由于对美国总统Barack Obama夫妇的传奇感到由衷的好奇，所以在网上买几本关于他们的书。Of thee sing应该是一本写给家有小小朋友的书，主要记录的是 Obama写给女儿的一些短信。我先行看过，然后转送给家有小小朋友的朋友，所以将书中的一些内容摘抄下来，看来，就是总统，心里最柔软的部分也是给孩子的。Letter 1
   Have I told you lately how wonderful you are?
   How the sound of your feet
   running from afar
   brings dancing rhythms to my day?
   How you laugh
   and sunshine spills into the room?

Letter 2
   Have I told you that you are creative?
   A woman named Georgia O'Keeffe
   moved to the deaert and painted petals, bone, bark
   She helped us see big beauty in what is small:
   the hardness of stone and the softness of feather.

Letter 3
   Have I told that you are smart?
   That you braid great ideas with imagination?
   A man named Albert Einstein
   turned pictures in his mind into giant advances in science,
   changing the world
   with energy and light.

Letter 4
   A man named Jackie Robinson played baseball
   and showed us all
   how to turn fear to respect
   and respect to love,
   He swung his bat with the grace and strength of a lion
   and gave brave dreams to other dreamers.

Letter 5
   Have I told you that you are a healer?
   Sitting Bull was a Sioux medicine man
   who healed broken hearts and broken promises.
   It is fine that we are different, he said.
   "For peace, it is not necessary for eagles to be crows."
   Though he was put in prison,
   his spirit soared free on th plains, and his wisdom
   touched the generations.

Letter 6
   Have I told you that you have your own song?
   A woman named Billie Holiday wore a gardenia in her hair
   and sang beautiful blues to the world.
   Her voice, full of sadness and joy,
   made people feel deeply and add their melodies to the chorus.

Letter 7
   Have I told you that you are strong?
   A woman named Helen Keller fought her way through long,
   silent darkness.
   Though she could not see or hear,
   she taught us to look at and listen to each other.
   Never waiting for life to get easier.
   she gave others courage to face their challenges.

Letter 8
   Have I told you how important it is to honor others' sacrifices?
   A woman named Maya Lin designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
   to remember those who gave their lives in the war,
   and the Civil Rights Memorial
   to thank the many who fought for equality.
   Public spaces should be filled with art, she thought,
   so that we can walk amids it,
   recalling the past and inspired to fix the future.

Letter 9
   Have I told you that you are kind?
   A woman named Jane Addams fed the poor
   and helped them find jobs.
   She opened doors and gave people hope.
   She taught adults and invited children
   to play and laugh and let their spirits grow wide.

Letter 10
    Have I told you that you don't give up?
    When violence erupted in our nation
    a man named Martin Luther King Jr.
    taught us unyielding compassion. He gave us a dream
    that all races and creeds would walk hand in hand.
    He marched and he prayed and, one at a time,
    opened hearts and saw the birth of his dream in us.

Letter 11
    Have I told you that you are an explorer?
    A man named Neil Armstrong was the first to walk on the moon.
    He watched the world from way up high
    and we watched his lunar landing leaps,
    which made us brave enough
    to take our own big, bold strides.

Letter 12
   Have I told you that you are inspiring?
   A man named Cesar Chavez showed farmworkers their own power
   when they felt the had none.
   The people were poor but worked hard and loved the land.
   Cesar picketed,prayed, and talked.
   The people listened to their hearts and marched for the rights.
   "!Sise puede!"Cesar said. "Yes, you can!"

Letter 13
    Have I told you that you are part of a family?
    A man named Abraham Lincoln knew
    that all of America should work together.
    He kept our nation one
    and promised freedom to enslaved sisters and brothers.
    This man of the people, simple and plain,
    ask more of our country--that we behave as kin.

Letter 14
   Our first president, George Washingtong,
   believed in liberty and justice for all.
   His barefoot soliders crossed wintry rivers, forging ever on.
   He helped make an idea into a new country, strong and true,
   a country of principles, a country of citizens.

Letter 15
   Have I told you that America is made up of people of every kind?
   People of all races, religions, and beliefs.
   People from the coastlines and the mountains.
   People who have made bright lights shine
   by sharing their unique gifts
   and giving us the courage to lift one another up,
   to keep up the fight,
   to work and build upon all that is good
   in our nation.

   Have I told you that they are all a part of you?
   Have I told you that you are one of them,
   and that you are the future?
   And have I told you that I love you?