When my son Zac was six months old, I noticed something wasn’t right. He would_______with toys with his left arm,_______ his right side wasn’t there. When I_______ him to see the baby nurse, she did her best to hide her _______ but suggested I see a doctor as soon as possible.

For the next four months, Zac and I paid _______visits to the doctors. Then, at ten months, Zach had a CT scan. The scan results showed that my boy had hemiplegic cerebral palsy(偏瘫性脑麻痹). I was _______

Soon, his doctor put   us in touch with an organization that_______children’s disability and develo-pment services. So years of treatment _______

Gradually, Zac began to set his own _______. When he was 11 months old, he began to crawl(爬） with his right leg dragging behind. He________at 19 or 20 months, and even though one foot was turned, it never ________him doing anything.

He played football when he was eight, ________starting athletics at 11, where he found his ________. As a para-athlete(残疾运动员), he has even represented his state six times at a ________ level. Then in 2011, he became the Australian long jump ________holder in the under-13 group. Today Zac’s favorite sport is________and he is training with the South Australian para-cycling team for the 2020 Paralympics in Japan. If I had been too ________ to let him play sport, he would never have had the ________ to travel,compete and meet amazing people from all over the world.

My parenting journey with Zac wasn’t what I ________ , but I am so ________ he chose me to be his mum. He is my most precious gift.

Time flies fast. When I was a little girl, I remember that when my dad was repairing something, every time he asked me to _______ the hammer, just so we would have a time for a（n）     _______ with each other. I _______ saw my dad drinking or taking a night out, and all he did after _______ was taking care of his family.

I _______ and left home for college and since then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning. And when several _______ later I bought a house, my dad was _______ it by himself for three days in the 80°F summer heat. All he _______ was to hold his paintbrush and talk to him. But I was too _______ in those days, I did not find any time for a conversation with my dad.

One Sunday __________ we had a telephone talk as usual, and I noticed that my dad had __________ some things that we discussed lately. Because I was in a hurry to deal with something, our conversation was __________. Few hours later that day came a call. My father was in hospital with an aneurysm（动脉瘤）.__________ I bought a ticket for a flight and __________ I was thinking about all __________ occasions（机会） to have a talk with my dad.

By the time I __________ at the hospital, my father had passed away. Now it was he who did not have __________ for a conversation with me. After his death I __________ much more about him, and even more about myself. All he ever asked me was my time and __________. And now he has all my __________ every single day.

Steven took his 7-year-old son Alex and 4-year-old daughter Mia out on his boat for fishing and fun. But in the blink of an eye, things took a terrifying _______ when a strong current suddenly swept through, causing Mia to _______ her hold on the boat.

While Mia wore a life jacket, Alex did not. But as the current pulled his sister away, Alex wasn’t going to leave her alone. He, too, let go of the _______ and swam toward his sister.

Realizing the danger, Steven _______ jumped into the water and tried to help his kids. But the strong current made it difficult even for him. So he told Alex to swim to shore while he tried to rescue Mia.

“I told them both I loved them because I wasn’t sure what was going to happen,” Steven recalled. “I tried to _______ Mia as long as I could. But finally I wore myself out, and she drifted away (漂走) from me.”

Alex followed his dad’s _______ and headed for the shore. But it was no easy task. “The current was going the opposite way,” he explained.

This little boy spent an hour _______ his way back to land. He swam more than a mile. Once he finally made it to the shore, the boy ran to the first house he could find and begged for _______. From there, Jacksonville authorities _______ and rescued Steven and his daughter.

Alex, the brave and __________ little boy saved his sister and dad. If not for him, it would have been a different story.