Even when I was a teenager,Mom was my friend,which helped me gain a lot:an appreciation of poetry,well-used semicolons,interesting mathematical quirks,a love of working with my hands,an odd sense of humor.

• 我才十来岁的时候，妈妈就是我的朋友，这让我获益匪浅：学会了欣赏诗歌、正确使用分号、培养了非常有趣的数学癖、喜欢自己动手做事和赋有幽默感。