It's fortunate for children to have siblings accompanying them. And the kids would be luckier to have a brother as_______as Christian Hamerter. The 11-year-old boy, attended a father- daughter dance with his 7-year-old sister Skylar after finding Skylar was_________by their dad.

In the days leading up to the_________in March, it was all Skylar was_________ for, talking about it all day. On the other hand, her mom Trelysia felt more and more_________.At this time of year, their father is always fully_________in official duties. He didn't attend last year's dance due to a conference,_________having made a promise. Then, she was right to be worried. On the big day,_________，his father was sent abroad for business.“It was_________that he failed to go there for a second year. Skylar__________ because she had her heart set on going,”Trelysia wrote in a__________.“I felt so bad and also cried uncontrollably.”

That's when Christian __________! The big brother wanted his sister to feel loved and special.And he picked out a suit and gold tie, a perfect__________for Skylar's gold dress.“The action filled me with __________,”the mother wrote,“for I just know that I'm__________a kind man—and an amazing father one day. He has__________that he can be.” Skylar had a great time with Christian there without her dad's__________. Even better, now she knows her brother would always come to her__________.

The post warmed hearts of the people it__________and picked up more than 110,000 reactions__________the sweet gesture.

It is just past five o’clock on the Chinese New Year’s Eve. The dinner table is already ________ with white china plates and bowls, full of all sorts of dishes. Luo Yan, ________ the cover of a large bowl to breathe in the ________ smell of the soup his wife and mother have prepared. His son, Bofeng, happily takes a ________ of the chicken his grandfather has already ________ for him.

Six-year-old Bofeng has not ________ his grandparents in person for almost a year, and he is full of joy and excitement. ________, the whole family could not be happier to be together. Despite (尽管) the ________ outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth while merry ________ rings (环绕) throughout the house. The young couple and their son have settled in the ________ city. Every year, like most Chinese, they travel a long way back for the Spring Festival. It’s ________ for Chinese to get together to enjoy the joy of “three generations under the same roof” on this special day.

After, dinner, the whole family ________ around the television to watch the Spring Festival Gala, while eating snacks and ________ each other excitedly. In the warmth and ________ of the room, Luo Yan talks about his plan for the future. “I hope we won’t have to be separated again,” he says, looking at his ageing parents. “We’ll come back more ________. After all, home is where all family members are together.”

When I was thirteen, one day my mom told my family that she had to tell us something. So my dad, my brother and I all sat down on the sofa to begin the discussion. You could feel the tense atmosphere of the room. It was _________ that something was wrong. Then my mom told us that she had been diagnosed（诊断）with a very serious disease. That was when we all had a moment of _________ and cried.

After that my mom started the treatment and had to travel to the hospital every day. After a week, she began to lose her _________ and so she shaved it all off. My mom would always wear bright-coloured scarfs and after a while decided to buy a wig （假发）. Along with losing her hair she lost all her nails.

_________, I had never seen a sad look in my mom’s eyes. I remember one day I went with my mom to the hospital. When we were waiting for her to receive the treatment, we kept telling jokes. We both burst out _________ from time to time. Everyone in the waiting room was so down, while we were in the middle of the room, chatting _________. Neither of us cared what people thought of us.

After about a year of the treatment, and all the pain, one day my mom said she wanted to tell us something important. As my mom was about to speak, a smile formed on her face. At that moment I knew that it was going to be something very _________. She told us that she had recovered! At that moment I was overjoyed in tears. They were tears of happiness. At that moment for the first time in a very long time I had a feeling that everything was going to be fine.

Now two years has passed and my mom is _________ of the disease. I am so happy that I have my mom with me every step of the way. My mom _________ me to value every moment in my life and to remain __________ through thick or thin. My mom has taught me so much and continues to teach me more.