What makes a home? Love, sympathy and confidence. It is a place where love exists among all the members of the family. The parents take good care of their children, _________   the children are curious about the activities of their parents. Thus, all of them are _________ together by love, and they find their home the _________ place in the world.

But for me, sometimes I can’t feel the love from my father and can’t feel the _________of the home. _________ often happen between us.

“BANG!” the door caused a protest (抗议). “Never _________ this house again!” shouted father.

With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the house and ran along the street. A young father who held a child in his arm walked _________ me. I felt as if I saw my _________ from another space: happy and harmonious.

But then I didn’t know _________ it was because I had grown up or because Dad was getting __________. We were just like two people coming from two different worlds. It felt like there was an iron __________ between us that could never be opened.

I wandered the streets __________ a destination in my mind. My heart was__________ on this hot summer night. As I walked on, there were fewer and fewer people in the streets, until I had only streets to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still __________. I thought to myself, “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?” After a long hesitation, I opened the door and instantly tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had __________ between us did not exist at all because love is second to none.

The COVID-19 pandemic (疫情)has left many worrying about the future. However, I’ve found _______ in my mother’s one simple self-care ritual (仪式)and I have decided not to keep _______ in a sort of uncertainty.

I was _______--by a single mom who had two kids, two jobs and a mile - long _______of cleaning, cooking and bill-paying. _______   ,she was never seen with a hair out of _______. Every morning, she’d head to a _______，lift her chin (下巴)up slightly, a gesture of confidence, and put on lipstick (口红) _______delivering a forced yet toothy smile. I was too young to _______ why.

My mother ________ her red lips until the very end. In hospital, she asked me to help walk her to the basin to brush her teeth. I stared at her from behind ________ she might fall. I was deep in sorrow and uncertainty, tears ________ down my face. Then suddenly, from behind, I sensed that ________ gesture. Chin up. Confidence. A second later I heard the click of the ________ .

We don’t know what’s going to happen next. Yet one thing is ________   : When the world falls apart, we’ve ________ got unbelievable power to choose. I’m not suggesting we ________ what’s around us but focus on what we can control to ________ getting knocked around by uncertainty. Get up and shut the door on anything ________. Just be sure to keep putting that ________ on.