I long dreamed of becoming a mother someday and prayed (祈祷) I would have my own children. I knew that if I couldn’t have any children of my own, I would ________ one. My husband John and I really prayed about this every day during our morning ________ time.

One Sunday morning a lady from church ________ me and told me she had a granddaughter that was planning to ________ her unborn baby up for adoption. We ________ the young birthmother for dinner in a restaurant. I showed her a profile I had put together, which ________ a resume and pictures.

Less than two months later we were ________ by the adoption agency before Eric’s birth. It was a Sunday morning and we were at church ________ we got the news and rushed straight to the hospital.

The next morning we found out that Eric had to stay in the hospital because of an ________ he had. During the time he was in intensive care, we got to hold him and feed him, so we ________ instantly. On the fourth day, Eric was ________ from the hospital and was able to go home with us, what a wonderful day that was!

Looking back at the whole adoption ________, I have no doubt that God heard our prayers and I believe it was God’s guidance ________ helped us through the adoption. I plan ________ telling Eric someday he is adopted and that his birthmother loved him enough to choose to give him life and to give him to a family who absolutely ________ him. I sure may not have given birth to him, but he grew inside my heart.

It was a long drive to the nursing home where my grandmother was living， but at least twice a month I got into the car with my small kids to see her Grandmother had Alzheimers disease， which was slowly starting to___________at her memories． Sometimes she___________us when we visited and sometimes she didn't．

On one visit after I kissed Grandmother good﹣bye I started to___________my kids back to the car when suddenly a tiny hand___________mine．"James!"a___________voice said． I___________and saw a smiling， wrinkled face with snow﹣white hair． Like Grandmother， she had Alzheimer's disease She had___________me for her son before， who had died years ago．I held her___________and let her joyfully go on．___________her eyes didn't recognize who I was，I could____________the sparkle in them when she spoke to her____________through me．

After that，I always made time to____________her as well． I always got a smile and sometimes even a____________from her． The nurses told me that she was always____________and happier after seeing her "Son"．

Then one day I____________that she wasn't there，and was told that she had died a few days before from a stroke．Her____________made me realize something：For a while I really had been her son． In this world we are all family and are all____________by invisible strings of love．

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote， "You cannot do a kindness too soon， for you never know how soon it will be too____________．" Take every opportunity to give your____________to others．Live as if everyone in the world is your____________because they are!

An anxious father was worriedly sitting outside an operation room. Having met with a bad accident, his son was lying_________ inside. For the father, every moment seemed longer than a year. Suddenly a doctor_________towards the operation room. 

The father just could not control his anger, “My son is lying on the_________table for so long!” The doctor_________the father and said, “This is the earliest I could reach. Please don’t_________.” Then he continued running to the operation room. The father became even angrier, “How_________you said not to worry! You doctors have no feelings at all!” 

An hour passed; three more hours went by; the father then began to think of all the_________ things that he might have to hear once the doctor finished the marathon operation. Finally, the doctor came out of the room. Before the father could ask him_________, the doctor said, “Your son is fine now,” and rushed away. 

The father became angry again. He shouted at the nurse, “How proud! What does he think of himself? He has done no_________ to me at all! It is his__________to serve his patients.” 

The nurse requested him to__________down and said, “I’m sorry, sir. Your son is out of__________. The doctor who operated on your son was in the graveyard (墓地) when we called him __________your son was brought here. His son__________away last night. Before leaving, the doctor gave me all the necessary instructions.” 

Don’t __________ before knowing the whole truth.