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After I gave birth, it seemed my brain had been dragged out of me along with my newborn son. Everything became _________ and conversation often lost in mid-sentence. I thought these _________ mistakes may be just ‘mommy brain’ while I coped with middle-of-the-night feedings. However, after little Nicholas began to _________ through the night, I remained in a constant state of _________.

I told myself I’d feel intelligent again. I thought about my _________ life. What engaged my brain then? I wandered through the house and found _________ staring me in the face: books. I looked online and found the exact _________: 50 Book Challenge. Read 50 books in a year, whatever _________ I wanted. Within days I discovered new books of interest and ordered some fresh _________. I had my resolution: 50 books.

My competitive spirit began to __________. I found time where it had never existed before. I read as my son watched Sesame Street. I read when I __________ a bus, I read before bedtime... My brain __________ from hibernation (冬眠) and I had new and exciting things to discuss. I had started with a __________ goal to bring my __________ back. I did that, and got more. I showed my son Nicholas the __________ of reading. Now it’s common for my first-grader to bring a pile of books to the couch for reading. We’re together and reading, and all is right with the world.