John’s parents acquired the washer when he was a small boy．It happened during World War II．His family never 1 a washing machine and, since gasoline was expensive, they could not 2 trips to the laundry(洗衣店)several miles away．Keeping clothes 3 became a problem for young John’s household．
A family friend joined the army, and his wife 4 to go with him．John’s family 5 to store their furniture while they were away．To the family’s 6 , the friends suggested they use their Bendix．So this is how they 7 the washer．
Young John helped with the washing, and across the years he 8 a love for the old, green Bendix．But 9 the war ended．When the friends came to take it back, John grew terribly 10 ．His mother 11 him and said, “You must remember, that machine 12 belonged to us in the first place．That we ever got to use it at all was a gift．So, instead of being mad at it being taken 13 ,let’s use this 14 to be grateful that we had it at all．”
The lesson turned out 15 ．Years later, John watched his eight-year-old daughter die a slow and painful death of leukemia
(白血病)．Though he 16 for months with her death, John could not begin getting over from the 17 until he remembered the old Bendix．
His daughter was a 18 ．When he realized that simple fact, everything changed．He could now begin recovering from the death of his daughter．He started to see her as a marvelous gift that he was fortunate enough to 19 for a time．He felt 20 ．He found strength and recovery．He knew he could get through the valley of loss．
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
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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