On Mother's Day, Trevor Wallace woke up early and hand-scrubbed（擦洗）a fountain. It wasn't just any fountain1 it was one that had a special 2to his family.

    15 minutes away from Trevor's campus site De Anza Community College where his beloved 3 Marilyn Rosenthal, had worked for decades. Her co-workers at the school 4 a large fountain in her honor with a plaque（匾）that says Heart's Garden: In5 of Marilyn Rosenthal.

    The fountain was 6to Trevor's mom, Sarene, who was only 36 years old when her mom died. Although she 7it, she didn't have the opportunity to 8 it. As time went on, the fountain, which is hidden under trees9disrepair.

    Trevor called Sarene that day to10 her a happy Mother's Day and told her to expect a(n)11Then he drove to De Anza Community College with his12 and two sponges（海绵）.

    When he arrived at the fountain, it was covered with leaves and13 with dirt. He started to scrub. As he cleaned, he 14 another problem: the fountain's water was turned off. Without water, the site wouldn't be15. Therefore, Trevor purchased a bottle and was pouring water on an16fountain. Completing all these things, he took a before and after17 and sent his mom two 18 emails.

    The subject line of the first email was, “Gift One: Open the first!” It was the before photo of the fountain. The subject line of the second email 19“Gift One: Part 2”. It was the after photo of the fountain. “When I opened the photos, I20into tears,” Sarene says. “He not only honored me, but also honored my mom.”

    Many years ago, when we first went to Canada, we were driving through Montana to Colorado with our two children, then aged 8 and 11. As it was getting1we started looking for a hotel, only to find out that it was

    2time in that part of the country, and all the hotels were3.

Finally, around 9 o'clock in the evening, we 4 at a gas station to fill up on gas. My husband asked for a

    5 book and told the woman at the counter that we were trying to find a hotel. She told us it would be 6. He tried for 15 more minutes. When he was 7, the woman, Linda, said she and her family

     8 nearby and would be happy if we spent the night at her home.

My husband was 9 at her offer of generosity (慷慨). She called her son to10us, since she had to

    11 at the gas station till midnight.

    When we reached their home, her husband12 us. He invited us to have coffee and chat while we 13 his wife. She came past 12 am. We asked if we could slip away in the morning so as not to14 them. They said we were now 15 and we would have to have breakfast with them.

    Next morning, we ate breakfast, and when we were 16, my husband asked if he could offer some17. They would not hear of it and18we were their guests. We kept in touch for many years, and invited them to our19, too. Over the years, we lost touch, but have 20 forgotten their kindness.

    When I was a little girl, I remember that when my dad was repairing something, every time he asked me to 1 the hammer, just so we would have a time for a 2 with each other. I 3 saw my dad drinking or taking a night out with the boys, all he did after 4 was taking care of his family.

    I 5 and left home for college and since then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning, no matter what. And when several 6 later I bought a house, my dad was 7 it by himself for three days in the 80°F summer heat. All he 8 was to hold his paint brush and talk to him. But I was too 9 in those days, I did not find any time for a conversation with my dad.

    One Sunday 10 we had a telephone talk as usual, I noticed that my dad had 11 some things that we discussed 12. I was in a hurry, so our conversation was 13. Few hours later that day came a call. My father was in a hospital with an aneurysm(动脉瘤). 14 I bought a ticket for a flight and 15 I was thinking about all 16 occasions(场合) to have a talk with my dad.

    By the time I17 at the hospital, my father had passed away. Now it was he who did not have 18 for a conversation with me. After his death I19 much more about him, and even more about myself. All he ever asked me was my time. And now he has all my20every single day.

    During my P.E. class I met with a girl, who was in a grade lower than me. She was always 1 on the playground and I wondered why she had 2 to talk to. I was sort of quiet girl myself, too, but I still had a few 3 Over the whole year I would say "Hi" to her 4 sometimes she came to me and we 5 whatever sports we liked most.

    Whenever she came over I made it my 6 to make her laugh. I paid most of my 7 to her and not to my other friends because I saw them playing together 8 over there. Then, the 9 day of school year came around, I walked with her on the playground by ourselves. I asked her why she was so quiet. She told me her father left her 10 and her. Her mother was always crying at home. 11 this, I said nothing for a while. Then what I could do was 12 her to forget unhappiness and believe tomorrow is 13. That day I told her I was leaving for high school. Hearing this, she asked me not to 14 her. She told me that she had no other friends and I was her only one. Then, she told me that she would 15 me if l was in the high school. I 16 that I would go back to see her twice a week. Hearing my promise, her face 17 with smiles.

    People lose friends all the time but wise people know how to 18 the friendship. So don't ruin the 19 as time passes by. Remember that you are 20 to have a good friend.

    I often go to France to visit my grandmother who is very dear to me. She's now 76 years old, 1 every time I go to visit, the two of us are very 2 that it might be the last time we see each other for she has cancer.

    Last time I visited her in December of 2012. I did a series of short video interviews about her 3. I asked her about her greatest 4 and life learning so far, her favorite books, food and stories. I learned a large quantity of amazing 5 things about her I never knew before.

    This year, I did not really have questions, only a strong 6 for her to know how much she is loved. I cooked for her and 7 her stories.

    8 leaving, I was looking for a way to leave something special behind 9 the memory of our time together. So I wrote her five different love and gratitude 10 to let her know how much she means to me, and hid them in 11 places where I knew she would finally 12 them. One under her pillow. Another one hanging from the lamp cover by which she reads in the evening. Another one by her toothbrush. One in her mailbox which she eagerly 13 every day. And the last one on her car's steering wheel (方向盘).

    I left joyfully 14 that these cards would surely cheer her up after I left She 15 me as I was departing for Paris to catch my plane back to the US and said, "I found your three cards! By the time I discovered the third card, I was 16 out loud! Obviously, they did me so much 17. Thank you so much!" I smiled to myself, knowing she still has two more to 18! It was Sunday, so my guess was that she had not checked her 19 and had not yet 20 her car!

    Axel Winch was born nearly 13 weeks prematurely (早产地). He 1 2 pounds, 12 ounces and had bleeding in his brain, vision and hearing 2. After a week in the 3 in Grand Junction, where parents Melissa and Adam Winch live, he 4 a life-threatening intestinal (肠道的) condition. Doctors 5 to airlift (空运) Axel and Melissa more than 200 miles to Children's Hospital in Aurora.

    His health remained 6 over the next few weeks as his lungs shut down. "There were many times we didn't think he was going to 7." Adam said. 8, support was on the way. Melissa, 39, is a police officer. The police department in Grand Junction 9 officers in Aurora. Soon, members of the Aurora police department 10 the hospital with offers of help. One brought them banana bread. A detective gave the 11 a place to stay.

    But then things got 12 again. After weeks of caring for Axel in Aurora, the couple had to briefly return to Grand Junction on two separate 13. First, their house had been under contract and they had to 14 in two days. The second time, Melissa's 15 had run out, so she had to return to work for a few days. They hated having to abandon their son, who had improved but was still facing 16 surgeries.

    "We were afraid he was going to die while we were gone," Adam says. Aurora police Mike set up a 17 for his officers to spend time with Axel—when his 18 couldn't he there. They 19 the parents photos of themselves asleep with Axel and updates from the nurses. After four months in the hospital, Axel was 20 enough to go home.