... gravestone and the wilted flowers drooping inside a modest vase. The flowers were so lovely, like delicate pieces of blown glass. "Gramps, what kind of flower is that?" she asked. He sat for a few moments as if thinking of sweet memories, "they are spider lilies, your Grams loved spider lilies more than anything. Sometimes I think she loved them more than me. Grams ... more than me, but it sure seemed like it sometimes." "She loved you Gramps, just like I do!" She wondered why neither of them spoke again, but she never asked. They sat for hours by the grave of grams and did nothing but ...

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... , "What's all the noise about?" I explained to her about the building on television being on fire. My son exclaimed again, "Fire mommy! Fire!" So, we sat there and began to watch history unfold. As we sat watching the television intensely, the news channel began showing replays of an airplane running into one of the World Trade Center's buildings. My wife responded, "Oh ... I watched those horrific scenes. Tears started to fill my eyes as my wife cried and said sorrowfully, "What about all the children whose parents won't be coming home?" We then sat there and watched our own son as he f...

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... the "bad cousins". While my cousins scampered through the vineyards outside I would sit on the couch with the parents, reluctant to dirty by slacks and polo. But while I sat on sat on the couch listening to my Uncles complain about milk prices and production, I was never completely alone. In the green lazy boy chair to my right always ... sat Grandpa Frank. From the moment I met him, I liked Grandpa Frank. In my seven year old mind he was perhaps the most generous person I knew, possessing a near infinite supply of Wrigley's ... ...

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... nappy black hair that lay placid in front of her pale blue eyes would at times seem to not have been washed for years. She's a small, stocky old lady who sat lifeless at any dinner table. My grandmother appeared to me as a wretched monster. By her appearance anyone could see she was a very unkempt person. The random food stains on her ... other people until I was old enough to understand them. When I was six years old, I remember the whole family going to pay a visit to my grandmother. Being a kid I would have rather sat inside playing Nintendo, but really did not give much thought abou...

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... ugly old house?" I asked." A friend of mine that I came to pick up", he coldly replied. As though trying to avoid my eyes. He honked the horn several times, startling me. I sat there impatiently waiting for this so-called "friend", getting bored as the minutes went by began to wander. My eyes traveled upon two squirrels chattering down a tree engaged in a game ... back seat". My father ordered me. I was always an obedient child, so I did as I was told. The lady, who appeared to be in her early 20's, opened the door and sat in the front seat. She stared at my father with the most seducti...

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... , this is not a behavior that is "learned", but rather it is part of a baby's natural instinct; they are born with it. It is part of the child's natural chemistry for at least the first few years of life. A parent's love for a child usually begins before the child is even born. This is evident if you've ever had the ... ...

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... . Our bags were packed into the car and everyone was waiting for us to depart for the airport. There were four cars standing out of the house and among them, I sat in my maternal uncle's car. Everyone was out of the house. I rolled down the window to get a better look of what was happening outside. The first thing that I saw were ... mind refused. I knew that if I were to go out I would cry looking the affinity of my relatives and friends. All of my family members got into different cars. My sister sat in my aunt's car, my dad in his friend's car and my mom in her mother's car. The drive...

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... a custom for everyone, and usually, their parents would greet them back. After greeting no response from his father, Tiller sat down on the sofa and continued to listen to the song until he was able to make out the lyrics. He sat there for half an hour until his father finally acknowledged his presence, calling him "ladykiller Tiller" (5). The nickname ... ...

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... she will start "murmuring", had "an irritated glance" so that her husband granted her wish. Moreover, she always act weak like a real rich lady, just "sat waiting on the chair in her ball dress," let her husband ran around in the middle of the night to find the necklace. After losing the diamond necklace, Madam ... the "woman of impoverished households" who can take care herself and her family. A "strong and hard and rough" woman had replaced the woman that just "sat waiting on the chair in her ball dress." Before, she only dreamt about of the luxury, wealthy life that she deserved but ...

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... wrong path. When she finally realizes her mistake the Grandmother causes the car accident. She ends up in a ditch along with her son and daughter-in-law, "They all sat down in the ditch, except the children" (1047), which that suggests that the Grandmother is in a spiritual rut even if it is unknown to her. She is completely unaware ... herself, even if it did lead to her death. "Hiram and Bobby Lee returned from the woods and stood over the ditch, looking down at the grandmother who half sat and half lay in a puddle of blood with her legs crossed under her like a child's and he face sm...

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... was brought to other tables around me. I was then anticipating the moment when my food would arrive, and when it finally did my taste buds started salivating. Now as we sat there we all imagined the taste of it and couldn't wait to experience what was in front of us. It was absolutely breathtaking. Chicken Parmesan, Lasagna, Spaghetti and Meatballs, anything ... favorites. This moment allowed my family and I to bond and get to know the interest of each other. I can still remember the look on each family members face when we sat down to eat. All curious to what is going to happen next an...

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... before mother began rigorously smearing sun screen and bug spray all over every exposed part on my body. I don't blame her, I did like to complain about sun burns and bugs. I sat down next to the fire gazing into its endless orange glow, as I pondered why mother insisted on putting huge curlers in her hair even camping. I looked at her with a smile ... the fishing poles rod out in front of me, and flung it with all my might. Once I had let out enough line I set the rod in Dad's homemade holder, and I sat back to wait for an attack on the lure. I spent what seemed like an eternity gazing...

