High school is a time filled with memorable events such as the graduation ceremony and proms (舞会). For Josephine, her high school experience _________ due to financial difficulties, before she had the _________ to go to prom in the tough 1961. However, her grandson, Michael Ganczewski, decided to give her a magical _________ during his own senior prom.

When Ganczewski asked Josephine to be his prom partner, she initially _________ his idea, telling her grandson that she was just grateful for being _________. But Ganczewski insisted she was the perfect choice, and eventually _________ her. On the prom night, despite initial concerns about her dancing skills, Josephine soon discovered that the true _________ of the evening was simply about being with her grandson.

While admitting she wasn’t _________ with the latest dance trends, Josephine tried to do her best. Her grandson’s desire to make her feel special _________ her deeply, as she remarked: “For the rest of my life, I will never __________ that he wanted to show me a good time. It’s a (n) __________ memory for me.”

As if the gesture itself weren’t __________ enough, Josephine’s prom night ended with a __________ —Josephine was crowned (加冕) prom queen, fulfilling a (n) __________ she had waited for since 1961.

This wonderful night, filled with love and joy, just showed the importance of the __________ between a grandson and his grandmother.

My grandma, Popo, came to live with us in Canada when I was nine. I remembered her as the comforting figure who warmed me in her thick wool coat when we went on family walks during _______ in China. But things_______when she moved in.

_______ my grandma arrived, I used to plant some flowers in our garden. But while I was at school and my parents were at work, Popo, in her _______ , came down upon the little land. She pulled out my flowers and _______ them with orderly rows of tomatoes and other_______. I told her to stop and to keep the flowers. “They’re pretty, but they’re _______,” she said matter-of-factly. I complained to my parents, but they told me to let Popo be.

I never fully understood why my parents _______ to my grandma until one night when my mom was driving me home.“Grandma’s had a _______ life,” she said. “She was two years old when her mother passed away, nine years old at the time of a severe famine (饥荒). She also lost her dad and her elder sister in her teens. Since then， Popo did everything on her own to support her family.”

Different times create different people. My grandma was shaped by the ________ of her family members and the hardship in her childhood. Those who experienced the famine are, naturally,________ to use valuable land to plant flowers. Her independence, diligence and responsibility helped her through those difficult years. Though her quality of being so practical may seem out of place in our current times of ________, she is an important ________ between my families’ past and future- she ________ life challenges to bring up the next generation. Someday, I will be like my grandma and ________ my small part to humanity’s march forward.

My 13-year-old daughter sent a postcard to us while we were still away on our most recent trip to California. It ______ our house about a week later. The touching ______ nearly brought me to tears.

“Even though we ______ have two days of adventures ahead of us, I am just so ______ for everything we have experienced together on this trip,” she writes.

Our youngest daughter is just about to ______ 11 years old. In those years, we have never taken a true ______ as a family of four to a place we’ve never been. Like most ______, I have no idea where the time has gone. But I also think these are some of the best ages to ______ with kids.

This vacation to California was our very first ______, long-distance trip together. The kids helped ______ the trip with input on things they might like to see and do. They reached for our hands in crowds. I can’t remember the last time they held our hands ______.

One of our family bonding moments came when we took a family surfing lesson. It was the first time any of us had tried surfing, although it was something the girls had been ______. The smiles on the girls’ faces were everything. They were so ______ when they stood up on the board and rode the waves one by one.

Those are memories I’m going to ______. And yes, I will remind them of these times the next time I reach for their ______.