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Our children grew up on peanut butter (花生酱) and jelly (果酱) sandwiches. The delicious jelly made them ______ , and homemade was the best choice. I wasn't the jelly maker in this big family. My ______ was. It was always there. Jelly making was just a way of life for her. She ____ did it, following the same steps-from picking the fruit to setting the finished jelly on the shelf.

In April, my mother left us forever. We decided to ______ potted things in the house. Each of us chose from the many pots of tomato juice, green beans and jelly. The other day I ____ the jelly for a quick sandwich. I suddenly _______ something that I had not paid attention to before. This was the last pot we would have from my mother's loving hands. Our children had never known a day without their grandmother's jelly. It seemed like such a small thing, ______ it was a great treasure. Holding the last pot in my hand, my ______ traveled back to the old days. I saw her crying on my wedding (婚礼). I saw her ______ and hugging our children.

I put the jelly back on the shelf. No longer was it just a pot of jelly. ______ it was there, my mother would always live on.