We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears． 1 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 2 to see－or look at－on my way to work each morning．
For three years, no matter 3 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8∶00 am．On 4 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves．Summertime she 5 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses． 6 , she was an ordinary working woman．Of course, I 7 all this only after she was seen no more．It was then that I realized how 8 I expected to see her each morning．You might say I 9 her．
“Did she have an accident?Something 10 ?” I thought to myself about her 11 Now that she was gone, I felt I had 12 her．I began to realize that part of our 13 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 14 ：the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 15 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library．Such people are 16 markers in our lives．They add weight to our 17 of place and belonging．
Think about it． 18 , while walking to work, we mark where we are by 19 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 20 person?
We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until what we’ve become used to suddenly disappear． 1 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 2 to see－or look at－on my way to work each morning．
For three years, no matter 3 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8∶00 am．On 4 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves．Summer time she brought out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses． 5 , she was an ordinary working woman．Of course, I 6 all this only after she was seen no more．It was then that I realized how much I expected to see her each morning．You might say I 7 her．
“Did she have an accident? Or even something 8 ?” I thought to myself about her 9 ．Now that she was gone, I felt I had known her．I began to realize that part of our 10 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 11 ：the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 12 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library．Such people are 13 markers in our lives．They add weight to our sense of place and belonging．
Think about it．If, while walking to work, we mark where we are by 14 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 15 , person?
We may look at the world, around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears． 1 for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 2 to See－or look at－on my way to work each morning．
For three years, no matter 3 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8∶00 a.m．On 4 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves．Summertime 5 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses． 6 , she was an ordinary working woman．Of course, I 7 all this only after she was seen no more．It was then that I realized how 8 I expected to see her each morning．You might say I 9 her．
“Did she have an accident?Something 10 ?” I thought to myself about her 11 ．Now that she was gone, I felt I had 12 her．I began to realize that part of our 13 life probably in-eludes such chance meetings with familiar 14 ：the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 15 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library．Such people are 16 markers in our lives．They add weight to our 17 of place and belonging．
Think about it． 18 , while walking to work, we mark where we are by 19 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 20 , person?
We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we've become used to suddenly disappears． 1 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 2 to see－or look at－on my way to work each morning．
For three years, no matter 3 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8∶00 a.m．On 4 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves．Summertime 5 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses． 6 , she was an ordinary working woman．Of course, I 7 all this only after she was seen no more．It was then that I realized how 8 I expected to see her each morning．You might say I 9 her．
“Did she have an accident?Something 10 ?”I thought to myself about her 11 ．Now that she was gone, I felt I had 12 her．I began to realize that part of our 13 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 14 ：the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 15 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library．Such people are 16 markers in our lives．They add weight to our 17 of place and belonging．
Think about it． 18 while walking to work, we mark where we are by 19 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 20 person?
One day, my wife suggested I take another woman out．
The woman was my widowed(寡居的)mother, but the 1 of my work and my three children had made it 2 to visit her only occasionally．That night I called to invite her to go out for 3 and a movie．
My mother was the type of woman who 4 that a surprise invitation was a sign of bad news, but anyway, she 5 it．
That Friday after work, when I reached her house, I 6 that she wore the dress she had worn to 7 her last wedding anniversary．
"I told my friends about our date, and they were 8 ,” she said．
We went to a restaurant and she took my 9 as if she were the First Lady．After we sat down, I had to read the menu．Her eyes could 10 read large print．
“It was I who had to read the menu when you were 11 ，" she smiled．
“Then it's time I should return the 12 ,” I responded．
We had a pleasant conversation over dinner － 13 extraordinary but recent events of each other's life．We 14 so much that we missed the movie．
“Let me 15 you next time,” she said．
A week later, my mother died of a heart attack 16 ．Some time later, I received a receipt(收据)from the restaurant mother and I had dined．An attached note 17 ：“I paid for two plates in advance －one for you and the other for your wife．You will never know what that night 18 to me．I love you, son．”
Give your family the time they 19 , because these things cannot be 20 till “some other time”．