A few weeks ago, one of my dearest friends lost her two-year-old daughter forever. My friend and I live on ____（1）____ sides of the country, so I took a trip to visit her. I was ____（2）____ about what I was going to say to her and her ____（3）_. How was I going to find the words to ____（4）____ them? I want to find ____（5）____ words.___（6）___, it was too hard.
Having two ____（7）___ children at home. I felt I couldn't truly understand her pain, so how ____（8）____ was I going to be able to comfort her? I walked into her home and could never have ___（9）____ the life-changing words that would be spoken between us.
My friend, one of the ______（10）___ people I know, said something during her time of sadness that was such a simple phrase but will forever impress me in my _____（11）___. As she was describing the events leading to the ___（12）____ of her daughter, she tried, to express her___（13）____ heartbreak as she ___（14）____ her sweet child in the hospital. She said to me with tears___（15）____ her face. "You're a mom, you know."
____（16）____, it was at that moment, with that phrase, ___（17）____ I was able to start to understand her sadness. Sure, I was completely heartbroken for her sadness, as death is ___（18）____ for anyone. But I'll___（19）____ that I didn't fully understand it. I do understand the ____（20）____ that she once got from playing with her child. And to lose that? There are no words.
Except "I'm a mom, I know" with tears.