One day Peggy said to me，“Life is too__1__，and you need to spend time with the people you love.You probably won’t believe me，but I know you love her and I think that if you spend more time with her，it will make us__2__.”

　　The “other” woman my wife was encouraging me to__3__is my mother，a 72­year­old widow who has lived alone since my father__4__20 years ago.Right after his death，I__5__2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career.When I moved back near my hometown six years ago，I promised myself that I would spend more time with my mom.But with the__6__of my job and three kids，I never got around to seeing her much__7__family get­togethers and holidays.

　　Mom was__8__and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.

　　We didn’t go anywhere __9__，just a neighboring place where we could talk.__10__her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows，I had to read the menu for her.

　　“I used to be the__11__when you were little，” she said.

　　“Then it is time for you to relax and let me__12__the favor，” I said.

　　We had a nice talk__13__dinner，just catching up on each other’s lives.We talked for so long that we__14__the movie.

　　“__15__was your date？my wife asked when I got home that evening.”

　　“Nice...nicer than I thought it would be，” I said.

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