A Love Note to My Mom
When I was a little girl, I would often accompany you as you modeled for fashion photographers. It was years later that I finally understood what role modeling__1__ in y our life. Little did I know you were__2__ every penny you earned to go to__3__school.
I cannot thank you enough for__4__ you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine. After finishing my homework, I wandered into the dining room where you were buried__5__ piles of law books. I was__6__. Why were you doing what I do—memorizing textbooks and studying for__7__? When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled. I didn't know Moms__8__be lawyers too. Yo u smiled and said, “ In life, you can do anything you want to do.”