Mearl Jacobs’ body was at the funeral home. The memorial service was
31 for the next day. We
32 in the family room to tell stories, sharing 33 of her. She had lived a life
34 with stories. Most people didn’t know that she had worked for thirty years at Rockwall International to help the homeless, or that
35 she really didn’t care much for baseball, she loved listening to the
36 because her son loved baseball.
Before long the
37 turned from stories about Mearl to stories of how she changed and
38 the lives in the room.
Her daughter Carol, said, “Just a few hours before Mom died she said she wanted to go home. I asked her if she
39 back to her apartment. She said, ‘NO!’ I asked, ‘Home in Heaven?’‘YES!’”
A series of love and
40 was realized that night. Mearl had lived a life that affected the young and old
41 . When she did so, you became a different person, a
42 and reformed person. She was
43 that way. She knew how to show the things that really
44 in the life. She 45 for values that she held dear and she always seemed to know how to influence people and to accept them “as is”. He grandkids talked of her
46 acceptance of them, no matter what.
Some things have to be seen to be understood, such as love, forgiveness and acceptance. Mearl knew how to help you
47 . She had always shown total
48 to the family and friends – to people.
The next day Mearl was
49 the topic. We buried the body, but she lives in all those, present and
50 . She is always there, giving and lovin
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| 小题1: | | A．canceled | B．ordered | C．set | D．left |
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| 小题2: | | A．gathered | B．waited | C．cried | D．consulted |
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| 小题3: | | A．dinner | B．memories | C．possessions | D．success |
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| 小题4: | | A．mixed | B．combined | C．compared | D．filled |
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| 小题5: | | A．unless | B．until | C．if | D．although |
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| 小题6: | | A．games | B．songs | C．operas | D．stories |
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| 小题7: | | A．argument | B．comment | C．background | D．conversation |
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| 小题8: | | A．rescued | B．shaped | C．lost | D．prevented |
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| 小题9: | | A．meant | B．moved | C．dated | D．went |
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| 小题10: | | A．curiosity | B．envy | C．kindness | D．sympathy |
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| 小题11: | | A．equally | B．hopefully | C．eventually | D．properly |
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| 小题12: | | A．happier | B．better | C．milder | D．ruder |
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| 小题13: | | A．interested | B．shocked | C．puzzled | D．gifted |
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| 小题14: | | A．lacked | B．troubled | C．mattered | D．admitted |
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| 小题15: | | A．made up | B．stood up | C．watched out | D．reached out |
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| 小题16: | | A．unnecessary | B．unusual | C．unconditional | D．unfamiliar |
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| 小题17: | | A．see | B．improve | C．explain | D．remove |
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| 小题18: | | A．appreciation | B．devotion | C．determination | D．operation |
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| 小题19: | | A．almost | B．still | C．ever | D．even |
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| 小题20: | | A．beyond | B．behind | C．within | D．outside |
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