On the way home from Texas I stopped in Hope to see Buddy and Ollie and visit the graves of my father and grandparents.

在从德克萨斯州回家的路上，我在霍普镇停了停，看望了一下巴迪和奥莉，也给我父亲和外公外婆扫墓。

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A smile can take anyone a long way, so I want my kids (and grandkids) to know that sometimes a smile is the best thing for me to see when I get home from work too.

微笑能让人坚持到底，所以我希望我的孩子们还有孙子孙女们知道，当我下班回家时，一个微笑就是我能看到的最美的东西。

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The sun was setting quickly and I was worried about finding my way back in the dark, so I decided to head home.

太阳已经转到了西边，马上就要落下去了，我恐怕天黑后找不到路所以决定赶紧回去。

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Since my self-exile, I had lived in New York City, Washington DC, Dallas, and Philadelphia - but the light that emerged from my sister's death and dying showed me the way home to a place that looks and feels a lot like Mayberry.

BBC: Is the ideal of small-town America a myth?