父母对子女的爱总是满怀深情与关怀。
美国俄亥俄州一对一直想要宝宝的夫妇，在一个月前终于生下了一对龙凤胎，男孩叫William，女孩叫Reagan。
Lyndsay and Matthew Brentlinger from Toledo, Ohio, had been trying to have a baby for years, and their wish finally came true on December 17th 2016 when Lyndsay gave birth to twins William and Reagan.
来自美国俄亥俄州托莱多市的Brentlinger夫妇多年来一直想要生个宝宝，去年12月17日，他们终于生下了一对龙凤胎，William和Reagan。
然而孩子尚未出生时，他们便被医院告知William将不久于人世。
Sadly however, William was born with various abnormalities and only the right side of his heart was functioning. At their 23rd week of pregnancy, the Brentlingers were told that their son would be a still-born, but he survived the birth and remained with his new family for 11 days before tragically passing away.
令人悲伤的是，William被诊出患有多种功能性障碍，只有右半心脏能正常运作。在怀孕第23周时，Brentlinger夫妇被告知，他们的儿子可能会流产，但他竟然成功诞生，虽然只活了11天，便离开人世。
为了能充分利这11天，夫妇两人决定用照片记录下来儿子活着的点滴时光。
To make the most of their short time together, a friend of the family got in touch with Lindsey Brown, a professional photographer, who agreed to do a touching photoshoot of William and his twin sister just before Christmas.
为了能让他们一家人充分利用着短暂的几天团聚在一起，他们的一个朋友联系了一位专业摄影师，Lindsey Brown，在圣诞节之前为这对孩子（和父母）拍下了这些感人的照片。
摄影师非常乐意、也备受感动，他说：
“Pictures are just memories,” said Brown. “I know how much people cherish them, so I was really glad I was able to do that for them.”
“照片就是回忆，我知道人们有多珍惜它们，所以我为能为他们拍下这些照片感到高兴。”
但对父母来说，面对将要逝去的孩子，内心总是充满愁绪和伤心。
妈妈Lyndsay说：
“I cried the first time I looked at them. I still cry sometimes. They are beautiful and he is beautiful. In some of them, you can see he is wide awake with his big beautiful eyes. It’s something we will definitely cherish.”
“第一次看到这些照片时，我哭了。现在我仍会时而落泪。他们多美呀，他多漂亮啊。你看，很多照片里他都瞪着那双美丽的眸子，醒着呢。我们一定会好好珍惜这些美丽的瞬间。”
而爸爸Matthew说：
“They were the happiest 11 days of my life.”
“那是我生命中最美的11天。”
虽然现在，小William已经离开了人世，但他却把自己最美的11天留了下来。也许就像一位网友说的，他是上帝派来巡视人间的小天使，替上帝来看一眼这个世界。
小William，希望你真的能化作小天使，快乐的小天使，一辈子守护着妹妹和爱你的爸爸妈妈。
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