I was wandering around the Albuquerque airport. My flight had been 1 , and I heard a(n)2: “If anyone near Gate A-4 3 Arabic，please come to the gate immediately." Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there.

    An older woman was 4, sitting on the floor. In her 5 Arabic dress, she reminded me of my grandmother.

    “6 to her,” the flight agent urged. “We told her the flight was going to be late, and she did this."

    I spoke to the woman 7in Arabic while putting my arm around her. She 8crying. It turned out that she thought the 9 had been canceled. She planned to be in New York for some medical treatment the next day. I comforted her and suggested 10her family.

    We telephoned her son. In English, I told him that I would 11 with his mother until we got on the plane. Then his son was12. Next we called my dad. They spoke for a while in Arabic and 13 that they had ten shared friends. After that, I called some Arabic friends I14 and let them talk to her.

    She was in a 15mood by then and took some homemade 16— little cakes stuffed with nuts and topped with sugar 一 from her bag and 17 them to the people near the gate. To my amazement, no one 18. It was like a party. The traveler from Argentina, the mom from California, the lovely woman from Laredo — we were all smiling, enjoying the same 19.

    I looked around and thought, this is the world I want to live in. One with no 20. Everyone can be happy anywhere.

    At the funeral, I tried to say good-bye to Grandpa, but all I could do was feel bad. Most of the adults were busy 1to one another. They didn't talk about Grandpa. Afterward, I kept my grandpa 2in my mind by talking about him3. I was afraid if I might 4him. I told everyone he died. One day when I was with my mother in a 5, I told the check-out lady. When we got outside, my mother hugged me close and told me not to tell 6 about Grandpa's death. Then I realized that there were other ways I could remember him.

    I planted a tree in our backyard, in7of Grandpa. The stars made me feel 8. I'd choose a star in the sky and 9it was Grandpa 10. In school, my teacher suggested that I write stories and draw pictures. The more I wrote and the more I drew, the more I 11about Grandpa and me.

I gave my favorite12to the library in memory of my Grandpa. The librarian wrote his name on a special label and put it 13. I used to 14the book. It wasn't 15the shelf, I was happy 16was reading "my grandpa's book."

    17, I was working hard in school and having fun with my friends again. I can't remember everything about my grandpa,18every once in a while, someone or something 19me of him. The memories feel warm and good. Now I know, and I want you to know, the best 20are like love. They last forever.

    From the first week of high school, my best friend, Trisha, was always going out with the popular girls.1I thought, "It's okay; she's just making new friends." But soon I realized that Trisha wasn't interested in me anymore. I'd 2my best friend. It really hurt.

    One day, I told Trisha that we should 3  pretending（假装）to be friends when we really weren't anymore. I wasn't trying to make her mad, 4 she was. After that, Trisha started talking about me behind my back, telling people that I was 5.Some of our friends 6 with her. I felt like she was taking them away from me.

    The more I thought about it, the 7 I got. Finally, I 8a picture of Trisha and drew lines on her face. I wrote, "I  9 this person" across the bottom. And then I did something I'll always 10 : I put it on a website I thought was 11. I thought people would see it, and it felt good to vent(发泄).

    A week later, Trisha's mom saw the 12.She called my mom, who made me take it off the website right away. However, it was already too 13 .Lots of people had seen it, and I was in a lot of 14.

    That whole day, I felt 15 .I had to say sorry to Trisha face to face. She said she accepted my apology（道歉）,but I felt she was 16 angry with me.

    Posting that picture was one of the worst 17 I've ever made. I realize now I could have found a much better way to deal with my 18 .If I'd just told Trisha how much I 19 her, maybe things would have turned out 20. It's too late for me to change things, but I hope you'll learn from my mistake.

    I will never forget the year when I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be1Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd2?" Just when I started to3that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women4at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of5that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn't6. Somebody had thought7of me to bring me a gift.

    Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my8Christmas there special and memorable, I 9remembered the women's visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of10for as many children as I could possibly reach.

    So I11a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans(孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, 12with a child's name. We wanted all of them to know they were13. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I14them that they couldn't open their presents15every child had come forward. Finally the16they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents! " As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles17up the room. The18in the room was obvious, and19wasn't just about toys. It was a feeling—the feeling I knew20that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.

    When my son Zac was six months old, I noticed something wasn't right. He would1with toys with his left arm, 2 his right side wasn't there. When I3 him to see the baby nurse, she did her best to hide her 4 but suggested I see a doctor as soon as possible.

    For the next four months, Zac and I paid 5visits to the doctors. Then, at ten months, Zach had a CT scan. The scan results showed that my boy had hemiplegic cerebral palsy(偏瘫性脑麻痹). I was 6.

    Soon, his doctor put us in touch with an organization that7children's disability and develo-pment services. So years of treatment 8.

    Gradually, Zac began to set his own 9. When he was 11 months old, he began to crawl(爬) with his right leg dragging behind. He10at 19 or 20 months, and even though one foot was turned, it never 11him doing anything.

    He played football when he was eight, 12starting athletics at 11, where he found his 13. As a para-athlete(残疾运动员), he has even represented his state six times at a 14 level. Then in 2011, he became the Australian long jump 15holder in the under-13 group. Today Zac's favorite sport is16and he is training with the South Australian para-cycling team for the 2020 Paralympics in Japan. If I had been too 17 to let him play sport, he would never have had the 18 to travel, compete and meet amazing people from all over the world.

    My parenting journey with Zac wasn't what I 19, but I am so 20 he chose me to be his mum. He is my most precious gift.

The university I attend has about 3500 students. One early afternoon, I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (walk) around the campus when I found a female student sitting on the walkway with tears on her face. Everyone just walked by her, so I decided to stop {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (give) her a hand. I dropped my books and sat down beside her. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} turned out that she injured her ankle (脚踝) and was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (able) to walk. So I told her that I would sit with her {#blank#}5{#/blank#} she was ready to get up. It only took a few minutes for her to calm down. Then I took her {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the hand and got her to the nearest hospital.

She thanked me so much for just stopping! Since then, when we run into each other {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (occasional) on campus, she would smile and thank me again. And we have become good friends now. I am amazed that just my sitting there, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (offer) support and comfort to a total {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(strange) would affect her so greatly. She said she was grateful for what I had done, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} made her feel that she was not alone in the world.