Each morning, I walked past a security guard. He_____everyone that walked by him. I _____ how he knew so many people by their first names. The first few times I saw him. I didn’t say hello back to him______ he greeted me. I was lost in my own world. On Monday he asked, “How was your_____?” I told him about my sick, elderly mother. He told me how_____ he was for my mother’s sickness. As I walked away, I realized I did not even know his_____. The following day, I asked, “What’s your name?” He answered, “Gary.” I said, “I’m Deborah.”After that, we talked a couple of times a week. We_____ stories about our weekends, our dreams, and our families. Gary got offered a new job and moved_____. It has been years since I last spoke to him, yet the memory feels like yesterday.

I look back at what became a friendship of sharing stories from the heart. When you say _____ to a stranger you become a pebble（鹅卵石）thrown into a lake. With each ripple（涟漪）you create, you spread______ that continues to give.