個無家可歸的流浪漢

and made a poor living by flipping polar fleece

靠變賣搖粒絨的廉價衣物過活。

Essentially,

可想而知

shipping costs would have killed any margin

銷往外地的運輸費用會把我的理論扣光

and local wasn't working.

而本地又沒有任何銷售渠道

So I took the downtime I had at a night job

於是，我趁着晚間工作時的休息時間

and made double fleece no sew tie blankets

做了雙層的無縫羊毛毯

and handed them out to fellow homeless people

把它們分發給了其他的流浪漢

after shift one morning

那是一天早上，我下班之後

at a food pantry

在一個食品分發食堂裏

when the frosts were hitting.

天上正下着冰雹

It was a brief experience but positive.

這段經歷很短暫，卻充滿了正能量

I made about two dozens people's mornings with a clean new blanket

我讓二三十人能夠披着乾淨的新毯子度過他們的早晨

while waiting in the cold.

那時他們正站在冷風中

Yesterday,

昨天

around a year later

那件事過去大約一年後

I saw a homeless person walking down the street

我看到一個流浪漢走過街道

with one of those blankets.

身上還披着那時我做的毯子

The fabric choice,

質地精良

my poor technique,

手藝粗糙

all of it.

正是出自我手

I'm sure I've never seen this person before

我確信自己從未見過此人

so that blanket went on a journey

那條毯子必是幾經轉手，經過了一趟旅程

and is still providing comfort to someone.

但仍爲人們提供着溫暖

I'm not homeless anymore,

如今我不再無家可歸

but times are hard,

但世事艱辛

and seeing that really brightened my day.

那樣的場景，讓我的一整天都明亮起來

I just wish I had some more fleece now.

現在我真希望自己還有更多的羊毛可以做毯子