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... !" She snickered. Humph, this was going to be quite the challenge. We Canadians would never encounter such situations on a daily basis. Well, this was just something new to experience. I sat down onto the couch, pondering over what I was going to be doing until the power resumed. My phone was at 15% battery, which would be of no use. My 11 ... for a few minutes. "Samita Samita Samita, wake up wake up, we're going to "saame par", I heard my cousin screaming from the top of her lungs. Startled, I sat up on my bed. We're going where? I questioned. "We're going to be going on a ferry" She ex...

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... and probably did not need more food, everyone brought at least one item. The dinner table was a long rectangle where one person sat at the head of each side, and the rest on the long sides. My grandfather always sat at one head and my Aunt on the other. The table was filled with so much stuff, being a child and picky nonetheless ... ...

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... awakened by my grandmother. She fed us breakfast and told us we were not going to school that day. Then, we asked her how our mother was doing and she sat there, looked at us, and she finally spilled the bad news that my mother passed last night due to a massive heart attack. I later learned that a massive heart attack is the ... . I thought she meant she passed all of her tests and she was coming home to us. Unfortunately, that meant we had to say goodbye to her forever. My sister and I sat there in awe and cried our little eyes out. Then, we gathered into the car and went to the funera...

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... his chest, his arm, their joint pain and relief unbearable. They spent what seemed like hours locked together wishing never to be apart. Finally they managed to separate and they sat together in the lounge to discuss the past over a tea. The mother spoke of how things had changed, the divide in the town, friends lost and despair. The son saw ... cat just as someone had killed his brother. His mother broke down into tears she had lost a great deal due to the war but this, this was inconceivable. The sniper sat silent unable to cry, unable to move, the numbness had returned, his blood see...

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... anyone could ask for. As I leave the room I remember the feeling of disbelief. I couldn't believe she was really gone. I was never going to see her alive again. My family and I sat in the waiting room for a while talking about memories of tammy. Like all the times we played together when we were little, the times we went fishing and swimming at ... listened to the piano playing. It was a very special moment for me. I thought that maybe her spirit was there with me and she was playing the piano for me. As I sat there I cried, I wished she could really be there with me. I wanted to tell h...

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... 's manufacture: "Hartland." At the left end stood a reservoir filled with water from the cistern. This reservoir held warm water for simple meals that my grandmother cooked. Beside this beautiful stove, sat an old cherry wood square table. This table was made specifically for prayer before eating. Because my family is so large, we could never all sit in the kitchen to ... first bite in her food. Grandma's food was seasoned to perfection. My grandmother's food was a little taste of heaven. A kitchen filled with marble tiled floors and jars of honey that sat on the window pane. Grandma's k...

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... who was 60 years younger than the partner he chose thought he was insane and his family sent him to a psychiatrist. The bottom line is that there was this intense chemistry between the two people and nothing was going to get into their way so that they could be together. They beat the odds and they had the deck of cards ... ...

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... when you can't walk on your own, you go to the potty when they say." Her voice to a whisper and her face red with embarrassment she went on to say, " I sat here with my call light on one day for twenty minutes needing help to potty. The young girl came in and was short with me and after a sigh of frustration ... she told me that I could only go every two hours. Then she told me that she would be back when my time was up. I sat there three hours waiting, not wanting to turn my light on. I had an accident in my pants and she scolded me for that." As I was leaving the aide was back ... ...

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An elderly man sat by the fire gazing into its depths, humming softly to himself. The soft sound of footsteps descending the stairs made the man look up. The sleepy grandson climbed slowly in ... effort, to get no satisfaction. Late one night, I remember climbing in to my grandfather's lap just as you did and he read Peter Pan to me from cover to cover. I sat paying rapt attention to every literary feat J. M. Barrie threw my way. I fear that such delights are lost on your generation, but when I see you sleeping in my lap, all I hope ... ...

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... . On January 19, 1994, my flight to America took off at approximately three in the morning. Outside, the sky was still dark. Stars were still shining as bright as ever. I sat in my seat patiently until the plane had landed. Suddenly, I heard a loud noise coming from the speaker saying, " We have arrived to Sandiego." Quickly, I took all of my belongings and ... weeks. While he was gone. My mom, my sister, and I had to stay home. Every night, we had to deal with the loneliness that we built inside us. We sometimes sat in our room praying and crying, hoping that my father would come home f...

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... at a point in my life where the potential to go that direction was definitely a possibility. I was the only child of a single mother. During the summer before fifth grade, my mom sat me down by the pond at the Melbourne Public Library to discuss something very important with me. That day she explained to me that she suffered from a disease called alcoholism ... understood what I was feeling. It was an extremely supportive environment. My last day there was the one I remember most clearly. On your last day they had a special ceremony where everyone sat in a circle. They had a small bag w...

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... afternoon sojourn at the beach. The long drive felt like a never-ending adventure. Instead of cool air, the air conditioner blew air from the gates of Hell. My sister and I sat in the back seat of the ever-shrinking Toyota Camry arguing and hitting each other until dad threatened us yelling, "Don't make me drive this car into a telephone pole!" Mom ... sat on the other side with only two jobs, control the radio and navigate us to the beach. Both were done very poorly, giving us static from the radio and forty- ... ...

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... many feelings involved especially mine. Also without this big moment in my life I would not be who I am today. It all started when I was nine years old and my mother sat Sheena my sister and me down and said that she did not love my father anymore and that she was going to leave him. I never ever would have guessed that ... that was going to be the words coming out of my mother's mouth. We had such a perfect life or at least that's what I was always lead to believe. I just sat there with a straw in my mouth amazed. Then a few seconds later I threw a pillow at her and said that I hated h...

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