A Love Note to My Mom

When I was a little girl, I would often accompany you as you modeled for fashion photographers. It was years later that I finally understood what role ___________ played in your life. Little ___________ I know you were saving every penny you earned to go to ___________ school.

I cannot thank you enough for what you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine. After finishing my homework, I wandered into the dining room where you were buried ___________ piles of law books. I was ___________. Why were you doing ___________ I do — memorizing textbooks and studying for ___________? When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled. I didn’t know Moms ___________ be lawyers too. You smiled and said, “In life, you can do anything you want to do.”

As young as I was, that statement ___________ ringing in my ears. I watched as you faced the ______________ of completing your studies, starting companies with Dad, while still being a ______________ and a Mom of five kids. I was exhausted just watching you ______________.With your words of wisdom in my ______________ mind, I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dream. My whole world ______________. I set out to live my life filled with ______________, seeing endless possibilities for personal and professional achievements.

Your words became my motto. I ______________ found myself in the unique position of being either the first (woman doctor in Maryland Rotary) or one of the few women (chief medical reporters) in my field. I ______________ strength every time I said, “Yes, I’ll try that.”

Encouraged by your ______________, I have forged ahead (毅然前行) with my life’s journey, less afraid to make mistakes, and ______________ meeting each challenge. You ______________ it, and now I'm doing it. Sorry, got to run. So much to do, so many dreams to live.

Mason Smith, who goes by @dadsocial on TikTok, wanted to do something ________ for his daughter’s third birthday. Her daughter has been ________ about Peppa Pig for over a year. It’s the only song she wants to be played in the car. It’s the outfits she wants to wear and the ________she wants all her food in. So when it came to her birthday gift, she said she ________ Peppa Pig’s whole house.

It only took the crafty dad a few hours to ________out the project, which caught the ________ of over 18 million people ________ he shared it on TikTok.

“I ________ up a few photos of the house and planned the build and scale around what would be most cost-efficient with minimal ________ , and that’s how I ________ the 8-foot-tall Peppa Pig house. I also wanted to build it fully weatherproof so we can ________ it outside to play in it for years to come!” he shared.

The dad said it took him roughly four hours over the span of two days to get the job done. The father’s ________ part was putting the blue windows and yellow door cloth on because that made the house come to ________ and look attractive.

When the daughter saw it, she ________ and yelled. She spent the rest of the afternoon playing inside and, of course, had to ________ it with all her stuffed animals and toys.

For almost 18 years, my mom has given time from her life to devote her care to my growth. She has washed _________ clothes. She’s planned doctors’ appointments_________ all parts of the body, cut hair, taken pictures, bought presents, _________ vacations and basically kept a small boy’s life_________ smoothly.

When I was 12, I got into_________ arguments with my older and wiser parents. The _________ never lead to any achievement for me, but I still took part. Many times strong feeling of anger caused tears to _________ up in my eyes by the end of the quarrel with them. _________, I’d return to my room and stay for as long as my parents allowed. Then I’d _________ a knock and hardly manage a weak, “Come in.” My mom, acting as a peacemaker, __________ slowly enter and sit next to me on the bed. I’d again try to __________ what I had said was true, __________ this time less angrily. Then mom calmly, strictly and lovingly showed to me her voice of __________. After that she’d hug me and I’d stop crying; all would be __________ in my family again.

Hugs will __________ be her trademark: warm hugs for goodnights, good-byes and a thousand other such situations. “You’re never too old to __________ your mother.” I’ve heard those eight words since I came to the world. They ring true. For some reason, those words possess the unbelievable __________ to reduce anxiety, cool an angry head, __________ fears and put wrong things right.

Perhaps my mother, now worthy of the title “Mom” can be an example to mothers everywhere. Being a mother is not so __________. Any female has the ability to become one. The challenge isn’t in becoming a “mother”, but instead, becoming a “mom”. Mine does that quite __________.