I moved to Chicago ten years ago. As I was new to the area, I had few 1 and seldom went out to parties. But a month later, I was invited to a party and there I 2 an elderly couple.
The wife and I talked for a long time. She told me how 3 she was about her husband who was 4 a heart operation (手术). At that time I was working as a researcher in the same 5 where the husband would be going for his operation, so I told her to take down my phone number and must 6 me to let me know when he was there.
She phoned a few weeks later as she 7 and told me that her husband was admitted to the hospital and still waiting. I told her that I would go and check on him every day while I was at 8 . I thought that if it was my dad, I would do the same, so I decided to give them some company.
Weeks turned into months and it just became my 9 to see them and keep track of how things were going before, during and after the heart operation. Sometimes I'd bring a 10 for him to read, or some food that we would enjoy together. As time went by, it seemed like I became part of the 11 . Even after the husband returned from the hospital, we still often 12 each other on holidays.
Now, ten years later, I 13 my own family. Since our parents don't 14 close by, this couple has become my son's "local" grandparents. My wife and I often feel truly 15 to have this couple as our "local" parents! Sometimes family comes out of the most unexpected place.
