Leslie Morissette’s son, Graham, was 6 years old when he suffered leukemia(白血病).

“We spent two years pretty much in and out of the hospital,” Morissette said. “Watching your child _______ a serious illness is the worst possible thing a family can _______.”

Throughout Graham’s _______, Morissette wanted to surf the Internet to make _______ of what the doctors were telling them and to help Graham stay in _______ with friends and family. It was the late 1990s, when the Internet was relatively new and not as widely _______. The Morissettes had a computer and Internet access at _______, but there was no way for them to go online at the hospital.

_______, Graham connected everyone he met, from _______ people to younger children. “He would lend other sick children his toys or act silly to make them ________,” Morissette said. “Graham’s special spirit is what kept me ________. He helped me have the energy and the ________ to fight with him.”

Unfortunately, in 1997, when he was 8 years old, Graham passed away.

________ by how Graham lived his life caring about others, Morissette founded the nonprofit Grahamtastic Connection in his ________. The organization provides free technology — including computers, iPads, and now even ________ for children struggling with cancer and other serious illnesses. It really helps them recover emotionally(情绪上地) and ________ at the same time.

Since 1998, the group has helped more than 1,500 children throughout the country stay ________ to the outside world. One of the group’s major ________ is to link kids to their classrooms, which really helps them ________ their education despite(尽管) hospitalizations and days ________ from school. The group has been providing robots since 2012, and the robot technology is really cool.

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.”

A long time ago, my friend Joan believed it. At least, she _______ to. When she was young and fat, she was _______being laughed at.

Then things changed. Joan grew up. Her friends politely say she's   "_______", Her doctor calls her "morbidly obese （病态地肥胖）The rest of the _______ calls her fat.

Some people say it out loud to her face. Some people _______the word. And there are some people who say things even worse..

Don't think she hasn't heard the words. She has. _______ they hurt her deeply. But Joan has learned how to avoid the cutting （刻薄的）_______: She simply stays home.

One day, her husband _______ her to have an eating out. The restaurant was Perfect. _______, the servers weren't.

Joan ________ not to hear the unkind words. But she couldn't overlook the young girl at the table across from them. When the girl ________toward their table, Joan felt uncomfortable. ________ had taught her that kids could be especially ________

The wide-eyed little girl stopped next to Joan. Reaching out a single finger, she________Joan's blouse.

"You're so ________in that blouse?" The little girl smiled and walked back to her seat.

Simple praise. That was all. But it was enough to change her life and her ________

"Now," Joan says, "when people speak in a low voice behind my________,I can bear a young angel's ________reminding me that I'm pretty. And I'm equally sure the words everyone whispers are________

"That's all I hear now," Joan says： "Only praises. Words that can never ________ me."