Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport．They had announced the 1 ．Standing near the security gate, they 2 and the mother said“I love you and I wish you enough．”The daughter replied,“Mom, our life together has been 3 enough．Your love is all I 4 needed．I wish you enough, too, Mom．”They kissed and the daughter left．The mother walked 5 to the window where I was seated．Standing there I could 6 she wanted and needed to cry．I tried not to intrude(侵犯)on her 7 but she welcomed me in by asking“Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be 8 ?”
“Yes
, I have．”I replied．“Forgive me for asking 9 why is this a forever good-bye?”“I am old and she lives so far away．I have challenges ahead and the 10 is－the next trip back will be for my 11 ．”She said．
“When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say‘I wish you enough’．May I ask what that means?”she began to smile．“That's a wish that has been handed down from other 12 ．My parents used to say it to everyone”．She 13 a moment and looked up as if trying to remember 14 in detail and she smiled even more．“When we said‘I wish you enough’we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to 15 their life”．
Then turning toward me she 16 the following as if she were reciting it from memory．
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright．I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more．I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive．I wish you enough pain 17 the smallest joys in life appear much 18 ．I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting．I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess．I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final 19 ．
She then began to cry and walked away．They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to 20 them．
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question．“What?”I asked．
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 ．We knew the restaurant was extremely good．“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me．
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded．“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie．We will be well 6 ．”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river．And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins．
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time．As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten．
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores．People smiled and nodded．“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed．
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said．
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 ．It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles．
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
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