Sentences with phrase «first heard stories»

African American jazz drummer David «Panama» Albert Francis first heard stories of magical island drums from his Haitian father.

We can not condemn parents for not supporting their LGBT children without first asking them why they feel like they can't, without first hearing the story of the father who told me, «I felt like Abraham.

It was in early 2013 that I first heard the story of Ryan Hidinger.

When you first heard this story though did you think it was accurate?

A brother of one of Santoalla's filmmakers first heard the story that is at the center of the documentary Oscilloscope is releasing this weekend while volunteering at a farm in 2010.

Musings on the Man Who Allegedly Shot Himself to Promote His Book By Dan Smith, CEO [email protected] When I first heard the story of the West Virginia man who went to Montana and allegedly shot himself to draw attention to his book, I truthfully wasn't that shocked at this new method of author marketing.

I first heard the story in 1977, when my family visited Israel, a trip partly chronicled in the photo album my mother put together when we returned to our house in suburban Chicago.

When I first heard the story of today's guest, T.S. Paul, I scoffed and rejected it as an exaggeration.

Do you remember when you first heard that story?

Sarah Lewis: I think I first heard the story when I was in the single digits, visiting him and my grandmother.

Not exact matches

Universal had heard all the stories of Hopper's erratic behavior over the years, first as an up - and - coming actor who had small parts in the James Dean movies «Rebel Without a Cause» and «Giant» (he admired Dean immensely), then as a bit player on a slew of TV shows, where he got little respect and gave even less back.

Having heard so many horror stories, I realize how good of a first time experience I had.

The second time we looked at this, we saw the Findus twist bring new energy to the story and as the chart shows, Tesco's Buzz score — which tracks whether consumers have heard something positive or negative about a brand — went further down and is only showing the very first signs of recovery in the last week.

Looking back at the first mention of SpeakerText on ReadWriteWeb in January, that story begins, «You've probably never heard of Matt Mireles.»

In a blog post on Weibo, Luo writes that she was inspired to come forward with her story when she first heard about the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the launch of the «#metoo» campaign on Twitter and Facebook.

I hope that every child, every parent, every person who was harmed by our great sins towards First Nations is able to tell their story, hear an apology, and witness first - hand what repentance and justice looks like in puFirst Nations is able to tell their story, hear an apology, and witness first - hand what repentance and justice looks like in pufirst - hand what repentance and justice looks like in public.

I've heard a story from a woman who went to the hospital for her first pre-natal visit.

It reminds me of a story I heard yesterday from the First Nations community.

I stemmed the flood of tears and rose to my feet, believing that this could be nothing other than a divine command to open the book and read the first passage I chanced upon; for I had heard the story of how Antony had been instructed by a gospel text.

Because the Church heard the story and memorized and repeated it timelessly long before Mark took pen to paper, having first heard it from the only one who could tell it with such embarrassingly specific candor, from Peter himself.

Then one day, a pastor took the stage at my church and shared a story I'd heard zillions of times, but was about to hear again as if for the first time.

Their lyrics were hyper - controversial and frequently banned, but NWA's stories about Compton were the first time much of America heard about the realities of life in the projects.

And the one you heard was not our best, at least not mine... It was the first time that Liz had ever read any of those Scriptures, so I thought we would have enough to talk about just confronting the content of the story, but it was actually kind of slow.

A more likely explanation was first put forward by Wellhausen, 15 and it has been widely adopted.16 This states that the story of the discovery of the empty tomb ends with these strange words in order to explain to readers why, as late as the mid-first century, they had never heard of this story before.

«Sometimes, all I hear are the first few words of a story and the next thing I know I'm hugging someone and crying and raging inside because it shouldn't be so damn easy to guess that a story that begins with, «we're evangelical and our kid is gay» will end in heartbreak or tragedy...»

Probably the first soma group in a parish should form by personal invitation from the pastor after he or she has heard enough faith stories of prospective members to be reasonably sure they are ready with the elements of experience and consciousness that characterize a soma group.

Those who wrote the passages down from stories they heard from others, then countless scholars translated, mistranslated, and re-translated the various books into Latin first, and then from Latin into diverse languages of the world, then back to the Greek and Aramaic languages, etc. could not have possibly been totally accurate, to say the least.

When the first «girl gamers» started getting into the scene geeky white boys inhabited only by geeky white boys like me, you heard similar horror stories.

The French priest still remembers the first story he heard when he embarked upon his journey from a woman who told him the German soldiers had asked villagers in her town to pour ashes onto the mass graves to stop the flood of blood pouring out from them.

I'd also be interested in hearing more about your story, such as when you first discovered you were gay, how long you waited before you told people, that kind of thing.

oooh this beats any airline's first class hot plate... cant wait to hear your stories of your trip... and soo jealous youre going to san fran... go to Boulettes Larder, best restaurants in the Ferry Building, tell them Aubrey sent you and they will treat you like a queen!

I've heard from those of you making nut milk for the first time, because of a story you saw of mine that lead you to reach out to me to learn more.

Glad to hear him squash these fantasies, amazing that a story like this can still sucker people in the first place.

«You hear lots of stories about lads who have played for Arsenal and one of the things that comes out of the Arsenal dressing room is the change in culture from his first sides that went onto win the league and titles... the Invincibles team.

If you're thinking about visiting New York with kids, take a look at some first - hand experiences from families who've explored with their families, and we'd love to hear your stories when you get back!

First stop was the Seibert House where the children got to hear stories from Old Mother Goose and play a few games!

First, I have heard of stories of women that are not comfortable nursing because they were sexually abused and find it too emotionally painful to have their breasts in constant use.

I wish that I had not heard so many horror stories about babies during the first weeks of life.

I grew up hearing the stories of how hard it was - she made sure to make me scared of teen pregnancy LOL - and she also taught me to cherish the dream of having sex for the first time as a bride on my wedding night.

So if you hear any more stories about Cousin Jim's son who was trained by his first birthday, smile, nod, and say, «We have a plan.

CRP — When I first got into this, I would hear stories about Revolution Foods or Chef Ann Cooper and think, what's WRONG with my district that we can't be doing that??

For example, first - grade students draw pictures of the stories they hear, which evolve into the forms of the letters they study.

First, it affirms that parents want to talk about it and are capable of hearing the real story.

I'm not sure I knew exactly what it was used for as a first time pregnant mama, but I heard horror stories of pained, cracked, and even infected nipples so I figured I absolutely needed it just in case.

It wasn't until I became pregnant with my first son that I realized (because of hearing so many awful stories) that my upbringing was rare in the sea of women passing on the legacy of fear of their own bodies.

We hear so many stories of people raving about Tide and other common detergent when they first start using them but within weeks if not months they start to have problems.

«We heard one story from a mom who was going on her first date night after having her baby.

I had heard so many horror stories and had this «knuckle down and bear it until it gets better» attitude when my son was born... And then the first time I held him, he found his way, latched on perfectly the first try, and ate easily from the start.

All of those things that are good in stabilizing; so the sooner, the better and definitely within the first hour if possible — I have to say, I love hearing stories that we are seeing moms now to getting to do it in the OR.

There is always a mix of emotions hearing expectant mothers share their pregnancy stories, especially if it is their first time.