Sentences with phrase «child by my grandfather»

I also have a $ 7,000 Fidelity individual investment account, which was opened for me as a child by my grandfather and turned over to me when I became an adult.

Not exact matches

Piqué, like many others, was made a member at birth by his grandfather, and signed up his two children, with Colombian pop star Shakira, at birth too.

Although this refers to ancient Simeon taking the Christ - child in his arms, it always brings to my mind a little boy riding on the shoulders of his grandfather and guiding him by pulling now one ear, now the other.

In sum, because it treats belief as an atomistic decision taken piecemeal by individuals rather than a holistic response to family life, Nietzsche's madman and his offspring, secularization theory, appear to present an incomplete version of how some considerable portion of human beings actually come to think and behave about things religious — not one by one and all on their own, but rather mediated through the elemental connections of husband, wife, child, aunt, great - grandfather, and the rest.

In other words, unlike the sobering war memories of a very elderly grandfather, or the account of a playground incident told to us by a child, divine revelation is testimony without flaw.

They start by addressing the needs of children, and from there work to improve the conditions that surround them so that mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, siblings, and the entire community are all affected.

July 12, 2016 (Paso Robles, California)-- As a child working the 740 - acre vineyard planted in Atascadero by his grandfather, David Parrish knew he wanted a life among the rolling vine rows of -LSB-...]

I have a large extended family because Ah Gung, my grandfather, had 11 children, so I grew up surrounded by many aunts and uncles and close to 30 cousins.

The National Center for Fathering is a non-profit research and education organization whose mission is to improve the lives of children and reverse the trends of fatherlessness by inspiring and equipping fathers, grandfathers and father figures to be actively engaged in the life of every child.

At the National Center for Fathering, we work to improve the lives of children and reverse the trends of fatherlessness by inspiring and equipping fathers, grandfathers and father figures to be actively engaged in the life of every child.

As a child, I was fascinated by a scar on my grandfather's cheek.

I know for me, I had to do deep, deep bond - breaking work about my ancestral wounds that I was holding onto coming from a family of child marriage and female suppression in Iran in the Middle East where, you know, I grew up with my grandma telling me, «I was married at 11 years old, and was raped by your grandfather.»

Her artistic process began as a child and was strongly influenced by her artist Father, photographer Uncle and poet Grandfather.

Rating: 8/10 — a recreation of the kidnapping in 1973 of John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer), and the subsequent attempts by his mother, Gail (Williams), to persuade his grandfather (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom, something the then world's richest man refuses to do; Scott's best movie in years, All the Money in the World is a taut, compelling thriller that tells its story with ruthless expediency and features yet another commanding performance from Williams, something that takes the spotlight away from the presence of Christopher Plummer (who's good but not great), and which serves as a reminder that money isn't the central concern here, but a mother's unwavering love for her child.

Set in a near future where the government ruthlessly enforces a «one child» policy, «What Happened to Monday» has Rapace playing illegal siblings who've been raised by their grandfather Terrence Settman (Willem Dafoe) to take turns pretending to be the same woman.

As the old man Slimane (Habib Boufares), divorced and living in a dump of hotel owned by his new lover, works his way through the bureaucracy with the help of the doting daughter of his long - time girlfriend (she treats him like and adoptive grandfather), we see an entire world is seen in the background, the stories of the children and grandchildren of Arab immigrants making a life in this French port town and finding their identity in the mix of cultures.

The performances are solid with most of the weight of the film on McConaughey, but nice turns by Anne Hathaway, Wes Bentley, David Gyasi, and Matt Damon as astronauts, Michael Caine and John Lithgow as a scientist and Cooper's grandfather respectively, and Jessica Chastain and Casey Affleck as Cooper's grown children.

The 31 - year - old actor's wife Elizabeth Chambers, 35, and children, Harper, four, and one - year - old Ford were spotted at the fundraiser at LA's Hammer Museum, founded by his great - grandfather Armand.

Remembering the stories his grandfather told him, Jake goes searching for Miss Alma LeFay Peregrine (Eva Green) and her orphanage for peculiar children in Wales, where he uncovers a «loop» created by Miss Peregrine that allows her and the children to live the same day in the 1940s over and over again.

