A tradition for my wife and me is to make holiday snacks and drive around town to deliver them to about 15 friends. We do this over two days and gain a lot of _______,   seeing people and wishing them well. Last night kindness had a strange _______ with opportunity.

First, we _______ to deliver treats to our 95-year-old _______ right before she was ready to go to sleep. Next, we delivered treats to friends who had just _______ dinner and were expecting something _______ to eat. An eighty-five-year-old neighbor was talking with friends online about what Christmas _______ and he said that our surprise was the _______ example.

One friend was not at home when we called. She was cool on the phone when we _______ to let her know we were leaving some ________ for her. She told us she was on her way and asked if we would ________. She said that she really needed a hug. She told us that she had just ________ from the ER (急诊室). Her husband, who had been ________continuous medical obstacles, had just fallen, broken his hip and needed a(n) ________. We gave her hugs. From a perfect dessert after a good meal to ________ a friend who was worried about her husband, our sweets meant a lot to many.

Today the kids and I went to the grocery store before the storm came in. When we made it outside to load our groceries, the hurricane alarms ______ .

On our way home, we passed a man ______ so hard to get his wheelchair off the main road. We ______ and asked him if he needed help, he said yes.

Without a second ______ , my son Seth jumped out of the car and ______ this man who was a double amputee (被截肢者) up a hill about a block. ______, the hurricane alarms were sounding.

The man was so ______ , and he kept saying that I was raising ______ kids. There and then I explained to him that my grandfather was a double amputee and that I was raised to ______ out if I can. He said he could have been ______ in a terrible storm but for this young man.

Seth got into the car and as we drove off, his exact words were, “Mom, I ______ that we live in a world where people would fly by and honk(按喇叭) at a disabled person ______ voluntarily lend a hand.” I told him that’s why it’s so important to always help. Every little bit truly does ______. He is truly my______ and joy. I’m proud of you, Seth, for your ______ to be a kind human.

Most young people are always on their phones, which may upset many people. ___________, a group called Girl Scouts are receiving _________ for setting up their first walk-in clinic for elderly people, who have difficulty understanding how to ___________ the secrets of their smart phones.

Each teen spent at least an hour of one-on-one time with their oldsters. Based on their _________ knowledge, each Girl Scout was assigned to ___________ different aspects of Android and Apple phones.

Some of the oldsters actually wanted to take part in e-commerce (电子商务), and needed help to _________ a payment account on their smart phones while others simply had _________ when learning how to send messages to their family members. "I was teaching this older woman how to _________, and the first thing she did was to send a message to her daughter,” one of the Scouts said. “How ___________ it was! It just made me feel really, really happy.”

In addition to arranging group lessons for all of the seniors to ____________ together at the end of the clinic, the youngsters even printed out brochures and guides for the seniors to take home in case ____________ seniors would encounter problems with their smart phones in the future.

The eighth graders earned their “Silver Award, for their job”. After experiencing the ____________ of their project, the girls hope to organize more ____________ in the near future. “Those girls were just great,” said Nancy, a great-grandmother who once ____________ the clinic. “They were ready for us and had a very mature attitude towards answering our questions, and they ______________ the praise.