阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示； 2）首字母提示 ；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。
Hi, Daisy,
I am wondering why you haven’t showed up online for such a long time. I’m sorry to know your mother has f    ill in hospital and that your father is struggling for a living. _____ is no doubt that what you are ________ (经历) affects your life greatly, making you unable to c       on your study. I understand how you are feeling at the moment and I truly wish that I could be ______ any help. Life can be hard at times and we can never expect what lies      （前方）.    Life is a challenge. We had no choice but to meet it. ______ happens, you need to r        optimistic and try what you can to help your parents. It is by meeting difficulties and overcoming _________ that one learns how to survive. I hope your mother will be all right soon and it won’t be long _______ things turn better.