Steve Sanders is a dad who suffered from a serious kidney (肾) disease. Although he had been living a ________ life, going to the gym regularly, the doctors warned him that his kidney function was ________ and that he needed dialysis (透析). This made Sanders start a ________ for a kidney donor (捐献器官者) online. After he shared the post, he got ________ from 26 people who began handing in paperwork to become donors, ________ nothing moved beyond that. It could have been that they weren’t matched, or they stopped the process. “I don’t ________ them on that,” Sanders said. “I completely ________.”

One day, Chris, a local shopper, ________ him that told him he wanted to be a kidney donor. ________, Chris ended up being a perfect donor, making Sanders very excited. It was a total ________ for Sanders and he said he was happy that somebody was ________ to give him a chance.

Chris filled out the paperwork and ________ the process after a few weeks. When asked why he chose to donate his kidney, he said that he wanted to ________ what he preached (宣扬) to others on being kind and ________. Chris wanted his kids to grow up and ________ what kindness is.

Once the hospital showed his kidney was a ________ for Sanders, he agreed to receive the operation ________. Sanders was grateful for Chris’s ________. “Chris has made me feel very comfortable not ________ him anything. This is a guy who did this out of love,” Sanders added. After lots of tests, the two dads had the operation in October 2022. It was a(n) ________ transplant (移植) and even after it, they have continued their friendship.

My twin sister, Dawn, born with cerebral palsy (脑瘫), has to wear braces on her legs and walk with the help of a stick, often causing people to _______ and point.

As Dawn was the only “different” child in our neighborhood, we were constantly picked on. We never had any friends because of her condition. I began to _______ Dawn and was embarrassed to be seen with her. So I did everything to get her into trouble to revenge (报复) her being born_________and physically disabled.

When I turned twelve, my mother was so displeased with my behavior. She figured I was _______ enough to know better. One day she threw me in my bedroom and gave me a thick yellow book. What I saw in that book _______ the way I viewed my disabled sister.

There were many baby _______ of Dawn and me dressed alike, the only _______: I looked small and peaceful while Dawn was hooked up to tubes and needles and machines. If you looked closely, you could see the _______ in her eyes though she was always smiling. One picture stood out: we were _______ each other. The words below read, “I’m so happy to have a twin sister, Netti. The doctors make me cry. She makes me __________.” Looking back, I realized how __________ I had been! I had never put myself in Dawn’s shoes! Feeling __________, I cried myself to sleep.

Later, Dawn came to wake me up for dinner. I kissed her and hugged her __________ like in the picture.

From then on, I was Dawn’s __________. No one was going to hurt her for any reason. We were __________. I am her the other half and she is my world.

Gemma Worrall has thanked the ________ woman who helped her autistic (自闭症) grandson after he had a meltdown (情绪失控) inside a ________ in Droylsden. Gemma was out shopping with her grandson Isiyah at the Greenside Shopping Centre supermarket when the two-year-old became distressed (痛苦的).

The family had not long ________ the store when Isiyah began crying loudly, drawing ________ looks from other shoppers. As Isiyah screamed, he was ________ by an Iceland employee who managed to calm him ________.

When Isiyah had his meltdowns, he ________ very loudly to let you know his frustration (沮丧) as he couldn’t ________. He cried, got very ________ and got very distressed. It did happen a lot while shopping and normally Gemma'd just ________ on many occasions. The ________ and the looks from other people were enough to make her do. The woman spoke to him at first and was very calm when speaking, so he ________ as he was attracted by her.

“After she spoke to him, she asked me if it was OK for him to have a/an ________ and then she ________for the back of the shop to get him one and ________ she had given it to him, he ________.”said Gemma.

An act of ________ like that can really make someone’s day and the woman may have seen it a ________gesture, but to Gemma, it was so much more. Gemma said gladly, “I was able to get the few things I had come in for, which was the food for my grandson’s favorite ________ and get out of the shop with him still completely ________and eating his ice-cream.”