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From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I  21  a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a  22  moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of      23  for the coming test or sporting event.

In early grade school they  24  their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and 25  he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer  26   my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to  27  them but I still needed to write them, I   28  until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move  29  for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,   30   two internship (实习) in Washington, DC, and   31   , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento,  32   short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was   33    happy to have Marc back. Since I was  34   making lunch for his younger brother, I    35  one for Marc, too. Imagine my   36   when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son,   37   his lunch.

“Did I do something   38  ? Don’t you love me  39  ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I  40   asked him what was wrong.

“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”