1 . I live near an abandoned (废弃的）house in New Orleans. I always thought about how I could make it a nicer space for my neighborhood.

In 2009, I ______ someone I loved very much. She was a mother to me. Her death was sudden and unexpected. And I thought about ______ a lot, which really made me ______ for the time I’ve had, and brought clarity (清晰）to what are meaningful to my ______ now. But I ______ to maintain this perspective (视角）in my daily life. I feel like it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day, and forget what really ______ to me as we grow and change.

With help from old and new friends, I ______ the side of this abandoned house into a giant ______ with a fill-in-the-blank sentence:   “Before I die, I want to ...”Anyone walking by can pick up a piece of chalk, ______ their life, and share their personal ______ in public space.

I didn’t know what to expect from this experiment, but by the next day, the ______ was entirely filled out, and it kept growing. This abandoned space became a ______ one, and people’s hopes and dreams made me ______ out loud, tear up, and they comforted me during my tough times. Later, I started receiving hundreds of ______ from passionate people who wanted to make a wall with their community. So my friends and I helped make walls in countries around the world.

______, we’ve shown how powerful our public spaces can be if we're given the opportunity to have a voice and share more with one another.