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　　After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner．　　1　　 woman was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made 　　2　　 impossible to visit her very often．That night I called to 　　3　　 her to go out for dinner．“What’s wrong? Are you 　　4　　?”she asked．“I thought that it would be 　　5　　 to spend some time with you．Just the two of us,”I answered．She thought about it 　　6　　 moment, and agreed．

　　That Friday after work, 　　7　　 I drove to pick her up, I was a bit nervous．When I arrived at her house, I 　　8　　 that, she, too, seemed to be 　　9　　 about our date．She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to 　　10　　 her last wedding anniversary．

　　We went to a restaurant that, 　　11　　 not elegant, was very nice and cozy．When I read the menu, Mom sat there 　　12　　 at me．A nostalgic(怀旧的)smile was 　　13　　 her lips．During the dinner, we had a(an)　　14　　 conversation－nothing special but catching up on(了解)recent events of each other’s life．

　　A few days 　　15　　, my mother died of a heart attack．It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do 　　16　　 for her．Sometime later, I received an envelope with a note 　　17　　“You will never know what that night meant to me．I’m looking forward to the 　　18　　 dinner．I love you, Son．”

　　At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time“I LOVE YOU”．Nothing in life is more important than your 　　19　　．Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be 　　20　　 till“some other time”．