Justin's younger brother and mother as well as Sarah's mother frequently help care for the children. ... Sarah is the oldest child, with two younger brothers and one younger sister. ... Justin is a husband, father, brother, grandson, and son. ... Our first child was born less than a year into our marriage, and she wasn't even a year old when we found out we were expecting again. ... Of the delineated tasks required of this stage, Justin and Sarah have found "collaboration in child-rearing, financial...

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When Aileen left Michigan, she quickly found herself in trouble with the law. ... Richard Mallory's body was found of Interstate 95 wrapped in carpet. ... In June of 1990, another man was found shot dead using a .22 caliber weapon. "John Doe"" who was later identified as David Spears was found just outside of Tampa. ... Carskaddon was found shot nine times. ...

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I have two younger brothers. ... My dad, brothers, and I were all in tears. ... When we got into the mess hall, we found a table in the corner, and sat to eat. ... My brother stepped forward. ... Finally, I did and I found what I thought I would, the apartment, just as we had left it so many years ago. ...

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Cody could not see himself with a girl that would like his younger brother more than himself. ... Partly out of spite for his brother, partly out of spite for his mother Cody enticed this girl into love and marriage. ... Cody's decision was in part made only to spite his brother. ... Pampered by his mother and resented by his brother Ezra developed his own unique personality that was almost the opposite of his older brother. ... At this restaurant he found a place where he felt useful and he also found the mother he never had. ...

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The youngest brother asked his father if he could have some of his land, so the father divides his land between him and his older brother. ... When the older brother, who remained loyal to his father, living with him and helping tend the fields, got wind of this he became very angry and refused to celebrate because he felt like he deserved what his brother did for being loyal and not being like his brother. ... Because his brother was lost but is now found, we celebrate because that's a new life, which is a reason to celebrate. ... The characters we can learn from here are the father, the...

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When my brother was seven, my sister was four and I was five my mom let a man come and live with us. ... Sadly, Laura must have found them in the house because she was tied up and was unable to make it out of the fire. ... However, when we came home we found our apartment completely empty. ... Fortunately for me, my brother came out of nowhere and hit the big man with a thick wooden stick. The man fell to his knees and the gun slid just out of reach giving my brother and me enough time to run. ...

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My mother was furious with him when she found out. ... My older brother got a job at Sonic as a cook. ... My little brother would help out by doing little odd jobs here and there. ... When Steve found nothing else to pawn he turned to borrowing. ... He would go bother my brother at work for money, and my brother would sometimes give it to him so he would go away. ...

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(Hinton, 57) Instead, it is Rusty's best friend Steve and his brother who treats the wound and offer compassion. ... Rusty's life also lacks a maternal influence, as his mother abandoned her husband and two sons while Rusty and his brother were infants. ... Rusty regards Motorcycle Boy as a friend instead of a brother: "He was the coolest person in the world. Even if he hadn't been my brother he would have been the coolest person in the world." ... For instance, when Motorcycle Boy decides to take his brother into town, Rusty convinces Steve to sneak out and finally agrees to a...

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I believe in perfecting recipes and taking time to get to know the little secrets found in someone else's imperfection. ... My mother, brother, and I would be squealing with joy as we raced from one base to the next. ... My brother and I would give each other the "oh no" look and slowly make our way to the dinner table. ... It was a new experience filled with memories, and a new found favorite dish. ... We have found a multitude of ways to manipulate the recipe and have come up with many of our own recipes. ...

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Our curfew wasn't really ever a big deal with my brother and me. ... My brother and I would moan and groan for days until our parents would go and meet their parents. ... I went from the bus stop to Robert's house one day while my older brother walked home. ... She had six other brothers and sisters. ... He had rules and curfews similar to my brother, sister, and me. ...

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Once upon a time, a little girl lived in a tiny white house with her mom, dad, and older brother. ... While she grew up, she found friends who remained with her from elementary school to junior year of high school. ... When my dad finally left my tiny white house, my mom took care of my older brother and me. ... It was so sudden and unexpected that neither my brother nor I saw it coming until our mom introduced him to us as our stepfather. ... When he gained my brother's trust and love, we truly became a family though they were not the only family I had. ...

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There were four brothers and five sisters, including my grandma, that lived. ... During World War II my grandma had my mother's two brothers, Wellman was born on April 11, 1943 and Jim was born on April 25, 1944. ... My grandpa's two brothers, Benny and Buford, were also in the war. ... Amazingly all three brothers made it home in one piece. ... I am finishing this paper with a new found pride in my family history. ...

