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[ "Wonder", "Explain", "Understand" ]
[MASK] how we'd all run around the living room singing,'eggless, milkless, butterless cake'?"
Remember
[ "and", "if", "as" ]
We didn't have money, [MASK] we knew how to have fun together.
but
[ "freedom", "performance", "dream" ]
We didn't have money, but we knew how to have [MASK] together.
fun
[ "hid", "deepened", "kept" ]
Thinking about the eight of us gathered around the kitchen table waiting for Mom to cut the cake [MASK] my worries.
ended
[ "round", "heavy", "large" ]
Mom would make the cake extra [MASK] for Christmas--a coin was put into the cake.
special
[ "candle", "butter", "secret" ]
"Whoever finds the [MASK] in their cake can keep it and they won't have to do housework for a week.
prize
[ "challenges", "treats", "interests" ]
My siblings and I are now separated from each other, but the cake still [MASK] "Cake's done," Therese said.
connects
[ "also", "somehow", "so" ]
We gathered around the kitchen table, [MASK] like old times.
just
[ "faster", "closer", "younger" ]
"Feeling any [MASK] ?"
better
[ "plates", "guests", "chairs" ]
I looked at the [MASK] around the table, reminded once again that whatever hardships come my way I can do more than just get through them.
faces
[ "limit", "respect", "luck" ]
I can find [MASK] in my life, even in a simple cake, and share it with the ones I love.
joy
[ "for", "at", "to" ]
I can find joy in my life, even in a simple cake, and share it [MASK] the ones I love.
with
[ "lie", "look", "fall" ]
Night after night, my mother came to my bed, even long after my childhood years.She would [MASK] down and push my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead.
bend
[ "astonishing", "delighting", "disappointing" ]
I don't remember when it first started [MASK] me -- her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt workworn and rough against my young skin.Finally,one night, I shouted out at her, "Don't do that any more--your hands are too rough!"
annoying
[ "along", "above", "aside" ]
I don't remember when it first started annoying me -- her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt workworn and rough [MASK] my young skin.Finally,one night, I shouted out at her, "Don't do that any more--your hands are too rough!"
against
[ "promise", "request", "agreement" ]
she made no [MASK] and left quietly.But never again did my mother do it with that familiar expression of her love .
reply
[ "pity", "sadness", "apology" ]
she made no reply and left quietly.But never again did my mother do it with that familiar expression of her [MASK] .
love
[ "feelings", "opinions", "spirits" ]
With the passing years, my [MASK] returned to that night time after time.By then I missed my mother's hands and her goodnight kiss.Sometimes the incident seemed very close , sometimes far away, but always it was hidden in the back of my mind.
thoughts
[ "forgot", "held", "shook" ]
With the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night time after time.By then I [MASK] my mother's hands and her goodnight kiss.Sometimes the incident seemed very close , sometimes far away, but always it was hidden in the back of my mind.
missed
[ "strange", "serious", "common" ]
With the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night time after time.By then I missed my mother's hands and her goodnight kiss.Sometimes the incident seemed very [MASK] , sometimes far away, but always it was hidden in the back of my mind.
close
[ "stressed", "existed", "exposed" ]
With the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night time after time.By then I missed my mother's hands and her goodnight kiss.Sometimes the incident seemed very close , sometimes far away, but always it was [MASK] in the back of my mind.
hidden
[ "expected", "reminded", "complained" ]
The years have passed, and I'm not a little girl any more.Mom is in her seventies, and those hands I once [MASK] to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family.
changed
[ "yet", "away", "long" ]
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives [MASK] .One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself drawn to her house to spend the night with her.As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to brush the hair from my forehead.Then a kiss , ever so gently , touched my forehead.I burst into tears.
alone
[ "carried", "moved", "stayed" ]
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives alone .One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself [MASK] to her house to spend the night with her.As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to brush the hair from my forehead.Then a kiss , ever so gently , touched my forehead.I burst into tears.
drawn
[ "cut", "wash", "take" ]
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives alone .One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself drawn to her house to spend the night with her.As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to [MASK] the hair from my forehead.Then a kiss , ever so gently , touched my forehead.I burst into tears.
brush
[ "tear", "press", "hand" ]
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives alone .One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself drawn to her house to spend the night with her.As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to brush the hair from my forehead.Then a [MASK] , ever so gently , touched my forehead.I burst into tears.
kiss
[ "returned", "remembered", "realized" ]
In my memory, thousands of times, I [MASK] the night my young voice complained.Catching Mom's hand in hand, I told her how sorry I was for that night.I thought she'd remember as I did.But Mom didn't know what I was talking about.She had already forgotten and abandoned long ago.
