It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on. A voice came. “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to _______ that shirt away, but gave it to her instead.” I was _______. I wanted to hide.

I stuck my shirt in the back of the closet and told my mother what had happened. She then dialed her _______, “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t just clean any more; she knew her life’s achievement was something _______, so she decided to find another job.

The next morning she met with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to _______ a university.

After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “Are you serious? I think I have a _______ for you as a teacher’s assistant. This _______ deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of _______.” Mom accepted that job opportunity very _______.

For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling ________. Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal showed up in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you ________ the children and how they communicate with you, and we ________ your hard­working spirit over the last five years. We all ________ that you should be the teacher of this class.”

My mom ________ more than twenty years there. During her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the bad comment made in my classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle ________ situations and never give up.

Years ago, when my granddaughter Taylor turned 12 and her primary interests turned to the outside world, I feared she would forget me one day. I needed something to_________our relationship. I searched my mind, and then my house, for a_________.

What I found was a(n)_________young-adult novel sitting on my shelf. The story was based on an experience I had as a child, but the old-fashioned language needed an_________and the story needed an ending.

So I wanted to_________Taylor to help me._________a novel together would mean spending more time with her. I emailed her to ask and_________she’d say yes.

That same day, I received her reply: “Of course, I will_________you!”

Our emails flew back and forth throughout the fall and early winter. I emailed drafts (草稿) of each part to her. She made_________after reviewing them__________and emailed them back. For example, she__________to make the preteen dialogue more authentic (真实的) by changing some expressions. She also noticed the weak areas in the plot and suggested how to__________them.

At that time, the only__________I set for Taylor was to see it through, and she__________it. Finally, we finished the novel together in mid-January.

And we both__________doing this. I succeeded in leaving her with wonderful memories of me, and she developed a lifelong interest in writing.

When Bill Geske was diagnosed with cancer six years ago, his life was turned upside down. After being_________to the emergency room with severe stomach pain, doctors found a tumor in his left kidney and_________spots on his lungs. For treatment, Geske had the kidney removed and at the time the spots were dismissed.However, a few months later, he learned from doctors that the cancer had indeed_________．

The situation wasn’t good, and doctors estimated his_________to be no more than two years._________the emotional and physical pains, his personal and family life suffered.

“We have a family business.We have two children who were thrown into the middle of this chaos_________, and they’ve had to grow up very fast and handle the business, which they knew nothing about.” he said.

But_________all the chaos, there has been one constant: his wife Diane.

Whether it was accompanying him to every doctor’s_________or cooking his favorite meal, Diane always made sure her husband knew he had her full support.

“I really see what love is. My wife_________so much suffering. I’m so__________to have her fight with me and not against me.” Geske said.

The Geskes__________that their road has been far from easy—they call it “cruel” in fact—and sometimes they give in to the stresses of the illness.

But Diane has__________to learn how to cope with the more difficult times.“If he’s in a mood or having a__________day, I just leave him alone for a while” she said.She also said making time to focus on herself and a life outside of their relationship help keep their bond strong.While too many couples grow__________when one of the partners suffers from a serious illness like cancer, the Geskes grow together.The people that are there for you on your__________nights are the ones worth spending your brightest days with.