Twelve years ago yesterday, my mother gave birth to the most beautiful girl． 1 , we were later given the 2 that this little girl, who was three and a half months old, would only have 14 days on the earth．It’s hard to understand what kind of 3 you have when you find out that you’re 4 something that you don’t even know．
As time went on, the number of days kept growing, which gave us 5 ．When the doctors said that we could take her home, that was 6 reality hit．We had no 7 ．
I am from a small town with 8 hospitals, but when you don’t have money, you just don’t have it．My mother tried for days to get the money, but nothing 9 each time．A caseworker(社会工作者)was even doing her best．It’s 10 that it almost felt as if we had to 11 a baby from the hospital．
One day the caseworker walked into her boss’s office to 12 again．As she walked out, 13 down yet again, out of nowhere a man walked up to her．He 14 her a handful of money and said, “Please give this to the lady in 15 , so she can take her daughter home．” She looked down at her hand with tears in her eyes．As she looked back up to thank him, he was 16 ．They searched all over that hospital and he was no where to be 17 ．
Thanks to the guy that I will 18 know, we could take home that 19 baby girl that was only given 14 days to live, and celebrated her 12th birthday yesterday．I am grateful to this man and feel that his act of 20 should be shared with everyone．
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．
