One Saturday morning, Jeremy woke up in a quiet house. Usually Mom was _______ making breakfast and cleaning the kitchen, but not today. Jeremy walked to her _______ and knocked at the door. “ Don’t come in，Jeremy，”said Mom.“ I have a terrible cold. I don’t want you to get _______.You can have cereal (麦片) for breakfast and watch cartoons. I’m going to _______ in bed.＂

Jeremy _______ some cereal into a bowl and ate the pieces.” Mom must feel very bad if she was lying in bed all day. How could I _______ her?” Jeremy thought.

Saturday was the day that Mom washed clothes. He ran to his room to get his dirty clothes. Jeremy _______ the door to the washer and put all of his clothes inside. He had _______ Mom do laundry(洗衣服) lots of times，so he knew where to find the soap powder (皂粉) and how to pour it into the _______. Finally，he closed the door and pressed the big ________ that said “START”.

Jeremy ________ the round，glass window. ________ was pouring in，and the machine was starting to work，making his clothing tumble (翻滚)around.

Jeremy watched cartoons ________ he heard the washing machine beep(发出嘟嘟声).That meant the ________was done. Jeremy opened the door to take out the wet clothes .Everything seemed clean, and Jeremy felt ________.

Last year, we took a trip to New York City. When we arrived at our ________, it was around 2 a.m. My son, Joseph, looked out at the lights of Times Square and said he wanted to go ________. I told him it was too ________ to go out, but he kept looking out of the window and said, “Just for two minutes.”

My wife and I just looked at each other, smiled and said, “Two minutes.” We got dressed and walked into the center of Times Square. ________ we got there, my son pointed at the lights and said, “Dad, ________!” And then he started to fall asleep. So we had go back to the hotel.

It took us 20 minutes to ________ for the 20 seconds we spent outside, but it made our son ________ and that meant a lot to us. That night, I learned a lesson about happiness. We sometimes have chances to ________ happy moments in our lives, but we often find ________ to do something else.

Because of my son, I learned that I am the biggest enemy to my own happiness. ________ happiness is a door that is always open, we are the ones who have to decide if we are going to walk through the door.

Author Peggy Payne says, “Helping others creates a ‘helper’s extreme pleasure’. A good feeling can set off a sharp reduction in ________ and release the body’s natural painkillers, the endorphin (内啡肽), which is ________by a longer period of improved emotional well-being.”

I had such an experience. My neighbor Ingrid didn’t ________ a car. It wasn’t a matter of money, but because she thought that ________ public transportation was better than having thousands of cars crowding the roads and ________ the air. A couple of days before, I had taken Ingrid for her ________ visit to a cancer specialist. She was diagnosed with stomach cancer and needed someone to drive her to the ________ and take notes while the doctor explained ________ plans. I knew what Ingrid was facing and ________ she shouldn’t be going to the grocery store on the bus. I ________ to take her shopping on Saturday mornings. I did so and we became good friends. I ________ felt the life was even happier.

There were ________ Saturday shopping trips and breakfasts together. Every Saturday was another ________ and I longed for its arrival. One Saturday before Ingrid died, she said: “Carrie, maybe, it was destiny that tied us together. I would have died 30 years ago without you.” Her remark ________ me most. I need to thank her ________, because buying groceries has given me endless ________. Other than that, without question, I feel my life is ________; I’m optimistic and full of energy.

I woke up the next day after she ________ full of thankfulness for those1400+ Saturdays. I was rather sad, ________ I couldn’t help thinking of these rich ________ and was amazed at the magical power of our staying together for such a long time.