Our family had enjoyed a happy home in a small community. Yet, as life often does, our situation 1.
B
The town had grown, but we had not. We decided to 2.
A
My husband and I discussed our 3.
A
that night. We had always 4.
D
owning a tiny cabin (小屋) in the mountains. "Do you still 5.
D
to live in the mountains someday?" I asked. "Of course," he answered, "but we can't afford it now." "That's how you 6.
C
when we wanted a baby," I 7.
B
him. "If we'd waited until we could afford one, we'd still be childless today." He 8.
A
. "Why not live our dream?" I continued. That did it. We were excited and 9.
C
at the same time. Naturally there were difficulties, but 10.
C
for our dream made it worthwhile. We got the money and found land in the eastern mountains. We put our home up for 11.
B
while we built our cabin from thousands of miles away. 12.
B
we made the cross-country trip eastward. Living in the mountains had been our 13.
A
dream, but there were plenty of mini dreams that we 14.
D
along the way. We homeschooled our children. I milked goats and grew my garden. My husband fished and snowshoed. We hiked and enjoyed nature. This year we celebrated the twenty-year anniversary (周年紀(jì)念) of living our dream. We are 15.
C
that we took this risk. Not only did we survive — we lived better!
