When you are a young active person with a clean bill of health, you never really expect to be hospitalized for two weeks. And you certainly never expect you will _________ it.

I was put in the _________ and then into surgery after I had been in a motorcycle accident a week earlier. At that point, a few thoughts had _________ my mind about possibly losing my leg, but the staff were all so _________ to cure me of my leg.

After almost a week at that hospital, I got _________ to a little hospital. The nurses there weren’t nearly so busy and they had more time to stay and _________.

One night when I couldn’t sleep, I got out of bed. Then a nurse saw me and she just gave me a hug and asked what was wrong.

“I’m _________,” I said quietly. She invited me to sit at the desk with the other nurses there. One of them talked to me about university that wasn’t something I really wanted to _________ right then, but I stopped crying _________ and ended up going to bed with a smile. Nobody had said anything in particular that __________ me down, but those nurses treated me with such __________ and love, which made me forget for a while why I was so upset.

It took lots of __________ for my leg to heal, but it did. I have quite a __________ on the skin of my leg and I love it. It __________ me of the goodness in people that made a huge __________ to this dumb kid who went looking for ways to scare herself.

I had just turned sixty-five and thirsty for a new purpose in life. One Sunday, our priest at church_________ me, “Hey, did you ever think about volunteering? I’d love to have_________volunteers who can mentor (指导) the teens. Think about it. ”

I went home to_________my husband. Then we started to meet with the youth class and join in their events. While mentoring the teenagers, I found a sense of belonging in my life. However, I never expected I’d learn something from them.

Several weeks later, when our priest asked if I’d like to be a leader at the annual summer-camp trip, I_________ the chance. As I started to make preparations to cope with all the possible issues, I laughed out loud and questioned whether I’d lost my_________to take a week-long trip to the mountains with fifty teens.

The next day, we arrived at our destination. I had_________myself for the drama that almost always troubled teen girls at camp. I prayed for and with girls in terms of their hopes and dreams, fears and choices. I became their cheerleader when they needed it.

The next morning after our arrival, the teens had free time and_________riding the zip line (索道) over a deep canyon (峡谷). I didn’t share with them how_________I am of heights. One boy invited me to have a try. I _________refused. Another leader encouraged me, saying he could zip across the canyon together with me. Eventually, I __________myself geared up, and we started the ascent to the zip line tower.__________ with encouragement, I needed to stop many times to__________my breath.

Once I __________ my feet on the platform and the clip (索道夹) was fixed onto the zip line, suddenly I flew through the air. The leader yelled to me in cheers. I opened my eyes and suddenly sensed a touch of __________settling over me. I waved to the leader and began to cheer back.

I volunteered to be a light in the lives of a group of teens, but the truth is, the__________ brought a new meaning to this old woman. I walked away seven years later with the best deal from the relationship.