My mother asked me when I was 5, “What is the most important part of the body?”

I said, “Is it our ears?” “No,” she said. “_______ there are still many people who can’t hear things. Keep _______ and I’ll ask you again later.”

_______ three years, she asked me again. This time I said, “Sight is important, so it must be our eyes.”

“No,” she said. “Because there are many people who can’t _______ things.”

I kept this question in my _______. My mom asked me a couple more times and the only _______ I got was, “You are getting _______.”

Last year, Grandpa passed away. Everybody was quite _______. My mom and I went to say _______ to Grandpa, she asked me, “Have you found out the most important part of the body?”

I was shocked (震惊的) when she asked me this. “This question is very important. ________ you answer it shows if you have learned about life. Today is the day you need to learn this ________.”

She looked at me the way only a mother can. I ________ tears in her eyes. She said, “My dear, the most important part of the body is your shoulder (肩膀). It is because shoulder ________ an important role. It can hold up (支撑) the head of a friend or the one you love when they cry. ________ needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes. I only hope you all have ________ love and friends, so you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it. And I hope you can be the shoulder for someone when you are needed.”