When my son joined the high-school wrestling team last fall during COVID-19, my 83-year-old dad asked me to inquire if they needed an assistant coach. “He wrestled in university, ” I told the coach. I left out his _________.

A few days before the first practice, I e-mailed the coach to tell him my son’s _________ was 83, and in good health. I was _________. What if he didn’t_________ the team? I also pointed out that his hearing aids had sat _________ for five years. He just didn’t like wearing them.

At the first practice, Dad met the coach and told him he would do anything he was needed, even _________ the mats(垫子). When he and my son returned, they were both overjoyed. Dad made the team, but “God, I_________ I could hear the coach!” he said. One day, he realized he forgot his hearing aids as I dropped him and my son _________ for their practice. So we _________ for them.

In his free time, Dad borrowed Wrestling for Dummies from the library. He read up on different__________ and the scoring system. “They are a lot different from my __________ days. I must update them. ” he told me. He thought the coach and the kids in the club were __________ and kind. One of the__________ after each practice approached him and said, “Thank you for being here.”

COVID-19 has not allowed me to watch any of the __________. I relied on my father to give me the play-by-play of what is __________ in the wrestling room. I’m proud to be a wrestling daughter.

I've spent all my adult life working with trees. Recently, our fundraising team was looking for novel suggestions to raise money to help________ the giant redwoods in Benmore. Some of the staff_________ I do a sponsored tree huggathon.

They knew I'd been a tree hugger since a very early age. Still,I wasn’t ________ people would be interested enough to_________ money. But my colleagues thought it was worth a_________. So I agreed to hug 350 trees in a year.

My tree hugging practice is simple: making maximum contact.This means wrapping my arms as________ round as they'll go.

________, there were a few raised eyebrows from passers-by. Some people________ quietly, maybe they thought it was a(n) ________ and old-fashioned Scottish custom. I was played jokes on among my family, too,but everyone understood it was for a________ cause.

I'm delighted that we_________ to raise more than double the original________ to help save our own splendid redwoods, which were planted in 1863 by a wealthy American.

Tree hugging is a wonderful way of reconnecting with_________.on a deep level. That's something I think we all need more of, with the________ pace of modern life. Tree hugging can help us slow down; to appreciate the small things in life. Above all, trees can teach us________.

“A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high. ” I’m sure that John would agree with this saying, _______ he felt this way almost every day in school.  

By high school, John was the most famous_______ in his town. He was always absent, didn’t answer questions and got into _______.

I met John for the first time at a weekend leadership training program. At the start of the training, John was just standing _______ the circle of students, against the back wall. He didn’t readily join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games _______ him in.  

The ice really melted when the groups started building a list of_______ and negative things that had occurred at school that year. John _______ some constructive ideas on those situations. The other students in John’s group _______ his comments. All of a sudden John felt like a _______ of the group,   and before long he was __________ like a leader.   By the end of the training,   he had joined the Homeless Project team. The other students on the team were __________ with his passionate concern and ideas. They __________ elected John co-chairman of the team.

John started __________ at school every day and answered questions from teachers for the first time. He led a second project, __________ 300 blankets and 1, 000 pairs of shoes for the homeless shelter from house to house.  

A bird with a broken wing only needs__________.   Once healed, it can fly higher than the rest.