Sentences with phrase «kept by her grandmother»
Her most recent book, for example, is based on diaries kept by her grandmother, an opera singer turned missionary's wife in 1920s Siam, now Thailand.
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This Paper Keeps It Fresh By Modern Farmer on February 19, 2015 U.S. - born Kavita Shukla first visited her grandmother in India when she was 12 years old.
«Lauren started walking when she was 8 months old, so by the time she was 14 months, she was hard to keep up with, especially for her 62 - year - old grandmother,» says Christine Harrison, a BabyCenter mom, who relieved her mother - in - law of her job.
Her grandmother keeps it all in balance by being a type of third parent — it's the Chinese way!
My seventy - year - old grandmother kept a loaded handgun under her car seat — as I discovered once by braking sharply while driving her around.
I've thankfully never had to use it, but my grandmother swore by keeping it by the stove in case of grease fires.
By the way, my grandmother occasionally eats a few rowanberrys as a way to keep urinary infections at bay.
Separated from his parents at the age of two, Ji grew up on a collective farm outside Hangzhou where, in the absence of TV and radio, he was kept entertained by his grandmother's telling of ghost stories and folk tales.
Of course, if you just want to keep it in the family, say so: If all else fails, obfuscating the situation by merely changing the subject should suffice, but don't get defensive or disrespectful; after all, your mother / grandmother / aunt / etc. just want to see you happy, so don't take your singledom too hard.
I was taught by a loving grandmother to make the bed, keep the sink empty, start a load of wash, dress yourself for the day with care THEN and ONLY then could the fun begin for the day!