I was born legally blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood，the one about a 1 is my mother's favourite.
I was only two when the 2 occurred. We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and 3 to speak to the driver. I took advantage of my brief 4 to dash across the lawn (草坪)—and hit a large maple tree! I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and 5 on my backside. Mom 6 me to start crying, but I just sat there for a minute. Then I 7 myself up and kept right on going. Mom always adds here that, as many times as I 8 across the lawn after that，I never again 9 into that tree.
Mom loves to use this story as an 10. It reminds her that children don't enter life afraid to take risks or unwilling to 11 again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that 12 as I grew older. When I made my major life decisions, I was still that little girl tearing fullspeed across the lawn. I studied abroad and later moved away from my parents' home to look for a 13. Through years of 14 ， I have become a respected teacher in a school serving highneed students.
We are almost certain to get 15 at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens，don't sit in the grass and cry. Just get up and keep on going. It will all be worth it in the end.
