Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room，holding Brett's jeans and shirt full of burnt holes.

Tired and defeated, I_______to the floor.The clothes were just one more thing Brett had_______.He often got almost everything in the house out of_______.Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking_______to steal money when he chose to live on the street.Yet none of this could compare to the_______damage Brett had done to our once quiet home.

Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old.During the next few years I had dealt with Brett as_______as possible, but inside I was shouting.“I don't want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can‘t_______him!”Having wiped my tears, I continued_______him as before.

When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall (少管所). After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping_______teens.

At the__________ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had__________the most to him or her.Brett spoke__________to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much.You were always there, no matter__________happened. My mom and dad, I am their kid. But you, __________troubled enough by me, always__________me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”

__________ , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me__________.

I always hear about brave people on social media. If bravery is as simple as showing ______ during a time of fear, I ______ a time when I had a scary experience.

My family had just arrived at our Christmas holiday house when the ______ came to drop off the keys and ______ us to watch out for wild mice running around his house. My parents ______ and said they would ______ the situation if they appear. The thought of ______ something like a mouse ______ entered my mind. Besides, my father always came to my ______ if I needed him.

While my parents ______ our bags, I decided to watch a movie in my room. Everyone else was ______ so I had to take care of my brother. Halfway through the movie, I really needed to take a bathroom ______ so I stepped out of my room, leaving him alone in his baby bed. He disliked it, but I would only be ______ for a moment. “What's the ______ that could happen?” I thought.

When I left the room, my brother began to cry ______ he usually did. However, his crying grew louder and more fearful, so I hurried back, and was greeted by an ______ furry visitor.

“Dad!” I cried, “There is a rat in my room!”

“Kill it!” he ______.

“But dad, I can’t.”

My mind ______; I was so frightened. The first thing I saw was an umbrella, so I ______ it. I began to hit the rat until it stopped moving.

My parents were ______ that I put my fears aside to protect my brother. That day, I felt brave.

It was summer 2019 when CBS News first met middle school math teacher, Finn Lanning and his student Damien.

“He's a _________ student who always stands out. And then one day he just came to me and _________ that he was not coming back to school,” Lanning said.

Lanning sat his student down and had a(n)_________ with him. He then _________ Damien had a kidney disease and that he was _________ to leave school and move into a hospital as social services couldn't find a foster family (寄养家庭) _________ to meet his medical needs.

But here's the real problem: Damien _________ needed a transplant (移植).But a lot of times it's _________ to get a transplant if someone doesn't have a _________ to return to after the operation.

“It hit me like a ton of bricks. I mean, you ______________ can't sit across from somebody you ______________ and hear them say something like that when you know you can ______________ them,” Lanning said.

That's how Lanning became a foster parent. He______________ Damien — medical needs and All--- although he claimed that he ______________ his childless life,   “I never______________ I could leave school after work and take one of them home with me and still ______________” he said.

Damien refused to get too ______________ though they got along very well. That's ______________ he'd seen fairy tales fall apart before, “They'll be ______________ with you one day and then just kick you out the next,” Damien said.

Lanning ______________ he's not going anywhere, whether Damien believes it or not.