【推荐1】I was shopping in a store when I ______ a Cashier tell a little boy he couldn’t buy a ______   for lack of money. Then the boy ______ me and asked me whether he had enough money.

Of course he didn’t. He said, “I want to give the doll to my sister. She has ______ to be with God, and Daddy says Mommy is going to see God very soon too. I thought she could ______ it to my sister.” His eyes were so ______ while saying this.

My heart nearly ______. Then the little boy showed me a very nice ______ of him, where he was ______.   “I want mommy to take my picture with her so my sister won’t ______ me, I love them.”

Then he looked again at the doll ______ sad eyes, very quietly. I quickly ______some money from my ______ to his without him seeing ,“Check again,  in case you do have enough money?” We started to ______ it. There was enough for the doll and even some ______ money.

He said, “Thank you God for giving me enough money! I asked last night for God to ______ I had enough money to buy this doll. He ______ me! And he gave me extra money to buy a white rose. My mommy ______ white roses.”

____ by the love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister, I couldn’t get the little boy out of my ______.

【推荐2】Isn’t it amazing how you never have to water your weeds or nurture (培育) them and they still give you an unwanted crop?

I can remember as a young boy my grandfather showed me how to _______ this annoying weed called Bermuda grass. It was _______ work and it would really _______ if you didn’t get it out by the _______. More recently when my wife and I bought our first home about 8 years ago, what I had to deal with was this certain part of weeds _______ to the Bermuda grass, which would also spread wildly.

After getting the inside of our home _______, it was time to work on the outside. On my hands and knees I_______ attacked the weeds with a small hand spade getting each one_______ by the roots. Just this Spring I realized that one particular weed was _______ but another one was in full force. So again, I got ________ on my hands and knees and got to work ________ them from my yard. When I was ________, my yard was better off.

Sometimes our life can be so similar. We all have weeds in our life. These weeds can be challenges, setbacks, or________ beliefs, and the list can be ________.

The ________when dealing with these weeds of ________ is to get to the root of it and remove them one by one out and eventually you will ________ this round. And when another crop of weeds ________, deal with them directly ________ they spread, because now that you know what to do with them by getting to the root of it, it will give you more courage and ________ the next time a problem arises.

【推荐3】All of us in Monte Vista Christian School know we’ll one day have graduation photos for the yearbook taken. As the time ______, the girls start to have a ______ about what they’ll wear and where to take the photos, while the boys,______, hardly talk about it. As for me, I ______ for my photos to be taken by the sea.

When I arrived there, I met my photographer, Annie. She asked me to make some poses and I ______ her advice. After that, I asked if she could make me look ______ by taking a photo in a different way,______ I’m less than 1.6 meters tall. To my ______ she responded, “I will make no ______ to make you look like someone you’re not. You look good in your own way.” She ______ she wouldn’t try to edit the photos either.

I was shocked by what she said. Girls always ______ to look perfect by using different visual angles. When you go to a photo studio, photographers always try to hide your ______ by telling you to stand in a certain way. And picture editors can easily ______ your look by making you appear any you want to.______, that’s not the case here. Seeing I was ______, Annie explained: “Everyone has his uniqueness. You need to ______ your own beauty. You cannot live in a world of ______ photos.”

It was the first time that I had met a photographer who doesn’t ______ photos at all. After the shoot, I saw the photos - they are ______ special and natural. But what’s even more special are Annie’s ______, which will always stay in my heart.