When we're young, we always dream of love and fulfillment, and we think perhaps of beautiful nights or walks along the beach at sunset. No one tells us that the greatest _____ of a lifetime are flying, unplanned and nearly always catch us off guard.

Not long ago, as I was reading a bedtime story to my seven-year-old daughter, Annie, I became aware of her ____ gaze. She was ____ at me with a fascinated expression. ____ , completing The Tale of Samuel Whiskers was not as ____ as we first thought. I wondered what she was thinking about.

“Mommy," she _____, “I just can't stop looking at your pretty face." I was almost deeply moved by her words. Little did she know how many ____ moments the glow of her sincerely loving statement would carry me through over the following years.

Not long after, I took my four-year-old son to an elegant ____ , where the sweet notes of a classic love song _____ us toward a musician playing the piano. Sam and I sat down on a marble bench nearby, enjoying the _____ quietly.

I didn't realize that Sam had stood up next to me until he turned, took my face in his little hands and said, “ __ with me.”

If only those women __ under the moonlight knew the joy of such an_____ made by a round-cheeked boy with baby teeth. Although shoppers _____chuckled, and pointed at us as we moved around the open space, I would not have______a dance with such a charming young gentleman if I'd been offered the universe.

Every weekend, my father would go to the park to feed the homeless. I really didn’t understand why my father put so much _________ into it. But I was glad I didn’t have to join him, because I knew how much _________ my father had just getting everything ready.

Then, one Friday night I was _________ a whole wonderful weekend by myself again when my dad came in.

“I need your help tomorrow. Some _________ won’t make it.”

“Dad. I can’t.” I wanted to _________, but failed.

When we arrived, people were already there _________ us. I was _________ that my dad knew most of them by name and even what each one needed. While my father was feeding them, I started handing out some _________. It was at that time that I _________ a girl about my age was barefoot (光脚). I looked into her clear eyes for a moment, __________ believing someone of my age could live like this. It was lucky that we took some __________. “Thank you!” she cried __________ when I handed her the shoes. I felt all __________ inside as I watched her leave.

Now I __________ why my father did so much to help the homeless. I could __________ he loved seeing their smiles of happiness. I did too.

Giorgio has just moved to London from Italy. In February, he was_________by the wonderful sound of a piano coming from next door.

One day, on a whim (一时兴起) Giorgio wrote a note to his_________asking him to play Celine Dion's classic My Hear Will Go On. The next day, he was both touched and delighted when the familiar melody (旋律) ran through the next_________. Immediately, he started playing River Flows In You, then stopped to_________nervously for a response.

Giorgio was not_________. A few seconds later, the music came from the other side of the wall and_________his melody. When Giorgio heard the notes coming, you can really_________how moved he was. As a result, the video of their playing_________to TikTok gained 1.7 million views.

They_________doing their piano co-playing every weekend around 2 pm, until Giorgio finally got the chance to meet his__________partner face-to-face.

“Well, today I have met my neighbor, and actually it was much__________than I had expected,” Giorgio wrote on TikTok. “His name is Emil. He is 78 years old,__________from Poland. He lost his wife in December due to the COVID, and all she__________is the piano,” Giorgio went on to__________that the reason why Emil plays every weekend at 2 pm is that his wife always loved it. Emil was quick to________ Giorgio for giving him company, friendship, and the__________to keep playing.

Though Emil's time in this__________was short, as it was just__________accommodation for him until his house was sold, the bond the two__________strangers created throughout their weekend meet-ups became a__________to last a lifetime.