读者文摘:陌生人的爱(1)（在线收听）

WHEN TYRA DAMM lost her husband, Steve Damm, to brain cancer in 2009 after 15 years of marriage,

2009年，蒂拉·达姆结婚的第16年，丈夫史蒂夫·达姆死于脑癌。

her heart broke for herself and her kids, then ages four and eight.

她和当时4岁和8岁的孩子心痛不已。

And in the opaque blur of that first year, one day stood out: his birthday.

在去世第一年模模糊糊的记忆中，有一天格外引人注目：丈夫的生日。

It was the hardest day of them all, full of unbelievable grief.

这是蒂拉和孩子过的最艰难的一天，充满了悲伤。

Almost out of desperation, she hatched a plan for Steve's next birthday.

几乎到了绝望，她为史蒂夫的下一个生日制定了计划。

She would use it to help people she'd never met.

她会用这一天帮助她从未见过的人。

On November 4, 2011, Tyra asked friends in her Texas community to perform random acts of kindness in Steve's honor.

2011年11月4日，蒂拉邀请她在德克萨斯州的朋友为史蒂夫做一些善事。

Hundreds of people responded.

数百人响应蒂拉的邀请。

A movement—and the hashtag #dammkind—was born.

一场带着标签# dammkinde的运动诞生了。

In the years since, #dammkind has been passed along and expanded, moving people Tyra has never met to do good deeds:

在那之后的几年里，“dammkind”得以传承和推广，人们从未见过蒂拉，但在蒂拉的感召下做善事

buying coffee or ice cream for a person in line behind them, leaving a note of gratitude and a large tip for a waiter,

这些人给在后面派对的人买咖啡或冰淇淋，给服务员留下感谢的字条和一大笔小费。

baking cookies for Meals on Wheels.

为上门送餐服务烘培饼干。

"November 4," says Tyra, a 46-yearold middle school teacher and parenting columnist for the Dallas Morning News,

“11月4日，”46岁的蒂拉说，她是一名中学教师，也是《达拉斯晨报》的育儿专栏作家。

"is my favorite day of the year."

“这一天是一年中我最开心的一天。”