Aphonecallreachedmeonecoldwinterday．Iwas（36）___thatmyfatherwasseriouslyill．Ihadnotseenmyfathersincehisdivorcefrommymom，andhehadlivedaloneinasmalltrailer（拖车式活动房）inCalifornia，500milesaway

　　A phone call reached me one cold winter day．I was（36）___that my father was seriously ill．I had not seen my father since his divorce from my mom，and he had lived alone in a small trailer （拖车式活动房）in California，500miles away from me．The real（37）___ between us seemed much greater．I was in no hurry to change that，but （38）___ I promised to be there the next day．

　　The whole drive down，（39）___flashed through my mind．I remembered my father，the proud Marine （海军陆战队队员）．He snatched off the Christmas tree all the decorations the rest of us had put up and rehung them so there was （40）___the same spacing between them．But we needn't （41）___those military orders．I remembered clearly the battles he had with my mother．I remembered（42）___to hear my father say just once，"I love you，Patty"，only to have him （43）___at me，"You can't do anything right!"

　　Standing outside his trailer，I tried to（44）___my courage to face him one more time．Slowly，I took a few steps inside，my hand and my whole body shaking，too（45）___ to believe my eyes．Sitting on the sofa，my father looked confused and frustrated．This wasn't the angry and（46）___ man I had known growing up．This man was（47）___ and seemed broken．Part of me felt sorry for him，but another part of me was thinking this was exactly the fate he（48）___．

　　"God，what am I supposed to do now？"I wondered．But as soon as the words （49）___ me，a sense of sorrow（50）___me，and I knew that I had to take him to my home．

　　It was the（51）___part I struggled with．The days of looking after my father turned into weeks，then months．All the pain，the conflicted feelings I'd been（52）___over the years came rushing out．One night，I sat there，talking to God，begging him to help me let go of the ugly feelings I had toward my father．When I was finished，I felt an incredible peace，as if every （53）___ had been lifted from me．（54）___ had cleaned all that from me and I felt free to start living the joyful life God want