谢谢你，我们家的英雄司机

Today we had a hero join us for our son's 5th birthday.

今天是我儿子的五岁生日，有一个英雄来和我们一起为他庆祝生日。

Our son Henry has neurological and speech disorders.

我的儿子Henry患有神经性障碍和言语障碍。

He hasn't had the chance to meet many friends yet

他一直没机会去结交更多的朋友

because he's in intensive speech, OT, swim and riding lessons/therapy most of the week.

因为一周中的大部分时间，他都在接受强化性语音训练，作业治疗、泳疗、马术治疗等等各种治疗课程。

He just started preschool this year and is making good progress.

今年他刚开始上幼儿园，取得了不小的进步

Anyway, we worried that today on his birthday very few people would show up and his heart would be broken.

可是，我们还是担心，在他的生日这一天，来的客人会很少，他一定会心碎

By way of background, Henry's week and his greatest joy revolves around garbage truck day, which is Wednesday,

平日里，亨利每个星期最期待，最快乐的事情就是垃圾车来的日子，那就是星期三

and seeing his "best friend" Richard driving by and saying hello.

每周他都期待着自己“最好的朋友”，垃圾车司机Richard开车经过，跟他打声招呼

Well—today, on his birthday, our "friend" took time away from his family

今天，在他的生日这一天，我们的“好朋友”特意抽出了陪伴家人的时间

to come drive his "truck" to our house to surprise Henry.

开着他的“卡车”来到我家门前，给Henry一个惊喜

The pure joy on our son's face is something that we will always carry with us.

儿子脸上纯真的喜悦会让我们永远铭记。

Henry got to "work" the controls on the truckHenry

还尝试了一把“操纵” 垃圾车上的控制按钮

and even "help" to drive it around the neighborhood .

甚至还“帮忙”开着垃圾车在社区里兜了一圈

I had such emotion today and even tears as Henry delighted in seeing "his" truck today.

眼看着Henry见到“他的”垃圾车如此开心，我的心中充满喜悦和感动，甚至热泪盈眶

I know y'all would "get" the joy and how deeply touched I was by this act of compassion .

我想你们一定能感受到，这个充满关爱的举动给我带来了多少幸福，让我多么感动

Have a great day

愿你有快乐的一天

and I hope you can "pay it forward" with showing random acts of kindness to others.

希望你能“预付”你将获得的快乐，那就对其他人付出一些小小的善举吧！