Shortly after moving into a new neighborhood in 2002, I noticed my neighbors all had the same ____: drive into the driveway, use a remote control to open the garage door, and drive in with the door closing behind them. Everyone had a lawn (草坪) service, which meant ____worked in their yards. I didn't know even one of my____. My neighborhood needed a ____.

The next Christmas season, it was time to be that change. I sent invitations to each ____ on my street ____ the neighbors to my home for a Christmas cookie party. ____, they all came bringing freshly baked ____.

It was a ____ evening getting to know one another. We discovered we all felt the same way — we needed to ____. By the end of the evening, someone offered to ____ the cookie exchange the following Christmas. The cookie exchange became an annual tradition.

In 2016，I was invited to work with the____on a community awareness program. We ____monthly in a local park, but the cold months were coming. Someone asked, “____ can we meet during the winter?”

“My house is always open,” I volunteered cheerfully.

An officer sitting behind me said ____, “Great! How about Thanksgiving dinner?”

“I am agreeing to host the meeting only,” I said, ____ that idea.

As I drove home, the ____ of the officer kept playing in my head. By the time I pulled into my garage, I decided that I would provide____for the officers who kept my family safe during the holiday.

I didn't intend to ask my neighbors for ____ . But then my next-door neighbor ____ to buy the turkey. Others came to offer salads, side dishes, and desserts.

It started with a simple idea years ago in the form of a simple invitation.

The e-mail request came into Ekiben restaurant in Baltimore late on a Thursday afternoon: broccoli (花椰菜) topped with fresh herbs, diced onion, and vinegar. The man who sent the e-mail didn’t actually want the food itself. He was writing on behalf of his _______, who _______ the dish and was now in the final _______ of lung cancer at her home in Vermont and he was hoping to get the _______ to make it for her there.

Steve Ben, one of the Asian restaurant’s co-owners, read the e-mail and quickly _______ with an alternative suggestion. “Thanks for reaching out,” he wrote. “We’d like to meet you in Vermont and make it _______ for you.”

Brandon Jones, the son-in-law, was _______. “I e-mailed back, saying, ‘You do know that this is Vermont we’re talking about, right?’” says Brandon. “But Steve responded, ‘No problem. You tell us the date, time, and _______ and we’ll be there.’”

That Friday after work, Ben _______ his truck with a hot plate and a cooler filled with ingredients (配料) and then headed for ________. As soon as Ben and his team ________ the parking lot, they got to work. After neatly ________ everything up, they knocked on their customer’s door.

“As soon as she opened the door, she recognized the smell,” Brandon says. “It was amazing.” As for Ben, he couldn’t help remembering his ________ customer. “It was an honor to help ________ the family’s wishes,” Ben says. “This is about her, not us. There was a lot of good, positive ________ in doing this.”

Around me were people lining up to climb the man made “mountain’. Out of it ________ some specific rocks for climbers to stand on and hold on to. Near me were my parents, who at times smiled at me ________. But with the ________ moving steadily, I got increasingly nervous.

The mountain was made for three people to climb at a time, with safety ropes attached to each climber. There were three sections-easy, medium and difficult to climb. ________ I was a little kid aged 10, I took the easy section. I could have changed my ________, but I thought that would make me look scared.

I ________ all the terrible things that might happen. Maybe I could ________ with tons of people watching me. Or I could take a while to climb and the people would get ________. Finally, it was my ________. Butterflies in stomach, I put on the safety ropes and placed my ________ on one rock and my foot on another, slowly heading toward the top.

Suddenly, the next rock was out of reach for my hand. There was nowhere for my feet to step on to ________ me. The only ________ was to lift my weight using only my arms! Unwilling to ________, I gathered my courage and strength and grabbed a rock with both my hands. I made it!

When I rang the bell at the top to signal I had ________ my turn, I received warm applause from my parents and the people below. Despite my tired legs and arms, this memory of me overcoming ________ will always be an important experience.