Madeline’s grandma was going through a lot, so the little girl wanted to do something to cheer her up. She made her a special _________ and her grandma loved it!

Four years ago, Madeline’s grandpa _________ unexpectedly from heart failure. MawMaw, Madeline’s grandma, had a very _________ time coming to tears with losing her husband and her health began to _________. Her family were very _________.

Last year Madeline’s grandma received sad _________ just a few weeks before Christmas _______ her that she had lung cancer. She had quite a journey ahead of her and she would be alone for a lot of her _______.

Madeline wanted to find a way to _______ her sweet grandma’s spirits and help her not feel so __________. She thought hard for some time and finally had an __________. She asked to ____________ one of her grandpa’s old T-shirts. MawMaw was __________ about why she wanted it, but she did not ask. Madeline wanted to use the T-shirt to make a blanket for her grandma and ____________ her with it.

The whole ____________ stood around to watch MawMaw ____________ her blanket. She was so excited about the handmade ____________ that her sweet granddaughter had ______________ for her. But she was pleasantly surprised when ____________ that her husband’s shirt was sewn in. “Oh, Madeline!” She cried.

Then she covered the blanket around her. She was so __________ that she began to cry. Now when MawMaw goes to the doctor for her treatments, she will not feel all alone.

Growing flowers from seeds needs both physical work and self-control. One must take care of the seeds, and make sure they get watered on _______ basis and believe they will actually produce flowers beautifully. Thus, _______ beautiful flowers without mistakes is a miracle（奇迹），which needs to be fed,_______ and hard work. How does the same thing _______in life?

The miracle I dreamed of was to become an excellent_______.I would, to be honest, sit in front motivational speakers as they spoke, _______ one of them would spot something valuable in me and encourage me to follow my _______.I neither said anything nor did anything _________wish. Then one day, I met a professional speaker at a conference I attended. He told me the National Speakers Association _______helps whoever makes up his mind to start professional speaking businesses. Their club was two hours' drive away from my home, and expensive, but I was very ________ to hear of it. Frankly, it didn't matter to be ________or to pay it. I joined it and made my first speech but I ________ halfway. I got so angry at myself that after getting home I locked myself in my home to ________making speeches for three days. And I ________ figured out what I would speak on and then tried to improve my speaking __________ .I stuck to it and sincerely said thanks to whoever ________ my shortcomings. All the time, I stopped the negative voice in my head from ________me.

Now five years passed, and a(n）________ was worked. At the age of 53, I became a professional speaker at last. What miracle are you hoping for? What seed do you mean to ________ and then water it, to grow your miracle? If you haven't started, remember to do it now, and the________, the better.

My work started in 2003 at my local animal shelter’s Adoption Department. It seems like such a long time ago. In the 13 years that have ______, more than 50,000 animals have passed the doors of the ______. Most of them, I do not remember. But ______ there are animals who stand out. Tabby was one such ______.

Tabby was one of the many ______ dogs. What’s more, she was blind and deaf. Tabby’s ______ to be adopted seemed small. But one day a woman ______ Loretta came to the shelter. Her son, Gary, who ______ epilepsy (癫痫) had seen Tabby’s picture ______ the shelter’s website. They were ______ in meeting her! Most boys would want a puppy, a dog who could ______ with him and run through grassy fields on summer days. Tabby would never be able to do that. But as they say, “love is blind.” After meeting her, they decided to ______ Tabby!

If Tabby’s story had simply ended with her ______ adoption, it would still have been something very ______ indeed. But it was ______ happened after her adoption that some might label as “magical”. They became inseparable. They got along well with each other so that Tabby could sense Gary’s seizures(疾病发作)before they ______, giving his family a ______ that one was about to strike. What’s more, Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby’s ______.

How could it be? There are some things that challenge logic and understanding in this world. Sometimes the best that we can do is to accept a ______, which we couldn’t attempt to explain. Because when you try to ______ it, you lose the beauty and miracle of it all.