When I was very young, my parents were busy working all day. One day, we moved to a house with a yard in Brighton on my third birthday. My first memory was our ________ . Arlene handing me strawberries from her garden. She and her husband, Bill, lived next door.

There weren’t any kids of my age in the neighborhood, so I ________ played in the yard with my dogs. Arlene spent lots of time ________ in the garden, and I was always talking to her from our yard.

She never got ________ of listening to me talk. I think Arlene saw herself in me - we were both lonely kids - and that may be why she always listened to me.

One day, my parents asked Bill and Arlene whether they’d ________ me while they were out. They agreed and they had a spare room in their house, which became “ ________ ” room. Arlene and I would do things together. We made clothes for dolls. Bill taught me how to ride a bike. He was always ________ something in his garage. I would hang around to _______ to him, and he would always stop ________ to me, just like Arlene did.

When I was about five, I had a(an) ________ . One day, I knocked on Bill and Arlene’s door and said, “Will you be my ________ ?” They started crying and excitedly ________ my advice. They had never thought of having the ________ to be parents or even grandparents one day. From then on, I called Bill and Arlene Grandpa and Grandma. Over the years, Bill and Arlene supported me in all my dreams.

Arlene passed away in 2021. ________ the end of the funeral(葬礼), I gave the eulogy(悼词), “The greatest joy of my life, my grandmother.” After the funeral, Bill gave me a ring. It’s a gold ring that I wear on my ring finger to help me remember the kind of ________ I wish to put into this world.

On January 13th, 2022, as a member of the Sunshine student reporter group, I went to Yancheng City Park to have some street interviews.

I asked some parents and kids about their opinions on the “Double Reduction” policy. Here’s what they said .