On a very hectic(慌乱) day when my husband and I were busy going in a hundred direction, our five-year-old son, Justin, had to be     36   for getting into mischief(淘气). After several   37  my husband finally told him to     38     in the corner. He was very quiet    39   wasn’t too happy about it.     40   , after a few moments, he said. “I’m going to run away from home.”

My first   41    was surprise, and his words angered me. “You are?”I blurted(脱口而出). But      42   I turned to look at him, he was standing there, like an angel, so small, so lovely, so   43  , with his face so sad. As my heart felt his    44     , I remembered a moment in my own childhood when I    45     those words and how unloved and lonely I felt.

“Ok, Justin, you can run away from home,”I   46     whispered as I started picking out clothes. “Well, we’ll need your pajamas and your coat. We’ll also need   47    coat and nightgown.”

“Where are you going, mama?”

“If you’re going, mama’s going with you, because I would never want you to be   48     .”I looked   49     his eyes,“I love you, Justin. My    50   would never be the same if you went away. So I want to make sure you’ll be safe. If you do go, I will go with you.”

“Can daddy come?”

“NO, daddy had to stay home with your brothers.

He  51     for a while and said.“Mama, can we stay home?”

“Yes, we can.”
    “Mama, ”he stopped for a while.“I love you.”

In that moment I    52    the wonder of motherhood, and that the great responsibilities to help develop a child’s    53     of security are not something to be taken  54    . I learned that as a mother I should never“run away”from the opportunity to show my children they are   55  , important, loved and the most precious gift from God.