The house sprang to life when everyone arrived on Christmas Eve.In the middle of our church service,__1__,my spirits fell.There was no lonelier feeling than standing in the __2__ of one's family singing “Silent Night”—__3__ by an active college daughter; a sweet,gentle daughterinlaw; a handsome,__4__ 25yearold son; a wideeyed,3yearold grandson; and an awkward teenager whose hugs were like wet shoelaces—and be keenly __5__ that someone was missing.Back at home,everyone continued to __6__ the subject.
“The tree is splendid,Mom,” Molly said.She knelt down and began pulling __7__ out of a shopping bag to add to my pile.
“I love what you did with the __8__,Pam,” Amy said.“You're always so __9__”
“I forgot to buy wrapping paper,” I told her.“I __10__ use newspaper.”
It was Christmas as usual—easier to __11__ everything was normal than deal with hardhearted __12__.Ross and Patrick quarreled over whose stocking was __13__,and Shane parked himself in front of a bowl of M&Ms.They all got to open the customary one __14__ on Christmas Eve,and after doing so,we went off to bed.It was Christmas __15__—easier to pretend everything was normal than deal with hardhearted reality.
But there was one
__16__ thing that had to be done.I went over to Tom's desk,found a red __17__ in the top drawer,and stuck into it a check made out to the American Heart Association.It seemed __18__
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