recalled
[ "happy", "angry", "nervous" ]
In my memory, thousands of times, I recalled the night my young voice complained.Catching Mom's hand in hand, I told her how [MASK] I was for that night.I thought she'd remember as I did.But Mom didn't know what I was talking about.She had already forgotten and abandoned long ago.
sorry
[ "when", "how", "why" ]
In my memory, thousands of times, I recalled the night my young voice complained.Catching Mom's hand in hand, I told her how sorry I was for that night.I thought she'd remember [MASK] I did.But Mom didn't know what I was talking about.She had already forgotten and abandoned long ago.
as
[ "disappeared", "forgiven", "apologized" ]
In my memory, thousands of times, I recalled the night my young voice complained.Catching Mom's hand in hand, I told her how sorry I was for that night.I thought she'd remember as I did.But Mom didn't know what I was talking about.She had already forgotten and [MASK] long ago.
abandoned
[ "imagination", "decoration", "appreciation" ]
That night, I fell asleep with a new [MASK] for my gentle mother and her caring hands.And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
inspiration
[ "still", "soon", "anyhow" ]
That night, I fell asleep with a new inspiration for my gentle mother and her caring hands.And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was [MASK] to be found.
nowhere
[ "fortunate", "happy", "unhappy" ]
In many ways, this is [MASK] for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night.
unfortunate
[ "words", "plays", "roles" ]
In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same [MASK] night after night.
lines
[ "want", "ask", "wish" ]
One would [MASK] them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter .
expect
[ "always", "sometimes", "often" ]
One would expect them to know their parts by heart and [MASK] have cause to falter .
never
[ "high", "poorly", "poor" ]
A famous actor in a [MASK] successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years.
highly
[ "where", "what", "which" ]
A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat [MASK] had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years.
who
[ "play", "role", "case" ]
Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each [MASK] , he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
performance
[ "with", "in", "to" ]
One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke [MASK] his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
on
[ "pages", "joke", "lines" ]
One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the [MASK] of the letter by heart.
contents
[ "room", "stage", "office" ]
He entered the [MASK] and presented the letter to the aristocrat.
cell
[ "English", "French", "order" ]
But the copy he gave him had not been written out in [MASK] as usual.
full
[ "worried", "surprised", "afraid" ]
The gaoler looked on eagerly, [MASK] to see if his fellow actor had at last learn t his lines.
anxious
[ "bright", "dark", "out" ]
Then, squinting his eyes, he said, "The light is [MASK] .
dim
[ "lines", "light", "letters" ]
I must get my [MASK] ."
glasses
[ "surprise", "satisfaction", "anger" ]
Much to the aristocrat's [MASK] , the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
amusement
[ "old", "unusual", "new" ]
Much to the aristocrat's amusement , the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the [MASK] copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
usual
[ "called", "warned", "watched" ]
I would be [MASK] for a whole ten seconds.
delayed
[ "Thus", "Therefore", "Even" ]
[MASK] , I realized that it was an elderly couple who were briefly blocking my departure.
However
[ "slowly", "anxiously", "impatiently" ]
However , I realized that it was an elderly couple who were [MASK] blocking my departure.
briefly
[ "wait", "quarrel", "time" ]
No more [MASK] The man leaned on his wife who walked in front of him.
anger
[ "memory", "courage", "success" ]
He not only used her for [MASK] but it was obvious that he was blind .She was his eyes as well.
support
[ "deaf", "ill", "dying" ]
He not only used her for support but it was obvious that he was [MASK] .She was his eyes as well.
blind
[ "lived", "united", "trusted" ]
The two of them [MASK] as one -- each needing to function in this fast-changing world.
worked
[ "surprised", "excited", "satisfied" ]
Suddenly I wasn't so [MASK] about having to work a few extra hours on Saturday.
mad
[ "love", "family", "wealth" ]
I had my [MASK] , and I was still relatively young.
strength
[ "smiling", "talking", "thinking" ]
That scene of those two elderly people [MASK] with dignity stayed with me the entire week.
walking
[ "food", "ideas", "power" ]
I had my health and a good job.My wife always gave me good [MASK] whenever I needed it.
advice
[ "also", "as", "and" ]
I started to think -- not only was I lucky to have it all, [MASK] so was that wonderful old couple, who, despite the trials and hardships of a long life, still had the love and help of each other to carry them through this world.
but
[ "though", "during", "since" ]
I started to think -- not only was I lucky to have it all, but so was that wonderful old couple, who, [MASK] the trials and hardships of a long life, still had the love and help of each other to carry them through this world.
despite
[ "allow", "adapt", "devote" ]
I started to think -- not only was I lucky to have it all, but so was that wonderful old couple, who, despite the trials and hardships of a long life, still had the love and help of each other to [MASK] them through this world.
carry
[ "picture", "accept", "admit" ]
My wife and I sometimes [MASK] ourselves in our old age, walking arm-in-arm into the sunset.
