布伦娜·马丁的爸爸显然不喜欢临时抱佛脚。 布莱恩·马丁十三年前就为女儿的高中毕业典礼（本月初举行）准备了一份礼物。他一直把礼物藏着，这份“感人至深、令人动容、充满怀旧情怀又饱含心意” （布伦娜的原话）的礼物，在上周爸爸终于送给她时，让布伦娜感动得热泪盈眶。
这份礼物——一本《哦，你将去的地方！》—— 现金价值不到20美元，但对布伦娜来说，它却是“无价之宝”。这是因为在书里，除了苏斯博士著名的韵文之外，还穿插着从幼儿园老师开始，所有教过布伦娜的成年人对她的评价和赞扬。
布伦娜收到这份礼物后的反应并没有止于毕业典礼当天的泪水。她被这本书深深打动，于是将故事分享到了网上，并在Reddit上附上了链接。这份礼物在Reddit上引起了广泛关注，尤其是一些准父母和年轻父母，他们表示计划效仿布伦娜父亲的做法。甚至有一位家长发帖表示，他们今年早些时候也启动了一个类似的项目。
爸爸也加入了Reddit上的讨论，他写道：“我简直不敢相信布伦娜发了这个帖子……她一直是我生命中的光。这样做只是想让她知道我的心意。”
如果布伦娜现在就开始计划给自己的孩子准备毕业礼物，她或许还有机会胜过她爸爸。
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wow, what a beautiful and touching gesture. It's also a great reminder that often the best most cherished gifts don't come with a big price tag.
i used to work with teens in wilderness for extended periods of & at the end of a trip, i often would read "oh the places you will go" Perhaps it was as much a reminder/ inspiration to me as it was to them.
For the would-be parents!
What a fantastic gesture, and kudos to dad for keeping this project secret all those years! I think I might steal this idea in one way or another when I have my own... :D! So glad Brenna was so appreciative of all your hard work - you've raised a wonderful, beautiful young woman that the world needs more of!
Wow - how charming! When my 19 year old son was a toddler, he received that book as a gift, and we found it so appropriate that it became our default gift for other children's birthdays.
Beautiful Story! Dr. Seuss is one of my heros! <3