My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two ____1____ there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang ____2____ for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.
As we were ____3____ on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them ____4____ off at the walls or floor. However, one lady ____5____ my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t ____6____ like that. As we got ____7____ with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. ____8____ she was singing, she was also ____9____ out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my ____10____ were to my students. People who worked at the care center could ____11____ to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling ____12____ about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also ____13____ the same lady. The difference between us is that he ____14____ on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her ____15____ and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my ____16____ to let you know that.”
This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No ____17____ can completely describe that touching moment...
It ____18____ a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a ____19____ that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself ____20____ to have witnessed his lesson.