【推荐1】From childhood, Diane loved to write. Throughout school she_______ writing, but pursuing it_______ was never a possibility. Her father was a doctor, her mother was a nurse. “Medicine was a fairly_______ option,” Diane says. “And writing was a career where it wasn’t a _______ that you’d have high income.”

She became a doctor but still wanted to do some writing. However, being a doctor was so_______ that she didn’t take up writing until her thirties. She_______ a novel—a fictionalized version of her travels in China after university. She got excellent_______ . Diane sent it off to as many agents as she could find, and found one who wanted to _______ her. Suddenly, it seemed she was on her _______  as an author.

“I had one lengthy phone call with the agent where we ________all possible areas she thought needed ________. I worked on those and sent it back to her but didn’t hear anything.” It was not long ________ Diane found another agent who was________ if she was willing to rewrite it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work and sent it off again. “I got back a really brief letter: ‘Thank you, I’m no longer interested.’ It was really________.”

A decade went by, and Diane found herself itching to write again, this time ________ for her own enjoyment. She ________ herself the challenge of creating a thriller and chose Western Australia as her setting.

As she was writing just for herself, something surprising began to happen. “The characters________ a life of their own; they started doing things I hadn’t thought about. It just________ out.” One day, an agent called from Australia. Three weeks later, Diane had a publication deal. Her novel Cicada was published in March.

“________ it hadn’t been published, I still gained so much from the________ ,” says Diane.

【推荐2】Joe’s single dad parenting story unfolds in a touching video that swept through the hearts of online users on TikTok.

On his daughter’s school Mother’s Day celebration, Joe _________ as a “mom”. He took his _________ among the parents and students with a dress and a wig (假发). His aim was to guarantee the seat _________ for his adopted child’s mother wouldn’t remain _________ and to honor the occasion’s significance.

As the video unfolds, we witness an emotional hug between Joe and his 15-year-old daughter, Nong Cream. She hugs Joe tightly. Joe _________ the hug with a smile, planting a kiss on Cream’s forehead and _________ smoothing her hair.

Joe, also known as “Teacher Joe”, is a proud PE instructor at his daughter’s school. He shared his _________ for this beautiful act: “When the school organizes Mother’s Day activities, I don’t want my child to have an inferiority complex (自卑感). Personally, I’m not _________ because I love my child.” His pride in his daughter shines through, proving his _________ to single dad parenting. Joe __________ what could have been a (n) __________ day into a permanently precious memory through his heartfelt __________.

Cream responded, “I don’t feel embarrassed. This year’s Mother’s Day, I want to say I love my father. I’m __________ to my dad for __________ me and making me happy.” Their bond, __________ by Joe’s love, develops into a story about courage, acceptance and unbreakable connections.

【推荐3】My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way, we saw a man holding a piece of paper that said, “_____ my job. Family to Feed.”

At this store, a _____like this is not normal. My 10--year--old noticed him and made a comment on how bad it must be to have to stand ____ in the cold wind.

In the store, I asked each of my kids to ____ something they thought our “friend” there would appreciate. They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year--old suggested giving him a _____. I thought about it. We were ______ on cash ourselves, but .... well, sometimes ______ from our need instead of our abundance(大量)is ____ what we need to do! All the kids declared something they could do away with for the week.

When we handed him the bag of _____, he lit up and thanked us with ______ eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for whatever his family might need, he burst into tears.

This has been a wonderful ______for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can _____! Things would have played out so ______if I had simply said, “No, we really don’t have _____ to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in need, it also gave my kids the ______ taste of helping others. It’ll go a long way with them.