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I never saw my father home from work late or ill,
nor did I ever see my father take a "night out with the boys". He had
no{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hobby) but just took care of his family.
For 22 years, since I left home for college, my
father called me every Sunday at 9:00 am. He was always {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
(interest)in my life—how
my family as doing. The calls even came when he and my mother were in
Australia, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (English) or Florida.
Nine years ago when I bought my {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (one) house,
my father, 67 years old, painted my house himself. He worked eight hours a day.
He would not allow me {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (pay) someone to have it done. All he asked
was a glass of iced tea, and that I hold a paintbrush for him and talk to him.
But I was too busy, for I had a law practice to run, and I could not take the
time to hold the paintbrush, or talk to my father.
Five years ago, my 71-year-old father {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (spend)five hours putting together a swing set(秋千)for my daughter. Again, all he asked was that I get him a glass of iced tea, and talk to him. But again, I had laundry to do, and the house to clean.
The morning on Sunday, January 16, 1996, my father
telephoned me as {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (usually), this time he had seemed to have
forgotten some things we had discussed the week before. I had to get to church,
and I cut the conversation short.
The call came at 4:40 am. That day my father
{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (send)to hospital in Florida, I got on a plane immediately, and I
vowed(发誓)that when I arrived, I would
make up for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}
(real)get to know him.
I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, but my father had
passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or
time to wait for me.
In the years since his {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (die) I have
learnt much about my father, and even more about myself. As a father, he never
asked me for anything but my time. Now he has all my attention, every single
day.
