Writing my daughter a letter every year on her birthday has become part of my life I fill it with unforgettable things that happened to her on_________days or happy days. I add to the letter photos and cards that would have_________as the year passes.

I have a small _________in which 1 keep the things that I want to send my daughter. Every week, I _________short notes of what I can think of from the week's events. When her birthday approaches, I_________that box and find it full of beautiful cards and_________memories.

_________the letter is written and all the treasures are put into the envelope, I seal (密封) it. It then becomes the _________ letter. On the envelope I always write: A letter to Ann from Daddy一to be opened when you're twenty-one years old. It is a gift of _________from Dad to her daughter. It is a lasting.__________of my daughter's real life.

Nowadays, I have taken it my duty to __________birthday letters to her. As Ann grows__________, I can see that it is a growing and __________ part of her life, too. One day, we were talking about the__________. I told Ann that on her 21st birthday, she will be__________from university.“And I'll be__________busy reading these letters." She said.“Yes, and you will be offered a good job soon; on your 31st birthday, you will be taking your own kids to school; on your 61st birthday, you will be__________ with your grandchildren and having fun with them.'

One of my greatest__________is to be alive and present to __________that wonderful time in the future when those letters are__________and the accumulated ( 积累) love walks into her life

Shortly after a father-and-son fight, my twelve-year-old son, Marlon, asked me if I was up for a basketball game of one-on-one. Without _________ much, I accepted his _________ which only goes to _________ how naïve (天真的) a dad can be. The moment he _________ onto the court, I realized this was not a friendly game, but a challenge.

There comes a time when sons _________ their fathers as a symbol of _________. The test maybe _________ or intellectual, but sooner or later the young man is to defeat the old one and becomes a real man.

When playing _________, my son is all the things I’m not; quick with a deadly shot. And I know the day will come _________. Just not today.

It’s a man thing, I guess. As a father, I need to __________ my impatient son an important lesson of __________, courage, and pride. Therefore, I wouldn’t __________ on the court or wherever.

We played for quite a long time that day. I won a narrow victory and told him that he played for the wrong reasons. He __________ as if he understood. A few weeks later Marlon __________ me to a friendly round of videogame. Beat me __________. And laughed while he did it.

It was a very cold Friday. When I observed the _______falling onto my car, I really began to wonder if I was going to _______ it on time. Of course I must, because I have no _______.

About two weeks ago, what my _______ Ellen had talked about was her Christmas concert to be held in her school and some rumors about it. “Mom, Rachel was _______ to sing alone, but she’s not! Linda will replace her to do it.” “Mom, you won’t believe it, _______Lexie’s whole family is coming to the concert, even from another _______!” Making a long way out of state to see third graders sing Christmas carol seemed to be a pretty big deal（待遇）for her.

When I sat in traffic, I thought about all the school _______ I had attended alone. Ellen never mentioned it, but I wonder _______ she felt about me being the only one who ever came to her events. My own family lived out of town, and her father and his family ________ quite succeeded in filling those things into their schedules. I ________ if it bothered her.

At eight o'clock the ________ was scheduled to begin. With only a few minute to ________, I found myself running: first, though the snow-drifted parking lot, then through the school passage. I entered the ________ hall and found a vacant seat near the front. From her place on stage, Ellen saw me ________ for the chair, and she smiled. I was ________ enough to hear the loud conversation of the children on stage.

“Look, Ellen, there is my uncle mad my cousin. They came all the way from West Virginia. I can’t believe my whole family is her!" Ellen ________ at Lexie and said, “My whole family is here, too! Look, there she is!” Ellen gave me a big smile. I smiled back at her, never once ________ the melting snow dripping off my head. It ________occurred to me that while we tried to teach our children all about ________, they actually taught us what life was all about.