I wrote my first note to my mother and it said, “Hi, Mom! Have a nice day! Love, Marie!” I was twelve when I wrote it, and I folded the note into her change purse(钱包). My mother worked ______ a cleaner in a clothing factory. I knew that when she bought meals in the dining hall, she had to look for changes in her purse. I didn’t know that she always kept that note, and carried ______ with her.

After that, I ______ folded the small piece of paper into my mother’s change purse. She and I left each other secret notes. My mother usually hid her notes in the fridge, under a lamp or beside the TV set. I even found one hidden in my shoe. Gradually, I understood ______ notes became the records of our days, ideas and wishes. But to my mother and me, they were a life-long communication with each other ______ nobody else shared.

On October 20,2018, my mother died after ______ illness. I stood near her bed holding her hand. I didn’t cry on that day when my mom passed away. A week ______ I even didn’t cry. I was so thankful ______ she no longer had aches and pains.

Recently, I found a note that my mom left me. It ______ in the pages of my favorite childhood book for years. It ______ “Dear Marie, I love you always. Miss you a lot. Don’t forget me. Be happy! Love, Mom.” That day, I cried.

In the past, I didn’t get on with my parents. I hardly talked to them, because they liked to compare me ________ my sister. And that made me unhappy and sad. I sometimes argued with them about this.

However, I wanted ________ them that I could do things as well as my sister. Then I began to spend most of my free time painting in my bedroom. Luckily, my art teacher, Miss Green, offered me a lot of help. I ________ some drawing skills to help improve my paintings. At that time, she was ________ only person I would like to talk to.

One day, I told Miss Green about my problem. She ________ me into taking part in a painting competition. In her opinion, the best way to communicate with my parents was to prove (证明) ________ to them.

After a few ________ waiting, the result finally came out. I was very happy and excited, because I got first prize! ________ I took the prize home, my parents were very surprised! They never thought I could do a good job. I could see ________ they were very happy. And they began to care ________ about me than before. Now, relations between my parents and me are very good. So I think it’s very important to have someone to talk to.

“Do you care about your parents?” “Yes, of course,” you may answer _________ Mother’s Day. And I give my father a present on Father’s Day _________.” Well, that’s good, but _________ I mean is in ordinary life, not just on some important days. Always remember _________ about your parents, not just on some important days.

One of my friends lives alone, because her parents live in _________ city. One day I went to see _________. We had a nice talk. Then she wanted to make _________ call. She dialed the number, _________ then she put the phone down. After about ten seconds, she _________ the number again. “Hi, Mum…”

Later I asked. “____________ did you dial the number twice?” She smiled, “My parents are old. They can’t get close to telephone ____________. I just want to give them enough time to answer the call. I ____________ do so when I call them.”

My friend is a ____________ girl. She is always ____________ about her parents. You also want to be a good child, right? So why not ____________ from her?