I went back to the bathroom remodel and began realizing that this is what life is all about: change. This is what fathers and sons must ultimately do: change. This is what I’ve been preparing him for since he first looked at me and screamed in terror: not to play golf without me, but to take on the world without me. With his own set of clubs. His own game plan. His own faith.

　　我回到浴室继续装修工程,并且开始意识到人生就是不断“改变”。这是父子最终都要做的——改变。自他第一次看着我惊慌尖叫,我就一直在培养训练他要做到这点:不是自个儿打高尔夫那么简单,而是要自个儿应对世界的挑战。用他自己那副高尔夫球杆,按自己的比赛策略,以自己的信念来面对挑战。

　　God was remodeling my son. Adding some space here. Putting in a new feature there. In short, allowing him to become more than he could ever be if I continued to hover over him.

　　上天在改造我儿子。在这儿加些成长的空间,在那儿加进些新特征。总而言之,比起我继续呆在他身边,这让他更有所成。

　　I remember how grown-up I felt, walking into that dark clubhouse, the smoke rising from the poker game off to the left, and proudly plunking down my two dollars for 22)nine holes. Would I have wanted my father there with me that day? Naw. A boy’s gotta do what a boy’s gotta do: grow up.

　　我记得自己成长的滋味——走进那间漆黑的俱乐部会所,缕缕烟尘从扑克牌游戏处升起,飘离左侧,我自豪地扔下两美元,玩场九洞高尔夫球游戏。我那天希望父亲和我一块呆在那儿吗?不。一个男孩得做他要做的事:成长。

　　I went back to the bathroom remodel project. A few hours later, I heard Ryan walk in the front door. I heard him complain to his mother that his 23)putts wouldn’t drop, that his 24)drives were 25)slicing, and that the course was like a lake. He sounded like someone I knew. His tennis shoes squeaked with water as I heard him walk back to where I was working on the bathroom.

　　我的思绪回到浴室的装修工程上来。几小时后,我听见瑞恩走进前门。我听见他向他妈妈抱怨自己没把球轻击进洞里,发球都偏一边去了,偏得很厉害,雨水把球场给淹成了湖。他听起来像我过去认识的某个人。我听见他走到我正忙着改造的浴室,他那进了水的网球鞋走起来吱吱作响。

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