Within minutes, that woman was at my door and a thousand thoughts crossed my mind before she rang the bell. I could pretend I wasn’t home or tell her, “I’m sorry, you have the wrong _______.”

But it was too late; the bell rang and Molly was barking. I opened the door, _______ myself to face my fear.

One look at Molly and the woman’s face _______ like a Christmas tree. “Here, Lucy,” she called. “Come to Mamma, girl.” Molly (Lucy) instantly obeyed, wagging her tail _______ at the sound of the woman’s voice._______, she belonged to the woman.

Tears were at the back of my eyelids and threatened to _______ at any moment. I wanted to grab Molly and run. _______, I smiled faintly and asked her to come in please.

The woman had already bent over and _______ Molly up into her arms. She awkwardly opened her purse and stretched out, a twenty-dollar bill.

“For your_______” she offered.

“Oh, I couldn’t.” I shook my head. “She’s been such a joy to have ________, I should be paying you.” With that she laughed and hugged Molly tighter ________she were a lost child.

Molly licked her face wildly. I knew it was time for them to go home. Opening the door to let them out, I ________a little girl sitting in the front seat of the van. When the child saw the puppy, a smile as bright as a firecracker exploded________her face.

My glance turned to a small ________fastened to the back of the van. The woman saw me look at the chair and offered a(n)________ without my asking. Molly (Lucy) was given to the child to ________emotional healing after a car accident had left her crippled for life.

“She formed a special bond with the puppy and Lucy gave her a ________ to live,” her mother explained.

Suddenly I felt very ________ and selfish. God has blessed me with so much, I thought. As they pulled out of the drive, the smile on my face was ________. I knew I had done the right thing — that puppy was exactly ________ she belonged.

Many people agree that pets are family. It’s because they _______ pets like human family members. Unfortunately, so many animals have much _______ lives than us. And it seems like we can never get _______ days together.

Julia Earheart knows _______ how strong the love for a pet and the pet _______ to its owners can be because she has her own pets. Based in Michigan, Julia works as an independent photographer with plenty of _______ customers. But it’s her non-paying customers that get the most out of the sessions.

When elderly and sick pets _______ their final months with their humans, Julia offers to take pet photos for _______. She photographs these owners and their pets so even when the pet dies, its owner can enjoy every last moment together.

And these pictures couldn’t be more beautiful but heartbreaking at the same time. “The shoots can be emotional and difficult, absolutely,” Julia said. “But when you look at the pictures, you can see that _______ is possible even when there isn’t much ________ left.”

Julia wants the owners to be able to spend the money on vet bills and toys ________a photography session. Thanks to her, some lucky owners can ________ the final days with their companions so the owners couldn’t be more ________.

“I won’t be able to get to all of them and that’s the hardest thing for me,” Julia said. Even though she can’t help all of the owners, she is an angel for giving this ________ gift to so many heartbroken pet parents. Above all, she uses her talent to________love and comfort.

A psychology（心理）professor walked around on a stage while teaching stress management principles to students. As she _________ a glass of water, everyone _________ they’d be asked the typical “glass half empty or glass half full” question. _________, with a smile on her face, the professor asked, “How _________ is this glass of water I’m holding?”

Students shouted out answers _________ from eight ounces to a couple pounds.

She replied, “In my _________, the absolute weight of this glass doesn’t _________. It all depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute or two, it’s fairly _________. If I hold it for an hour straight, its _________ might make my arm ache a little. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely cramp up（抽筋）, forcing me to __________ the glass to the floor. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change, but the __________ I hold it, the heavier it feels to me.”

As the class __________ their heads in agreement, she continued, “Your stresses and __________ in life are very much like this glass of water. Think about them __________ and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and you begin to ache a little. Think about them all day long, and you will cramp up—__________ of doing anything else until you drop them.”