predict
[ "enjoyment", "connection", "relation" ]
That image always gives us a warm feeling of [MASK] .
comfort
[ "all", "neither", "any" ]
Just remember, [MASK] of us would be here if it weren't for our elders.
none
[ "entire", "exact", "awesome" ]
We should spend an [MASK] minute to listen and learn when it comes to helping our elder friends.
extra
[ "if", "because", "as" ]
We should spend an extra minute to listen and learn [MASK] it comes to helping our elder friends.
when
[ "talked", "cared", "brought" ]
A woman named Dodd [MASK] about starting a Father's Day holiday while listening to a Mother's Day speech at church.
thought
[ "before", "if", "but" ]
A woman named Dodd thought about starting a Father's Day holiday [MASK] listening to a Mother's Day speech at church.
while
[ "normal", "strange", "common" ]
Miss Dodd wanted a [MASK] day to honor her father , William Smart, who had fought in the American Civil War.
special
[ "mother", "sister", "brother" ]
Miss Dodd wanted a special day to honor her [MASK] , William Smart, who had fought in the American Civil War.
father
[ "having", "doing", "taking" ]
His wife died when [MASK] birth to their sixth child.
giving
[ "six", "four", "three" ]
Mr. Smart raised the baby and his other [MASK] children on a farm in Washington State.
five
[ "forgot", "remembered", "organized" ]
When Dodd became an adult, she [MASK] how kind and loving her father had been while raising his six children alone.
recognized
[ "spring", "autumn", "winter" ]
As Dodd's father was born in [MASK] , she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on June nineteenth, 1910.
summer
[ "last", "shortest", "longest" ]
As Dodd's father was born in summer , she chose to hold the [MASK] Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on June nineteenth, 1910.
first
[ "doubt", "chance", "time" ]
In 1924, President Coolidge gave his [MASK] to the idea of a national Father's Day.
support
[ "telling", "speaking", "demanding" ]
Then, in 1966, President Johnson signed a presidential statement [MASK] the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.
declaring
[ "glasses", "hats", "watches" ]
In early times, wearing [MASK] was a traditional way to celebrate Father's Day.
flowers
[ "praise", "send", "blame" ]
People wore red roses to [MASK] fathers who were still living.
honor
[ "disappeared", "passed", "killed" ]
White flowers were worn to remember fathers who had [MASK] .
died
[ "Few", "None", "All" ]
[MASK] families take their fathers out to a restaurant for a meal.
Some
[ "ties", "wallets", "shirts" ]
Others give their fathers [MASK] with special messages of thanks.
gifts
[ "want", "expect", "hope" ]
Children living far call their fathers on the telephone to [MASK] them a happy Father's Day.
wish
[ "Whenever", "Whatever", "Whichever" ]
[MASK] the holiday is celebrated, the idea is for children to let their father know that he is valued and loved.
However
[ "Which", "That", "What" ]
[MASK] one historian in America has said, "Lucky is the man who hears many small voices call him father."
As
[ "Melissa", "Charlie", "Keri" ]
Their newbom baby [MASK] was removed from life supprt, taken back to her and her husband Charlie.
Austin
[ "nurse", "doctor", "wife" ]
Their newbom baby Austin was removed from life supprt, taken back to her and her [MASK] Charlie.
husband
[ "sooner", "faster", "later" ]
Austin was bom at 12:17 p.m. three months [MASK] than he should have been.
earlier
[ "something", "anything", "nothing" ]
Doctors tried [MASK] that technology and medicine could offer at the tiny baby, but Austin did not respond well.
everything
[ "young", "big", "sick" ]
Doctors tried everything that technology and medicine could offer at the [MASK] baby, but Austin did not respond well.
tiny
[ "started", "delayed", "continued" ]
Austin's lung tissue had probably [MASK] developing four weeks before.
stopped
[ "outside", "beside", "with" ]
even still [MASK] . his mother, because of an accident Zero chance of survival .
inside
[ "arrival", "approval", "death" ]
even still inside . his mother, because of an accident Zero chance of [MASK] .
survival
[ "put", "took", "had" ]
Charlie and Keri [MASK] their eyes on the baby as he snuggled into Keri's chest.
focused
[ "steadily", "fast", "slowly" ]
was coming [MASK] .
soon
[ "mouth", "blood", "temperature" ]
Nurse Melissa walked in every so often to check Austin's [MASK] .
heartbeat
[ "wash", "live", "eat" ]
If it was time for him t0 [MASK] . his heart rate would begin to slow.
die
[ "therefore", "meanwhile", "otherwise" ]
After four hours, [MASK] , Austin was still breathing.
however
[ "second", "hour", "day" ]
His heart thumped at a healthy 120 beats per [MASK] .
minute