The Velveteen Rabbit (G) Screen adaptation of Margery Williams» children's classic features a mix of live - action and animation in a modern fairytale about a lonely little boy being who comes to grips about being raised by his strict grandfather with the help of a stuffed animal magically transformed into a real rabbit.

There are no dirty words in this book, except for «hell» and «God», in case someone is fearing that an innocent child might see 1... Perhaps the only precept taught me by Grandfather Wills that I have honoured all my adult life is that profanity and obsceny entitle people who don't want unpleasant information to close their eyes and ears to you.

Review: «Wonderfully written... The messages of self - love and African pride taught by the Grandfather are touching and will warm the hearts of the Parents while teaching the Children a sense of pride!

By the end of the first book, the four children are reunited with their wealthy grandfather, who moves their boxcar from the woods to his yard.

Elaborate topiary sculptures give visual form to memories in a wildly fanciful garden tended by a child and his beloved great - grandfather.

Grandfather's Christmas Tree (ages 4 - 8) has everything a good holiday book should have: gorgeous illustrations (by Thomas Locker, one of my favorite children's artists); a heartfelt story (by Keith Strand, writing...

In many ways, Ocean Meets Sky is a tribute to the tradition of oral storytelling, in particular to the stories told by the Fans» Taiwanese grandfather, who lived on the other side of the world and didn't frequently visit (both Eric and Terry were born in the U.S. but moved to Canada as children).

In other paired stories, an Imperial policeman who is forced to leave the continent after rumors spread of his homosexuality reappears as a doorman in New York City who brings solace to a young betrayed woman; a young girl held hostage in a brothel plots a brutal revenge against the madam who keeps her, and then the madam reappears as a wizened midwife who delivers a baby to a Hindu woman forced to make a terrible choice about the child; a Muslim boy who escapes a train raided by a murderous mob reemerges as a grandfather who has moved to London to be with his family and whose granddaughter struggles to save her marriage after the death of their child; a young cartographer alters a small section of the Radcliffe Line with terrible consequences, and then his boss reappears as a senile old man who sets off in search of a prostitute he often hires.

Since the age of 12, Dr. Guy knew she wanted to become a veterinarian, after being inspired by grandfather, who also wanted to be a veterinarian as a child, but could not afford to go to college.

Her biological mother, Shannon Biles, became unable to care for her children and Simone and her siblings were eventually adopted and raised by their grandfather Ron and his wife, Nellie Cayetano Biles, a citizen of Belize.

The great grandfather of geometric abstract painting was Piet Mondrian but his ideas of great simplicity — few colors, fewer lines — have been expanded exponentially by his children, grandchildren, even great grandchildren.

Meanwhile, as a child in Kyoto, Umemoto was surrounded by art, science and building: her mother was a kimono painter, her father a bio-physicist and her grandfather a developer.

As to the study of tree rings by Mann, by Grandfather owned, ran three lumber companies and we were taught tree rings when we were children.

In case of a family floater plan, maximum 2 adults like a combination of Self with Spouse, Father, Father - in - law, Mother or Mother - In - law, grandfather, grandmother and maximum 5 children can be covered by a single policy.

The Fatherhood Task Force of South Florida offers a regional model by serving male family members, including fathers, grandfathers, and uncles, as well as men who serve as significant male role models for children.

«We the Aboriginal males from Central Australia and our visitor brothers from around Australia gathered at Inteyerrkwe in July 2008 to develop strategies to ensure our future roles as husbands, grandfathers, fathers, uncles, nephews, brothers, grandsons, and sons in caring for our children in a safe family environment that will lead to a happier, longer life that reflects opportunities experienced by the wider community.

We as Aboriginal males from Central Australia and our visitor brothers from around the Australia gathered at Inteyerrkwe in July 2008 to develop strategies to ensure our future roles as husbands, grandfathers, fathers, uncles, nephews, brothers, grandsons, and sons in caring for our children in a safe family environment that will lead to a happier, longer life that reflects opportunities experienced by the wider community.