Mother’s Day 2016 was the last time that all my three kids would be kids at home. I was_______a Mother’s Day to remember.

That morning, I got up early and left for the_______.The boys and I were going_______,so I expected the break. I entered the office after my class,_______the crowd for their faces. I didn’t find the boys, but wasn’t too worried_______their classes often ran late. I found a bench with plenty of room for all four of us,_______seats for my young men.

The longer I sat there, the more_______and angry I got. How could they_______their mother on this day? I couldn’t_______my work, only on how I’d been wronged.________the last class in the morning ended, I could hardly wait to get home and give them a piece of my mind.

Arriving home, I noticed a pile of roses on the ground. They were the________of a track made of fresh flowers, which led to our house. As I________the flowers, the door got opened and three________ faces greeted me. They let me see what they’d been working on all________.

________the entire floor were the words: “Happy Mother’s Day. We Love You.” They were spelled out with________. The whole house was________with flowers. They’d worked all morning, gathering the fresh flowers and________them into a surprise message.

I immediately realized I’d been much too hurried in my________of the situation. In fact, they’d spent their time sending a________to show how much they really cared.

Army veteran（老兵）Curt Payne is a long-time resident of Manchester, New Hampshire. If you happen to run into Payne on the streets of Manchester while he is volunteering, he will most _______ greet you with a friendly smile as he recites his commonly repeated words: “Peace, love, and we’re going to be alright.”

Back in 2001, Payne, who is often _______ by his nickname “Major”, was _______ disabled after a car crash that came very close to taking his _______. These days, Payne _______ countless hours to his volunteer efforts, cleaning up all around the Queen City and making the streets, public parks, and sidewalks a _______ place. “It’s the easiest job I’ve ever done in my life. And it’s the most _______,” said Payne with regard to the daily _______ he has taken upon himself.

Aside from his _______ nature, volunteer efforts, and overall positive energy, Payne is known among the community for riding around on his ________ bicycle. According to Payne, he rode his bike over 900 miles last year. Payne has always taken good care of his bike because it’s his ________ means of transportation.

That’s why Payne was so extremely upset and shocked when a bike thief cut his lock outside his apartment and stole his most prized ________. “He doesn’t have a ________ ;that’s his main set of wheels,” said Parker Diamond, a close friend of Payne. The army veteran had no ________ what to do. His bicycle ________ the world to him and now it was gone.

Luckily, word spread about Payne’s ________ on social media and good Samaritans began to respond.

While Payne remains ________ that his cherished bicycle will turn up, he has found comfort knowing that his community ________ and supports him. “There’re angels ________ him around,” said Diamond.

At the beginning of our last class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved him/her. As was usually the _________, I fully expected one of the women to_________, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand. He appeared quite moved and a bit_________.

He began by saying, “Dennis, I was quite_________ with you last week when you gave us this _________. I didn’t feel that I had anyone to say those words to, and_________, who were you to tell me to do something that is _________? But as I began driving home a(n)_________deep down in my heart started talking to me. It was_________ me that I knew exactly who I needed to say ‘I love you’ to. You see, five years ago, my father and I had a cruel __________ and really never resolved it since that time. We __________ seeing each other unless we totally had to at Christmas or other family __________. But even then, we__________ spoke to each other. So, last Tuesday by the time I got home I had__________ myself I was going to tell my father I loved him.

“It’s strange, but just making that decision____________to lift a heavy load off my chest.”

“When I got home, I rushed into the house to tell my wife what I was going to do and for the first time in our married life she saw me cry.”