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It also centered on the conflicts between brother and sister over differences in values and beliefs. For example, the brother, Boy Willie, wanted to sell the family piano so he can buy his own land to farm and start a new life for himself. ... A part of the story that I found confusing and paradoxical was Berniece's attitude towards her daughter, Maretha, playing the family piano and yet will not tell her of it's past. ... To illustrate, even in today's society there are sibling rivalry that pit brother against sister, brother against brother or sister against sister together to...

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Suddenly, he and his brother heard a man shriek. ... He was in love and his older brother ran one of the successful gas stations in town. ... Orlando, his older brother and boss, was struggling with a Cocaine habit. ... The destruction of his brother's business rekindled his fire to push his boundaries. ... He had found his identity. ...

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The first photo, found in appendix A, is myself, my fiancé, and our two children. The second photo, found in appendix B, is myself and a few of my closest friends. The third photo, found in appendix C, is various words that represent the people I consider family. ... To another person, family may mean a father, a mother, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters. ... When I was growing up my family unit consisted of my parents, myself, and my two brothers. ...

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He had seven brothers and five sisters. ... I had this lady here write to him and he is my brother but not the oldest Texan as I am Jake's older brother," said Larry. ... They grew their own food; his father and older brother went hunting for their meet. ... Upon his arrival at Corydon he found her home. ... She received a reply in which they were told his parents were both expired, and the sisters and brothers were spread across the U.S.A. ...

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The novel begins with Ciaran's brother, Corrigan, and his altruistic role in society. ... He finds his brother living in a terrible neighborhood and goaled on helping the prostitutes in his neighborhood, especially Jazlynn and her mother, Tillie, and providing services at a nursing home. Fear of his brother doing drugs, Ciaran has found out what was really going on with his brother: "You ask me if I'm using heroin, man? It's worse than that, brother, much worse"(57). ... After the funeral Ciaran realizes the car that Lara is driving was the car that killed his brother. ...

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The feeling of home was nowhere to be found in that house that afternoon. ... I gazed out the window and found that my mother's car was still not parked in its usual spot. ... My brother and sister jumped off the couch and greeted him at the door with a hug as usual. ... My brother and sister walked back into the living room and packed up their backpacks. ... My brother, sister, and I all put on our jackets and shoes and started out the door behind him. ...

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A different view of the traveling woman found in The Instructions of Any; "Be on your guard against a woman from abroad, who is not known in town. ... Husbands could marry more than one wife and people of close relations (first cousins, brothers and sisters etc ) could also wed one another. ... Some documents state that girls may have been married at the age of eight or nine, and the mummy of an eleven-year-old wife has also been found. (4) Marriages required no religious or legal ceremony. ... The other 2/3 of the inheritance was divided among their children, followed by the brothers and s...

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Then, my aunt and uncle had found out and had immediately gotten a license to foster the four of us. ... And the first few months of it were, I couldn't have been happier living with my new family with my three siblings and the two new brothers I had that were previously my cousins. ... But the worst part is he never got mad at my brother Nathaniel. ... He very often took his anger out on my two brothers, Joey and Dillen, and me, but not often on my two sisters, Brittnie and Kourtney. And there was not a single memory I have of him every laying a hand on my younger brother, Nathaniel. ...

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But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. ... And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. ... It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. ... The older son came in from the field and...

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When Ree first comes to him with questions regarding his younger brother, Teardrop is not happy. ... " Teardrop knows if he ever found out who killed Jessup, he wouldn't be able to stop himself from going after them. Even though Jessup made a mistake that earned him grave consequences, he was still Teardrop's only little brother. ... The fact that he made up a fake death for Jessup suggests that he knows Jessup will not be found alive. ... " However, his gesture is a sincere attempt to help Ree and could indicate that he knows Jessup will never be found and that Ree and he...

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My sister-in- law's parents came from Yemen and Persia, and my brother-in-law from Morocco. ... I also found similarities between the Chasidic Jews, most of them living in Jerusalem, and the !... That's how both my brothers got married. ... As I started reading the book, my fourth nephew was born in Israel, and I was constantly on the phone with any one of my brothers. ... My brother's process was painfully similar. ...

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So Amatokwu's family found him a junior wife who becomes pregnant in a month. ... Chapter 4 - First shocks of motherhood So he found her a husband that lived in Lagos. His brother Owulum took her to meet her new husband. ... He had to take all of his brother worldly possessions that included his wives. ... Shortly after Nnaife brother's death Aduka arrived with her daughter. ...

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As is explained in the background detail of Willie, Willie's father leaves Willie and his brother Ben, at a young age, leaving Willie no money to take care of him self, also Willie being of such a young age has no memories of his father. ... Completely missing from Willies perception of the American dream is that one must work hard to obtain this ideal, this perception is granted to him from the stories that he has heard about his father striking it rich and about his brother becoming rich. ... The seeds of Willie's self destruction in the play can be seen in the very first scene, wh...

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