1 . A series of severe thunder storms struck our area recently. Heavy rains, strong winds, and lots of lightening had _________ flash flooding and even swept down trees. I had spent the afternoon _________ branches out of my yard. Then just before I was getting _________ to take my dogs for their last walk of the day the _________ came on my television and over my phone that another storm was _________.

I quickly took my dogs outside. Huge and _________ clouds were rolling in while thunder _________ over the hills. Despite this, I knew that the stars were shining and the moon was smiling up _________ but I just couldn’t see them. The blink of light, up high, at the far end of the meadow (草坪) might hide behind my _________. I smiled. It amazed me how far their light ____________ in the darkness of the night and how they didn’t seem ____________ at all by the approaching storm. I felt that the ____________ no longer seemed so scary and that my fear had been ____________ with relief and joy.

Life does have its ____________ of storms, some caused by ____________ and some caused by us. We can’t go through life being scared of them, ____________. We are here to shine our light. We are here to share our love. We are bound to ride through the ____________, clean up after them, and make this world a ____________ place. Light may seem tiny but you will be ____________ at how far it can be seen and how easily it can ____________ the dark away.