1 an educator and health care provider, I have worked with many children infected with HIV.They have taught me so many things, but I have especially learned that great 2 can be found in the smallest individuals.Let me tell you about Tyler.
Tyler was 3 infected with HIV; his mother was also infected.From the very beginning of his life, he was dependent on medications to 4 him to survive.When he was five, he had a tube inserted in a vein(静脉)in his chest.At times, he also needed extra oxygen to support his 5 .
Tyler wasn't 6 to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease.It was not 7 to find him playing and racing around his backyard, wearing his medicine-loaded backpack and 8 his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon(小推车).All of us who knew Tyler were impressed by his pure 9 in being alive and the energy it gave him.Tyler's mom often 10 him by telling him that he moved so 11 she needed to dress him in red.That way, when she peered through the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly 12 him.
This deadly disease eventually 13 down Tyler.He grew quite ill and, unfortunately, 14 did his HIV-infected mother.When it became 15 that he wasn't going to survive, Tyler's mom talked to him about 16 .She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon in heaven.
A few days before his death, Tyler 17 to me to come to his hospital bed and 18 , "I might die soon.I'm not 19 When I die, please dress me in 20 Mom promised she's coming to heaven, too.I'll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me.
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive.Suddenly I 1 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 2 he knew me.The man had a newspaper 3 in front of him, which he was 4 to read, but I could 5 that he was keeping an eye on me.When the waiter brought my 6 the man was clearly puzzled(困惑)by the 7 way in which the waiter and I 8 each other.He seemed even more puzzled as 9 went on and it became 10 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me.Finally he got up and went into the 11 .When he came out, he paid his bill and 12 without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 13 .“Well,” he said, “that man was a detective.He 14 you here because he thought you were the man he 15 .”“What?” I said, showing my 16 .The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man.I 17 say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a 18 .” “Well, it’s really 19 I came to a restaurant where I’m known.” I said.“ 20 , I might have been in trouble.”
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive.Suddenly I 1 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 2 he knew me.The man had a newspaper 3 in front of him, which he was 4 to read, but I could 5 that he was keeping an eye on me.When the waiter brought my 6 the man was clearly puzzled(困惑)by the 7 way in which the waiter and I 8 each other.He seemed even more puzzled as 9 went on and it became 10 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me.Finally he got up and went into the 11 .When he came out, he paid his bill and 12 without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 13 .“Well,” he said, “that man was a detective(侦探).He 14 you here because he thought you were the man he 15 .” “What?” I said, showing my 16 .The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man.I 17 say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a 18 .” “Well, it’s really 19 I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said.“ 20 , I might have been in trouble.”
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive.Suddenly I 1 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 2 he knew me.The man had a newspaper 3 in front of him, which he was 4 to read, but I could 5 that he was keeping an eye on me.When the waiter brought my 6 the man was clearly puzzled(困惑)by the 7 way in which the waiter and I 8 each other.He seemed even more puzzled as 9 went on and it became 10 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me.Finally the got up and went into the 11 .When he came out, he paid his bill and 12 without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 13 , “Well, ” he said, “that man was a detective(侦探).He 14 you here because he thought you were the man he 15 .“What?” I said, showing my 16 .The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man.I 17 say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a 18 .” “Well, it’s really 19 I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said.“ 20 , I might have been in trouble.”
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive.Suddenly I 1 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 2 he knew me.The man had a newspaper 3 in front of him , which he was 4 to read, but I could 5 that he was keeping an eye on me.When the waiter brought my 6 the man was clearly puzzled(困惑)by the 7 way in which the waiter and I 8 each other.He seemed even more puzzled as 9 went on and it became 10 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me.Finally he got up and went into the 11 .When he came out, he paid his bill and 12 without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 13 .“Well,”he said,“that man was a detective(侦探).He 14 you here because he thought you were the man he 15 .”“What?”I said, showing my 16 .The owner continued,“He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man.I 17 say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a 18 .”“Well, it's really 19 I came to a restaurant where I'm known,”I said.“ 20 , I might have been in trouble.”