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Actor Anthony Anderson has realized a dream 30 years in the making. The 51-year-old1 a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University last week. "It was all a dream! Words fail to 2 the feeling I'm having right now," Anderson wrote on a social media platform. "My proudest moment is a sense of 3 — finishing what I started many years ago."

Anderson finished his junior year at Howard 30 years ago. 4  some financial difficulties, he had to ask for a 5  from school. He worked hard to make a 6 . Later he started a family and his career 7 . He played the starring roles in many films and became a

8 . The following years he was occupied in his work and didn't return to school. It was something he always felt 9 about — until his son, Nathan, gained 10 to Howard four years ago. That inspired his longing for university study, so he was 11 to go back and finish his degree.

"This spring I was 12 able to finish the work to graduate from Howard University," Anderson said. He marked it as a 13 by calling it "a full-circle moment" and 14 his fans, "It's never too late. Things happen when they're supposed to happen!" Anderson, now a father of two, plans to 15 his education and go to graduate school for a master's degree.

John and Nancy were left with their grandmother Linda after their mom was hospitalized for illness. They were curious about when they could finally see their mom. "The hospital won't allow her to leave until all of her medical bills are settled. I have given your mom all I could, but there's still a large amount that we need to pay off," Linda explained. John and Nancy missed their mom a lot and wanted her to come back home as soon as possible.

"What if we put up a lemonade stand (摊位), John?" Nancy asked her older brother. "We can pick the lemons from the garden and make fresh juice out of them," she suggested. Her brother smiled, "That's a great idea, Nancy!" From then on, John and Nancy stayed outside the entire afternoon after school selling lemonade. A week went by, they only managed to earn ten dollars.

On Saturday morning, they sat on the side of the yard, looking worried. After a couple of seconds, their silent pondering (沉思) was interrupted by loud police sirens. "Hey, fellas!" one of the policemen greeted. "My colleague Jacob said that his neighbor had a lemonade stand in front of their yard." The two children nodded. "I'm sorry, officer. But I didn't think there would be anything wrong with that. Besides, we didn't earn a lot," John tried to explain.

"Don't worry. You're not in trouble. I bought a cup of it from you two the other day, remember? I asked why you were selling lemonade, and you told me it was to raise funds to get your mom out of the hospital," Jacob interrupted upon seeing John and Nancy looked nervous.

"I told my friends over here, and we decided we wanted to help. Come to the back of the police car, and we have something to show you," Jacob told the kids. They slowly made their way to the back of one of the police cars and saw a nicely-painted wooden lemonade stand. "That's beautiful!" Nancy said in surprise.

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