1 . I’ve dragged a stool (凳子) outside and sat my daughter Sally on it. She’s sitting high with her eyes closed, skin wet from the shower, and her _______ hair behind her back.

Today, I’m sending Sally away for a week of summer camp. This was all my _______. She’s nearly 12, and I notice that I’m with my child nearly 24 hours a day. So Sally has become increasingly _______ on my presence. What _______ me most is that she has become a “mini-me”. She pursues my hobbies, my dreams, and my opinions. And that’s _______ I pulled her to the summer wilderness camp.

After we eat, I _______ Sally to the camp. Once there, we are introduced to Sally’s fellow campers. Sally stands by the group of children, holding my hand, _______ in her eyes. “I need you for a few more minutes,” she tells me, holding my hand _______. The camp’s officer comes over to help her meet a few kids. I kiss on her cheek and then I disappear _______ she realizes I’m gone.

It’s not until I drive home that I finally ________ it. A piece of my ________ has been taken from my body. I begin to shake. The tears ________ down my face. It takes every bit of my ________ to keep driving forward. I calm down and ________ myself why I chose this path. I want Sally to have a ________ to find herself out of my ________. I don’t want to see only ________ in my child. I want to learn who she is. If I don’t set her free, I fear I’ll never really meet her real ________.

After 12 years of ________ being together, I want to finally meet my daughter for the ________ time.