A 16-year-old in foster care has finally found a home. His adoption caseworker (社会工作者), who has known him since he was 7, will become his adoptive mother this month.

    In October 2013, Davion Only spoke in front of a church congregation (会众) in St. Petersburg, Florida, and made an 1 for adoption. He had recently learned that his 2  mother, who'd been in jail since Only was born, had died. He had spent years bouncing between foster homes. “My name is Davion and I've been in foster care since I was born,” he said. “I know God hasn't given up on me, so I'm not giving up either.”

    The 3  plea (恳求) went viral, and Only's foster agency 4  calls from more than 10,000 people, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Only  5  traveling to Ohio to live with a minister's family. But after Only got into a physical  6  with one of his older would-be siblings (兄弟姐妹), the minister and his wife changed their minds.

    Back in Florida, Only passed through four different  7  homes over the next year, until he called Connie Going, his adoption caseworker, to make a special  8 .

    Only had known Going for nearly ten years, and had asked every year if she would adopt him but she always  9 . “I always believed there was a better family than us out there,” Going tells Yahoo Parenting. “He  10  so much in this world.”

    But this past July, when Only called and asked again if she might adopt him, Going says something felt  11 . “In adoption there is a ‘claiming moment,' when you know someone is your child. When he called me to ask, in that moment, I just knew,” she says. “When he asked me, my heart felt this  12  and I just knew he was my son.”

    So Going, 52, invited Only to start spending time  13  the rest of her family — the other four children who she also adopted out of foster care.  14 , Going managed to rent a bigger home, got a lawyer, and started adoption  15  .

    Only will officially join Going's family on April 22, when the adoption  16 . “Today, I am feeling blessed and honored by being chosen to be the parent to all my children,” she says. “I work every day on being the best parent I can to them, to be patient and creative so that I can  17  all their needs.”

    A spokesperson for Eckerd, Only's foster agency, told the Tampa Bay Times they were 18  with the new development. “We are truly thrilled that Davion has been united with his forever family.“

    While Going is waiting for the newest  19  to her family to become official in the eyes of the law, she says Only is already her child. “I want him to know he is  20  loved for who he is, the way he is,” she says. “The changes he chooses to make in his life, and the choices, are his to make. As a family we will be there through it all, the good and the bad for our lifetime. He is home.”

    On a sunny day, Linda and Jack were to try the new boat on the river.Linda jumped out of bed excitedly, got dressed quickly and woke up her brother Jack.

    After1Linda and Jack arrived at the riverbank and2the new blue boat waiting for them.They got into the boat and packed their picnic under the3.Linda started the engine and4they went into the wide, brown and unknown5of the river.

    Suddenly, they found the boat sounded6round a bend in the river.On the distant sandbank they saw a long dark creature7in the sun. It opened one eye at them and then suddenly disappeared into the8.

    “What was that?” shouted Jack.

    “It looked like a crocodile to me!” said Linda.“We'd better be9.”Just as they came round the next10, the engine11and came to a stop.Linda12to start the engine again. But it wouldn't start. They were13.

    “Let's get the wooden oars,” said Jack. “Maybe we can 14 the boat free.

    They tried but failed.

    “We're stuck on a sandbank,” said Linda. “We'll just have to sit here having our15and wait for the water to16.”

    “It's boring!” said Jack.

    Suddenly, they felt the boat move .It moved slowly off the sandbank. And the engine started again. Just at the same time they noticed a black17by the boatside and in no time it disappeared in the brown water ahead.

    They18heir journey down the river. It was so exciting .

    At noon they saw a small river19the main river. It wasn't on the map . “Let's20there!” said Linda.

    The boat turned and went into the smaller channel .On both sides grew thick unknown trees.

    As a kid I loved everything about school. I loved books1tests and homework. Most of all I longed to someday march down the aisle (通道) to receive my2.That seemed more appealing even than getting married. But at 15, I had to3because my parents4afford tuition. My hope of getting a diploma was dead.

Pretty soon, I married. I had three Children, and I thought: "There5my diploma."

    Even so, I wanted my children to be educated. But Linda, our youngest child, had juvenile arthritis (幼年型关节炎) in her6and knees, which made it7for her to function (活动) in a normal classroom.

    One day, I saw an ad in the newspaper for evening courses.

"That's the answer," I said to myself. Linda always feels8in the evening, so I'll just sign her up for night school.

Linda was busy9out enrollment (入学) forms when the secretary said: "Mrs Schantz, why don't you come back to10?"

I11: "There's no way! I'm 55!"

