I arrived at my mother's home for our Monday family dinner. Mother was 1 quilt after quilt from the boxes, 2 showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to 3and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the4of one box.

    “What is this?” I asked.

    “Oh?” Mom said, “That's Mama's quilt.”

    I 5 the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together; 6designs, 7 pictures, a winding line on the right.

    “Grandmother made this?” I said, 8 My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This 9 didn't look like any of the quilts she had made.

    “Yes, right before she died. I 10 it home with me last year and made some 11” she said. “I'm still 12 on it. See, this is what I've done so far.”

    I looked at it more 13 At the center of the quilt, she had sewn a piece

of14 with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn't get all lines15. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it 16. Her last quilt.”

    “Oh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It17to me that by completing my grandmother's quilt, my mother was honoring her own 18. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family

    19. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and 20 with the loving hands of another.

    There was a little, but always strange girl. Everything was bad for her. She wished to meet an enchantress (女巫) that would turn her life a 1tale.

    One day an enchantress came and said that one of her wishes would 2 The girl became very happy at first, but then she started to think that she had a lot of wishes and all of them were 3 for her. She could not 4 just one. Then the 5 enchantress that she would help her realize one wish every day. The girl became 6—now all her dreams will become realities.

    From that day on, she was waiting every morning with joy and 7. Then as days passed, the dreams became real ones.... But soon the little girl realized that 8 of the wishes d give her joy and happiness which she 9for. Many wishes brought her disappointment, and some 10 a pain. Almost every dream was an empty little girl's caprice (任性). Though being 11 she suddenly found that she did not 12 this. Soon she started to 13 dreams. She was afraid to 14 every day, waiting for the realization of another wish. Crying, she asked the enchantress to 15 only one her dream-to live as she lived 16and enjoy life.

    The good enchantress had 17 upon the little girl. She waved her magic wand and disappeared. The girl was happy 18 she knew that now she would carefully seek for her one big 19 dream, not wasting time with short-term20 quite unnecessary wishes.

    It was Tom's first visit to England, and he was looking forward to his first journey on London's Underground Railway. And against his friends'1, he was determined to travel 2.

    He entered the station shortly after five o'clock in the afternoon. This is a 3 time to travel in London,4 crowds of people go home from work at this hour. He 5 to join a long line of people waiting for tickets. When at last his 6 came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by the ticket seller. 7, he got the right ticket in the end and by asking people the 8, he also found the right platform. It was 9with people. He did not10 to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the platform so as to be in a better 11to get on the next one. When this train came in, Tom was12 forward onto the train by the 13 of people from behind. The doors closed and the train moved off. He was unable to see the14  of the stations where the train 15but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth 16 along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling  17 that his journey had been so easy. But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never

18 He explained his19 to a man who was standing on the platform. With a 20 on his face, he told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction.

    Can you love someone too much？1 you can express the wrong kind of love, but I'm sure you can't 2 too much.

    One of my favorite stories tells of a woman who finally 3 to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt4. Late in the afternoon she worked up the 5 to speak to her employer. To her delight, he 6 a raise.

    The woman arrived home that evening to a beautiful 7 set with their best dishes. Her husband had come home early and8 a festival meal. She wondered if he 9 knew that she would not get turned down.

    She found him in the kitchen and told him the good 10. They kissed and then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman found a beautifully lettered 11. It read, "Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd get the raise! These things will 12 you how much I love you."

    After supper, her husband went to do some 13. As he left the room, she 14 a second card that had fallen from his pocket. Picking it off the floor, she read, "Don't worry about not getting the raise. You 15 it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you."

    The measure of love is when you love without measure. What this man tried to show his wife was 16 acceptance and love. Whether she17 or not, he loved her regardless. Sometimes his love might celebrate her victories and other times it was there to give 18.

    Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said, "What can you do to promote world 19? Go home and love your20." Yes, love your family, and also love your friends. Love them without pressure. And don't worry about spoilage（变质）. So remember, "Potatoes spoil, people don't spoil."

    Yesterday I learned about the death of a member of the Eisner Camp family, Jonah Dreskin. Jonah, a 19-year-old freshman at the University of Buffalo, was found in a(n)1condition lying on a campus road Sunday night, and died on the way to the2. The police are still3the cause of his death.

    I didn't really4Jonah, but I heard of him. He was a rabbi's (犹太教教士的) child and had spent many years at camp like I did.5I didn't really know him, I wish I had. I've been6people's memories of him on the wall of a Facebook group, and he was really a(n) 7person. Jonah clearly touched many people and will be greatly8.

    Like Jonah, I've always been the kind of person who enjoys making people feel9. I like to send cards to friends on birthdays or other 10, although not to all of them every year. I hardly ever11any, but that doesn't matter because that is not the reason why I do it. I just think about my friends getting the12through email and their smiles on their faces when they  13them, and that's all I need.

    14, remember that life is valuable. You should15someone for doing good or16 you out. Tell your friends that you're17to have them during your lifetime, and send email to a friend or relative that you haven't18for a very long time. Tell some people that they're 19to you, that you love them, and that you miss them… 20the truth is that you never know what tomorrow will bring and how you are going to make the most of today.

    Some teachers seem to be bad teachers, but they are not. Take my football coach for example. One day, we were doing some 1 practicing catching the football. He threw me a pass and I dropped it. He started 2 me. I went back in line, 3. My friend was up next. He dropped it, too. But the coach said nothing. Annoyed, I whispered, "Why 4 against me?"

    After practice he came 5 to me and told me the reason he shouted at me 6 the other guy was that he expected more out of me. If he 7 my mistakes, it meant he had quit on me.

    Another teacher 8 my mind was my PhD supervisor, Ken Crowe. He had a(n) 9 for making grown men cry when they disappointed him, but I was 10 by the topic he was working on.

    He gave me a(n)11: to figure out what caused muons to get depolarized (去极化) in liquids. After a week I came to Ken's office to tell him about it. He listened for a few minutes and then 12: "You have no idea what you're talking about! Get out and don't come back until you do!" Now I was starting to get 13, complaining about him as cold-hearted.

    Bent on changing his attitude and 14 more relevant knowledge, I really got into it. 15, I understood it so well that to this day it is my most proud 16. Then I went back to tell Ken what I had figured out. Again he interrupted me a few minutes into my 17, but I carried on. When I finished, he praised me for doing some very original research. From that day forward, he supported and promoted me 18 we became great friends and respected colleagues.

    So don't ever complain about your "19" teachers. They may 20 you to make greater achievement you will be proud of decades later.