Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Your Kids Don’t Want You to Be Perfect. They Just Want You to Be Honest
Dear Parents,
I am thinking of you. I am imagining how hard each of you is trying to get through your days, how much you want to lead your 11 (love) ones through this, how you worry, how you plan, and how you smile for them, when inside you feel at times you are breaking.
I was not a very stable youth. In fact, I never 12 (think) I could be anyone’s mom. I remember the decision 13 (become) a parent. It wasn’t hard to love. It wasn’t hard to dedicate myself to someone and something 14 (great) than my life. 15 was hard was knowing that from now on! Needed to be the one to make sure everything was okay, to manage it and make it work, from food to school to medical, and to be patient.
I realized stopped my constant daydreaming, instead, 16 (stay) always ready for any break into what I was doing or thinking to answer a need. It was a new skill to acquire.
So now, in the midst of this pandemic. I think of all the mothers and fathers with children at home, hoping that 17 all can do everything right, answer all needs, and stay calm and positive.
One thing 18 has helped me is to know that’s impossible.
It is a lovely thing to discover that your children don’t want you perfect. They just want you honest and doing your best. In fact, the more room they have to be great 19 you are weak, the stronger they may become. They love you. They want to help you. And in 20 way, they are raising you up too. You grow together.