Not long ago, Linda was sitting by a hospital bed, feeling anxious. Beside her lay her 88-year-old father. His heart was ________ and he needed an operation.

What ________ her almost as much as his health was the fact that all day the two of them had engaged in nothing but ________ small talks. She and her father had always had good ________, but now all he talked about was the awful hospital food and the ________ outcomes of his illness. His once wide-ranging interests seemed to have ________ to the size of the room.

That day in the hospital, Linda’s eye fell on the ________ that people had brought as gifts and left on the table. Her father had always been a passionate reader, but lately he didn’t have the ________ or focus. She ________ a book, and started to read it out loud.

It ________ changed the mood and atmosphere. It was a ________ and a pleasure for both of them. Reading gave the daughter a way to connect with her father and help him in a situation that was ________ out of her hands. ________ allowed the father to travel on the sound of his daughter’s voice, up and out of the bed and back into the world of mature, intelligent engagement, where he ________ himself again.

In fact, almost any kind of reading to another person can be ________ to both parties, providing a joyful shared experience.

In a heartwarming display of kindness and sympathy, 10-year-old Catalina Campos, founder of the nonprofit Circul KC, set about a mission this Mother’s Day. Its ______ is to ensure every mother felt ______. Circul KC, a nonprofit ______ by Campos herself, is devoted to______ senior citizens and other local nonprofits in need by providing ______ supplies and support. They want to ______ youth to serve their community, do what’s right, and ______ love for the country.

On Mother’s Day, Campos and her team ______ with one goal: to make mothers feel special and loved. ______ with flowers, they visited senior living facilities and got into Kansas City’s Loose Park, where they delighted mothers of all ages with ______ gestures of kindness.

Reflecting on her ______, Campos expressed her joy at seeing the smiles on mothers’ faces, knowing that their simple act of giving could ______ someone’s day. “It was ______ to see them smile because sometimes moms don’t have… the kids don’t come and give them stuff,” Campos said.

As the flowers found their way into the hands of mothers throughout Kansas City, they ______ with them not just petals and stems (花瓣和茎), but a message of love, appreciation, and the power of small acts of ______ to make a big difference in someone’s life.