My name is Margaret. I have been a professional
for twenty years. I’m always
how sorrow and pain can bring such wonderful gifts as wisdom, patience and love.
, we often get so caught up in the daily necessities and routines that we
the very things that can bring us
and teach us many valuable lessons.
I was hired to
a very special lady. I was to prepare meals for her, make sure she took her medicine
, do light housekeeping, and provide transportation to and from the market and her doctor’s appointments. All of these
were important and necessary so that she could remain
. Our focus was just that -
her to remain living independently.
It was on a cold rainy night. She turned her little head and smelt her
pillow after she had
got into bed. I observed tears running from her eyes. She said, “It’s been such a long time since I’ve had
sheets; I love the
of fresh clean sheets. I couldn’t
the sheets myself anymore. Thank you so much for changing my sheets. ”
Such a simple
as smelling clean sheets brought such great joy to her life. That was the day I
unconditional care. The next day we sat down and
what was important to her, what she liked, and how she had done things all these years. I never knew how much I would enjoy and learn from her
her life experiences with me. She was the sunshine in my life.
I’m so
for the lessons I have learned - the lessons I almost
because I forgot to slow down to look and see the beauty that was right in front of me.
| 小题1: | | A．teacher | B．doctor | C．coach | D．caregiver |
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| 小题2: | | A．worried | B．confused | C．amazed | D．interested |
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| 小题3: | | A．However | B．Therefore | C．Besides | D．Though |
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| 小题4: | | A．value | B．admire | C．acquire | D．ignore |
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| 小题5: | | A．wisdom | B．joy | C．knowledge | D．wealth |
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| 小题6: | | A．care for | B．look for | C．call up | D．pick up |
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| 小题7: | | A．constantly | B．happily | C．properly | D．immediately |
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| 小题8: | | A．lessons | B．tasks | C．meals | D．gifts |
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| 小题9: | | A．calm | B．confident | C．comfortable | D．independent |
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| 小题10: | | A．helping | B．forcing | C．persuading | D．advising |
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| 小题11: | | A．also | B．even | C．still | D．just |
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| 小题12: | | A．new | B．clean | C．expensive | D．beautiful |
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| 小题13: | | A．style | B．size | C．smell | D．color |
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| 小题14: | | A．make | B．repair | C．change | D．buy |
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| 小题15: | | A．pleasure | B．success | C．offer | D．desire |
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| 小题16: | | A．needed | B．learned | C．took | D．got |
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| 小题17: | | A．dealt with | B．took up | C．carried out | D．talked about |
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| 小题18: | | A．sharing | B．comparing | C．discussing | D．recalling |
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| 小题19: | | A．famous | B．sorry | C．anxious | D．thankful |
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| 小题20: | | A．accepted | B．missed | C．understood | D．gained |
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