My mother has spent endless nights in the hospital with me, screaming at doctors because they are doctors, and they are supposed to know what is wrong. ... She missed out on things with my brother because she was with me wherever I needed to be. ... They know they will always matter to me, and I will always be there for them. ... This means trying to try several things until we get it just right. ... I use to judge people by the way they walked, dressed, and even who they surrounded themselves with. ...

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Most likely they enjoyed what they have done with their lives. Kids, teens, adults and senior citizens wouldn't regret they things they have done to get them where they stand today. ... Christine had that feeling that Ray was working hard and still carried the mother/daughter love. ... She did things that were her nature. ... I am glad that Ray did all these things. ...

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He has to like something out of all the things I left him. I have to sneak to feed him either while our parents are away or while they=re sleep. I don=t think that they would agree with me feeding a bug even though they know that it is Gregor... We will have to give him a break and carry some of the weight that he carries for us everyday. ... I am now more appreciative of the things that I have and have gotten used to doing things for myself. ...

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He has to like something out of all the things I left him. I have to sneak to feed him either while our parents are away or while they=re sleep. I don=t think that they would agree with me feeding a bug even though they know that it is Gregor... We will have to give him a break and carry some of the weight that he carries for us everyday. ... I am now more appreciative of the things that I have and have gotten used to doing things for myself. ...

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They had me and they weren't married. ... According to Ugo Betti, "Family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on". ... While I was growing up they let me know that I was conceived out of love but my dad died just before I was born and he knew that the mom that carried me was a lesbian and had a partner. ... I picked my dad, because I knew I could get away with a lot of things. ... We did the regular father and son things, but then I was sad for a while because I missed my mom. ...

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Oswald, and his soliloquy about the way things are carried on in Paris, further emphasizes the more liberal lifestyle, Ibsen takes ample time, especially her but also throughout the play, to defend the less stringent, more practical way of life. ... This, among other things, is probably what leads her to reveal her secrets about her late husband and Regina, seeing her son and Regina together in that light sparked the memories causing her to see the ghosts of times past and she wishes forgotten. ... They both believed that they knew what they knew about their fathers, and both of them judged t...

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Attachment is a lasting emotional relationship that begins in infancy, and carries out throughout the teenage years and serves to tie the person to one or more people in his or her life (Gonzalez, p.6). ... This fear of abandonment brings up many questions for the child, and makes the child think about things they once did not have to worry about (DeBrod). ... I felt as thought things could go any way from there. ... What if they remarry? ... I would think about all these things, and I would stay up for hours. ...

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My father carried a large sack and 2 suitcases filled with the little we had as the Germans marched us to our new home. They lead us to a small dirty, overcrowded apartment building with peeling paint and hardly any furniture. ... He and mother will not travel there with me but promise to come as soon as they can. ... They were very kind and hospitable however we could not afford to stay with them long. ... Things got even better when I discovered that Miriam's boyfriend played basketball tournaments against other schools, including the Rockville team on which Joshua played. ...

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Many have wondered how a child learns and adapts to the world they live in. The many challenges they will cross paths with. ... They really seemed to me like a happy couple. ... A few years went by and I could see some things were changing every time he came to visit us. ... A successful outcome of each stage gives us a virtue, which we carry with us throughout our lifetime. ...

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Otherwise, if they do decide to give into the traditional way and become a full-time housewife, they are more than likely to fall into depression or loose their sense of importance. "Women put themselves at risk when they trade in a work identity for motherhood. ... Also the husband feels lonely as his work carries him farther from the emotional center of the family. ... Recently, Working Mothers Magazine surveyed one thousand working mothers about how happy they felt. ... Family happiness comes by loving one another within the family and that is best found by having the roles of the fami...

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Why do people get married and when things don't go their way their first solution is divorce? ... Both parents have a unique parental role and each role is designed to carry the difficult task of raising children. If one parent is working, the other is responsible to providing transportation to a child's school or activity, helping with their homework, and making sure they eat and go to sleep on time. ...

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A couple of weeks later my adoptive parents received a phone call through their adoption agency they went through that they had a baby boy waiting for them to adopt. ... They lived down in Detroit and met at a local concert down there. ... They immediately scheduled a meeting with the birthparents to discuss what was going on and how they could help. After the conversation they worked things and decided not to have an abortion. ... Thousands of people carried signs with slogans calling for the defense of life, being the voice of the voiceless, and thanking God that there mothers were pro-lif...

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I have found that bearing down and working hard for that individual and carrying out what needs to be done to meet his expectations is always a better solution. ... Str. 4) Eyes tearing up, finger pointing, those are the wise words that come from my mother every time that an occurrence does not follow "the plan" like I think it should in my life or when things happen that were not supposed to in my eyes. ... They are not only two of the most amazing parents this world has to offer, but two of the greatest people. ... I love my family for the sense of humor and the laid back qualities...

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I knew they had problems and that they fought a lot but I had no idea that it was that bad. ... The only way that they would talk was through their lawyers. ... Later that evening my mom came just as my father said she would and helped me carry my things out to the car. ... She ran off to get the car seat and the baby's bag while I gathered my things. ... Some people would make comments about me being a whore and saying very distasteful things about me. ...

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But she said she would leave the family if they didn't allow her. ... However, they worried that I would be tempted by American life that they think is full of temptations from what they heard and read. ... It's unfair when women have to keep their virginity until the day they marry, men can do whatever they want without being criticized. ... In fact, my parents always take care of me so why I would hesitate in taking care of them and carrying out their task. ... Parents always want good things happen to their children. ...

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Mom is the one who talks of the sunrise when things seem darkest, speaks kindly of failure and sings sweetly of success. ... The daughters were Chinese but had American ways and they weren't strong like those of their mothers. ... My Mother is dead and I am on a train, carrying with me her dreams of coming home. ... They all take notice of the apparent looks of them all the look of their mother. ... They have become American not only in their speech, but in their thoughts, actions and lifestyles. ...

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As Thornhill is walking back into the lobby to send the message to his mother, he is strong-armed and confronted by the two "thugs" who are carrying concealed weapons. ... Thornhill: Not that I mind a slight case of abduction now and then, but I have tickets for the theatre this evening, to a show I was looking forward to and I get, well, kind of unreasonable about things like that. ... They expect him to become the victim of a fatal, drunk-driving accident. ... These two men, they poured a whole bottle of bourbon into me. No, they didn't give me a chaser." ...

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