When the one-year anniversary(周年) of my mother’s passing came around, I found myself in the kitchen preparing some of her favorite dishes. I hadn’t planned this, _______ there I was, making her famous soup from the turkey I had roasted the day before.

As I was cooking, some of the deep sadness I was experiencing at this one-year mark moved through me. I loved working with mom in the kitchen but now thinking about her, I began to feel more _______.

While the _______ boiled in my kitchen, I realized that I was reconnecting with my mother through _______. I laughed a bit at myself when I thought about all the dishes I had cooked that week. _________ knowing it, I had created a beautiful ritual(仪式) to honor my mother and to _________ myself at this time. I suddenly felt my mother at hand and this place was filled with her presence. I was so _________ that I began talking to her, acting _______ she were here with me.

“What else should we make?” I asked us both, wanting to keep the ritual from _______.

“Irish Potato Pancakes” was the reply.

________ I made potato pancakes was two and a half years ago. I had ________ my engagement(订婚) ring to make the dough(面团), and never found it again. Since then, I ________ to use that recipe(菜谱) even though I really liked those pancakes. It’s sort of ________ but I never considered making them again, treating them as if they were to blame for the loss of my ring.

My mom knew how ________ I was about losing my ring. I had always called her whenever I lost something. She had a talent for helping me find my way to lost things, ________ this time.

I reached for the ________ without another thought of the ring. My mom did love Irish things and these were delicious. I opened the large cookbook and ________ the pancake recipe. At once, ________ at the bottom of the page ________. There, pressed into the pages of the cookbook, was my diamond ring! I slipped my ring onto my trembling hand and a smile filled my soul as I whispered, “Thanks, mom.”

That day, I made potato pancakes ________ the shape of hearts.

I was walking down the road one day _____my cell phone rang. A strange voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” I judged that it was a ___number .A little while later, the call came once again, so I rudely _____, “You’ve dialed the wrong number!” and then _____.

During the following days, I got the same ____ now and then. But I didn’t care much about it.

Then one day she constantly called me even though I didn't answer, which ____ me that something unusual would happen. Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m ____ so much pain! Mom said you were too busy to take ____ of me. But, dad, please ____ me again, OK?” The simple ____ was difficult to refuse. I made a ____ kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you．．．Dad, I am so…happy, so…happy…”

Shortly after this, I became ____ about who had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have ____ you. My daughter has suffered from bone cancer ____ she was born. And her father… died in an ____ a short while ago. I dare not tell her this sad _____. Poor baby．When she couldn’t bear the painful cancer treatment, she would cry for her dad, who had always given her ____ to carry on. I really couldn't bear it, so I gave her your phone number…”

“How is your daughter now?” I couldn't ____ to ask.

“She’s _____. She passed away with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone…”

Tears filled my eyes and I was so sad to hear that, ____ at the sky for a long time.

The heavy rainfall, the splashing water on the roof top and the sound of flowing water created anxiety in the mind of my little son. He asked, “Why should we be_________ to the creatures? _________do they benefit us?” I always_________ my kids to be friendly to all the creatures around us. We feel happy when it rains, and so do the little creatures. They get new life, which helps in balancing the_________. I asked him to hold my hand and opened my colorful_________. Walking in the garden we enjoyed the wet grass feeling our feet. We_________ some creepers (攀缘植物). I caught some insects (昆虫) and showed them to my son_________. He was_________ to see me doing this for the first time. Then I told him something about_________ , creatures and the way they help us.

Nature is full of wonderful gifts: green grass, colorful wild flowers, mushrooms, bright shiny leaves, little ants, and frogs — the__________ goes on. They all have a__________ effect on our life.

The dark clouds carry tons of water__________ to pour out anytime. Trying to balance the__________of the earth, rain brings the comforting effect to the earth just__________a mother tends her child. Something very attractive in this season is the red bug (昆虫) which__________ in the green grass. This creature is a very soft, delicate and__________creature. This creature benefits humans. It is used as a medicine to__________ some of the diseases. The frogs are also very beneficial to nature. They eat the__________ insects around us.

Then my son ran in, took out his diary and started__________ the story of his own. I gave him a hot cup of milk and left him alone to try. It was my good attempt to__________him to enjoy nature and its gifts, caring for all the creatures.