It was Australia Day. We had spent the afternoon __________ with friends. When we arrived home，the message bank on my mobile phone was flashing. It was our___________，Annabel，who had just been left at a boarding school over 500 kilometers away. Annabel's ___________ voice greeted us，“Hi，Mum and Dad！I've________   my phone！"After just four days at school her main means of _________had gone missing at an Australia Day celebration. We realized the___________of finding the phone was slim（渺茫）for we hadn't installed（安装）the Find My Phone app.

The next morning，my mobile beeped（震动）loudly. When I replayed the___________，a kind voice announced that she had something that __________my daughter and asked if I could call her back.

Annabel had____________my number on the inside of her phone case--- _______ thinking！" I'll take it to work _______ you see if anyone can come and pick it up，"she kindly offered after I _________that my daughter was at boarding school and I lived a six-hour drive away.

I contacted the people I ___________who lived nearby but no luck--no one could go and __________ the phone.

Later I decided to ask our angel to post the __________ to my daughter. But to my ________ ，this angel who had already spent a busy day at work，was making a two-hour round trip on a Saturday night just to_________ a phone to a complete stranger.

I gave her _______ and she delivered the phone into the hands of my daughter. Still ringing in my ears is her touching explanation，"I've got four __________of my own. I know how a mother _________”

Not long ago as I stood in the security line at Los Angeles’s airport, I couldn’t help but notice the family in front of me.

The mom obviously had her hands full, ____ with her son who was about 8, as well as an infant daughter in a stroller. ____, she was pulling a car seat and two backpacks. As they waited their ____, I noticed the boy kept trying to go ____ the rope barrier, This mama calmly ____ him to stop several times, never losing her ____.

As she struggled to get the baby out of the stroller in ____ to go through the security scanner, the boy pushed past the rope barrier and into the ____ area, causing a security guard to come over and harshly ____ him.

The mama stepped between her son and the security guard and ____ it wouldn’t happen again. It became obvious that this young boy had some ____ needs. After the security guard encounter, he covered his ears and dropped to the floor in a small ball. Without ____, this mama knelt down and spoke. ____ but firmly to her son, ____ that he would get in very big ____ with the security guard if he crossed the line again. Then she ____ and kissed him on the forehead before standing up to once again unstrap her baby from the stroller.

I so wanted to step in and ____, and just as I was about to offer my assistance, that mama was motioned forward to go through the security scanner. I think everyone in line breathed a sigh of ____ as she made it through security on the very first try.

That amazing mama took care of both of her children, handling the ____ situation with grace, dignity and love. If they had medals for motherhood, she definitely ____ one in just those 15 minutes that I observed her.

When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night when my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burnt toast in front of my dad. I remember _______ to see if anyone noticed! _______ all my dad did was to reach for his toast, _______ at my mom and ask me how my day was at school.

When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom _______ to my dad for burning the toast. And I’ll _______ forget what he said, “Baby, I love burnt toast.” Later that night, I went to kiss Dad good night and I asked him if he really _______ his toast burnt. He wrapped me up in his _______ and said, “Debbie, your mom had a _______ day at work today and she’s really tired. And besides, a little burnt toast never _______ anyone! In bed that night, I thought about the scene at dinner and the ________ my dad showed to my mom.

To this day, it’s a cherished (珍贵的)________ from my childhood that I’ll never forget. And it’s one that came to mind just recently when Jack and I sat down to eat dinner.

As I ________ the plate in front of Jack, I waited for a(n) ________ about the burnt toast. But all I got was, “Thank you, dear! This is ________. I know you had a hard day!” Just then, I thought about my parents, and was quietly ________ for having a marriage where burnt toast wasn't a deal-breaker either!