I hit him again and again but it didn't last long. A teacher1to the scene and broke us up She started telling us about how to settle problems without 2like most teachers would say. I knew I was3.

    It was very hot when I was coming out of the dining hall. Then I saw Jeff playing with the4 basketball. Our school was short on basketballs to play with5 the quickest person to6and leave was the one who could get the 7 Being a heavy cater, I 8staying a while in the lunch room.

    Every day Jeff would get the ball, which9me. He would always keep it to 10running and shooting. That day I got fed up and11 took the ball away from him, running as fast as my12could go to the other side of the court. I began13as if nothing ever happened. For a while he stood there14me with the ball. As I went up for another lay-up, I saw Jeff charging at me like a bull out of the corner of my eye. He15 to pull the ball back from my hands. This16us to fight over it. After the teacher broke us up and talked to us, we17 We decided to call some of our friends to play a game with the ball18we would all have something to do.

    Both of us learned a19 from this situation. We learned to share instead of being20Surprisingly, none of us got in trouble for the fight.

    On the first day of my school life in the USA, I showed a great interest in marketing class(营销课). My teacher, Mrs. Tolman, suggested I 1 a marketing club called DECA attracting students with talent and interest in 2. So I did.

    The first 3 was to collect money for the marketing competition by selling candles. Mrs. Tolman said the competition was due in a week and that 40 percent of the 4 would go into my personal account (个人账户).

    At the beginning, I tried to sell candles to my host mom. She said that if I could 5confidence and do a wonderful sales presentation, she would buy some. I started my presentation with a 6 handshake. Then I introduced the candles and the special sales I could offer and 7 her that our candles were perfect for gifts and home decorations. Finally she bought three. Greatly 8 I decided to sell them in the neighborhood. On Saturday morning, with great courage, I knocked at the door of my first potential 9.

    "I'm a student and we are 10 money for DECA. I'm trying to sell..."

    "Not today, sorry," the man stopped me and 11the door. Embarrassed, I walked away and said to myself the 12 thing that might happen was being refused like that again. I couldn't even count how many times I was 13 with reasons like "Not today" or "I don't have any 14 money".15, I had to continue. 16, a woman kindly bought $60 worth of candles. I couldn't even hide my 17 and said "Thank you very much" to her with a bow.

    After a 18 hard work, I turned in my $408. I was 19 to find out I was the second highest seller in all classes.

    It was the first time that I had worked as a salesperson. Now I look back on this experience with satisfaction, and I feel glad that I did not 20 in face of difficulties.

    All of us can give others a hand as long as we are willing to do so. Actually, there are some people doing kind things all the time. Spreading kindness, one good deed at a time, is Karla Gibson's mission. "I wish everyone could join me, 1 there are so many bad things going on in the world; I mean every day," said Karla.

    Karla had the2 and sense of duty in December of 2013. The single mother of three said she tended to feel down around the holidays, so she 3 to do something to cheer others up. She started a Facebook page and 4 her good deeds each day, from feeding the homeless to giving Easter gifts to prisoners. She hoped to 5 others.

    "We have to do something. Our 6 can make a difference in someone's day. You 7 know when someone might be having their worst day, and then something like buying them a coffee can change their whole attitude," Karla 8.

    Karla's greatest 9 had to do with coffee. On September 27^th, Karla's birthday, she went to her local Starbucks and gave the 10 $127 to pay for other people's drinks. She sat at the end of the drive-thru(汽车餐厅)holding a 11 reading "Have a great day." She ended up 12 about 23 customers. "It was really fun. It was 13one of the best birthdays ever," she said. Her kindness that day didn't go 14. One couple was so grateful that they surprised her with flowers and balloons to show their 15.

    Karla's acts of kindness have become a 16affair. Her two sons are always 17 others. "Sometimes I'll ask Kyle, 'So, did you do anything extra nice today?' and he would say 'Somebody 18 something in the hallway and I picked it up' or 'I held the door for someone', that kind of thing," said Karla.

    It's because of Mom that the boys think it's 19 to give a hand to others. "I think it's a great idea of hers. It's always nice to help someone out especially when they are going through 20 things," said Karla's 15-year-old son Chad.

My 13-year-old daughter sent a postcard to us while we were still away on our most recent trip to California. It 1 our house about a week later. The touching 2 nearly brought me to tears.

"Even though we 3 have two days of adventures ahead of us, I am just so 4 for everything we have experienced together on this trip," she writes.

Our youngest daughter is just about to 5 11 years old. In those years, we have never taken a true 6 as a family of four to a place we've never been. Like most 7 , I have no idea where the time has gone. But I also think these are some of the best ages to 8 with kids.

This vacation to California was our very first 9 , long-distance trip together. The kids helped 10 the trip with input on things they might like to see and do. They reached for our hands in crowds. I can't remember the last time they held our hands 11 .

One of our family bonding moments came when we took a family surfing lesson. It was the first time any of us had tried surfing, although it was something the girls had been 12 . The smiles on the girls' faces were everything. They were so 13 when they stood up on the board and rode the waves one by one.

Those are memories I'm going to 14 . And yes, I will remind them of these times the next time I reach for their 15 .

I was heading back home after giving my colleague a lift. I took a  1  as the snowstorm was approaching.

Then the snow started and was coming down  2 . Within minutes I was in a whiteout. The windows were 3 and getting covered with snow, so I slowed down and rolled down my driver's side window, thinking I could better 4 the road edge and keep to a straight line. But really, I had no  5  where I was. I stopped and kept the car running to stay 6  . I called 911. The operator told me to wait things out for the night.

The call left me in  7 . "Breathe," I told myself. An idea occurred to me. I 8  my location online and explained what I was  9 , wishing for anyone to come to my rescue. Soon enough, people started chiming in on my post. I got a 10 from someone who was going to put me in touch with people nearby. I had never been more  11 .

Then I saw a big 12  in the dark. He had walked about 500 meters to get me, 13  the wind and snow each step of the way. "You'll be OK. Follow me." He turned around and started to trudge through the snow, sure of the 14 . I drove slowly behind him. When we reached his house, I burst into tears of 15 .