Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home 　17　their only daughter,Sue,my best friend,asked them to.I 　18　with them for the next seven years. 

　　Barbara washed my skirts the same as Sue’s.She 　19　I had lunch money,doctors’ appointments,help with homework and nightly hugs.Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Sue and I were being cheerleaders.　20　I could tell,for the Beaches there was no 　21　between Sue and me; I was their daughter,too. 

　　When Sue and I　22　college they kept my room the same for the entire four years when I attended school.Recently,Barbara presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years. 

　　The Beaches knew 　23　about me when they took me in—they had heard the whole story from Sue.When I was seven,my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to 　24　 his kids.By the time I went to live with the Beaches I believed that life was entirely 　25　 and that love was shaky and untrustworthy.I believed that the only person who would take care of me was myself. 

　　　26　 the Beaches,I would have become a bitter,cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman.They gave me a(n)　27　 that allowed me to grow and change.They kept me from being paralyzed (瘫痪) by my 　28　,and they gave me the confidence to open my heart. 

　　I 　29　 family.For me,it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was 　30　,but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10. 

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