12he insisted, and before I knew what I had done, I was enrolled for classes in English and crafts. "This is only an experiment," I13him, but he just smiled. To my surprise, both Linda and I thrived (茁壮成长) in evening school. I went back again the next semester, and my grades14improved.

It was15going to school again, but it was no game. Sitting in a class full of kids was awkward,16most of them were respectful and encouraging. During the day, I still had loads of housework to do. But when I was down, Linda encouraged me. "Morn, you can't17now!" And when she was down, I18her. Together we saw it through. At last, I got my diploma19 my classmates voted unanimously (一致地) for me to be class speaker, and I got a ＄3, 000 college scholarship.

    Yes, Mom, I was late for school, but I got there20.

    Recently I understood the true meaning of love. The 1 was Kane, my neighbor Joline's two-year-old son.

    Kane was born with a physical problem on his 2. And I witnessed（目睹）the3 that Kane's physical shortcomings had on his family. I also witnessed much more than that. I saw a 4 family that embraced（拥抱）this special child. A family that wouldn't allow Kane to know he was5. Joline had constructed a small cart手推车just a few inches off the floor for his son to 6 . Kane used his hands to move about, and the cart7 him to "go to" any place just as everyone else was able to do. Kane was not just a member of the family, but the8 of the family.

    With a wide smile, it was easy to see that even at the age of two, Kane liked to 9 with people very much. With wisdom of an individual, this boy even 10 the most complex of human emotions. Later I came to 11 that this child was sent to help some of us who weren't just getting what love was all about.

    Kane demanded attention, 12 not because of his mobility（移动能力）challenges or other apparent shortcomings. In his mind, he had no13 or shortcomings. The14 was that he received attention because he was alive and real and had so much to offer.

    Kane 15 me in a deep way. His ability to refuse to be different has 16 me. Kane was and is 17 lots of warm and powerful energy to me. From him and his family I learnt the 18: love surpasses（超越）all things. I can only imagine that as the parent of a child like Kane one might be filled with19. But I believe that having a child like Kane is actually a(n) 20. The parents of such special babies are angels too, just as the babies are.

    Ann's neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local high school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on it. Ann said that she could 1 it only for the day.

    Tracy took photos of the 2 and printed off 400 FOUND fliers (传单), and put them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann bought some pet 3 in the dollar store nearby, and warned her two 4 not to fall in love with it. At the time, Ann's son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was 5 from a heart operation, was 21 years old.

    Four days later Ann was still 6 the dog, whom they had started to 7 Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog 8 itself against the screen door and barked 9 at her. As soon as she opened the door, Riley 10 into the boys' room where Ann 11 that Jack was suffering a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, and as soon as Ann bent over to 12 him the dog went13.

    "If it hadn't come to get me, the 14 said Jack would have died," Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to 15 the dog, so Ann decided to keep it.

    The next morning Tracy got a call. A man named Peter 16 his dog and called the 17  on the flier. Tracy started 18, and told him, "That dog 19 my friend's son."

    Peter drove to Ann's house to 20 his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peter said, "Maybe Odie was supposed to find you, maybe you should keep it."

    Millionaire Peter became blind because of an illness. The doctor told him that only by having a Cornea transplant surgery (眼角膜移植手术)could he1 his sight. Peter offered a large amount of money for the cornea, but he didn't get any2 .

    Because Peter was too3of his" wealth" and had done many unkind things, he had a bad 4.So as soon as donors(捐赠者)heard his name, all of them5.

    At first Peter got angry easily because of his wealth, but later, he had no6but to wait quietly.

    One day, Peter felt his way to the little7before the hospital. He raised his head to enjoy the sunshine.8, he saw nothing but darkness. Just then, someone9him all of a sudden. Peter became10, so he cried, "Don't you have eyes? Don't you see who you hit? I'm millionaire Peter!"

    The answer was from a 11,"Sorry, sir. Please forgive me! " Peter then said, "I can forgive you, but you must12with me!" The boy said yes. Peter nodded13and his face lit up with a smile.

    Peter asked," Is the scene here beautiful? "The boy began14 it," How beautiful! The green grass, the blue sky, and the beautiful flowers everywhere....."

    Peter began to15that boy as he was listening.16he became impatient, shouting toward the sky," Oh, my God, the little boy is so17, nothing but a pair of eyes! Why do you give him light?”

    At this moment, a lady interrupted Peter," You are18! My son is too poor to have eyes. What he just described is what I told him! "19, Peter sat on the square, tears running down his face.

    Since then, the city charity would 20a large amount of money every year. The donor was the very millionaire named Peter.