When I was thirteen, one day my mom told my family that she had to tell us something. So my dad, my brother and I all sat down on the sofa to begin the discussion. You could feel the ____1____ atmosphere of the room. It was ____2____ that something was wrong. Then my mom told us that she had been diagnosed （诊断） with a very serious disease. That was when we all had a moment of ____3____ and cried.
After that my mom started the ____4____ and had to travel to the hospital every day. After a week, she began to lose her ____5____ and so she shaved it all off. My mom would always wear bright-colored scarf’s and after a while ____6____ to buy a wig （假发:）. Along with losing her hair she lost all her nails.
____7____, I had never seen a desperate look in my mom’s eye. I remember one day I went with my mom to the hospital. When we were ____8____ for her to receive the treatment, we kept telling jokes. We both burst out ____9____ from time to time. Everyone in the waiting room was so ____10____, while we were in the middle of the room, chatting ____11____ Neither of us cared ____12____ people thought of us.
After about a year of the treatment, and all the ____13____, one day my mom said she wanted to tell us something important. As my mom was about to speak, a smile ____14____ on her face. At that moment I knew that it was going to be something very ____15____ She told us that she had recovered! At that moment I ____16____ down in tears. They were tears of joy. At that moment for the first time in a very long time I had a feeling that everything was going to be ____17____. Now two years has passed and my mom is ____18____ of the disease. I am so happy that I have my mom with me every step of the way. My mom ____19____ me to value every moment in my life and to remain ____20____ through thick or thin. She has taught me so much and continues to teach me more.