Sentences with phrase «story of my young son»

I shared with you the story of my young son, who asked me not to make him green smoothies any more because the kids were making fun of him.

Arthur Christmas tells the story of the youngest son of Santa Clause who has a heart of gold, but is shadowed behind his older and much more arrogant brother.

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The true story of Chris Gardner, a homeless San Francisco salesman who is forced to live on the streets with his young son.

He tells the story of a patient, a first - time mother who complained that her young son was always clinging to her, wrapping himself around her legs wherever she went.

The younger son of the media tycoon stepped down as the chairman of the - then BSkyB in 2012, forced out by his links to a scandal at the family's now - defunct News of the World newspaper which, among many other ethical outrages, hacked a murdered schoolgirl's phone in a search for its next story on the case, temporarily misleading the police and the girl's family into thinking she was still alive.

I saw that young mother read stories to her infant son, not out of obligation, but because it made her happy to read to her baby boy.

That is certainly true of this story, which explicitly incorporates the Prodigal Son parable on several levels, not only the relation of the fathers to their lost sons, but Kumalo as an elder brother who hates his younger brother, John, a prodigal.

There is no atonement theory in the story of the prodigal son, but this idea of a father reaching out his arms and running down the road to welcome this wretched young lad — how can you not be moved by that and just say, «Thank you, this is for me»?

These tales had been preserved by the women as they gathered with their water bottles at the wells, by the men as they chatted around the campfires and as they told the stories of the great past to their young sons.

Socrates confines himself to the claim that stories about the shameful doings of Kronos and his sons should not be told to young people, indeed should be «buried in silence,» even if they are true (378a).

This is one of my favourite stories in Scripture because I've always thought of it in terms of the Father, not the younger son.

Mark and Tim's story was told in the video, «A Tale of Two Dads» https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh1B9Ni9iEk Beverly Prince - Sayward In addition to being a freelance writer, Beverly is a homeschooling mother to her three children - twins Hailey and Quentin, and youngest son Jared; the non-legally married wife to her partner Kathleen who works for IBM as well as the National Guard; and author of the blog Raising a Child with Auditory Processing Disorder.

In our July - August 2012 issue # 83 Gay Parent magazine features the story of a lesbian couple with a young son learning to live within the homophobic society of Tanzania.

Chris Cuomo, the Governor Cuomo's brother, did a super reporting job on 20/20 last night.He covered the tragic story of Josh Powell who killed himself and his two young sons in the culmination of the missing wife / mother drama.The story is tragic and pathetic in so many ways....

Regina and Elijah — Another warrior mom with a young son on the autism spectrum and the story of their great strides forward.

Based on the story of a privileged Italian woman named Kuki Gallmann, who lives with her young son and new husband on a 100,000 - acre cattle ranch called Ol Ari Nyiro in Africa.

JESUS» SON is the intense, edgy, often hilarious story of a young man's circuitous journey from drug dependency and petty crime to a life redeemed by this startling discovery of compassion.

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It is also the story of a remarkably tender father - and - son relationship, played superbly by Max von Sydow and young newcomer Pelle Hvenegaard.

Philomena Philomena is the gut - wrenching story of an elderly woman (Judi Dench) searching for the son she was forced to give up as a young woman living in a convent.

The horror story follows a determined young woman grieving over the loss of her young son, who reaches out to an occultist with experience in an ancient invocation ritual that she believes might allow her to make contact with her deceased child.

The story, written by Will Smith and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, puts a lot of pressure on the younger Smith who spends most of his time alone on screen, since much of the drama takes place in two separate locations (the injured dad is in the downed ship and the son is on the surface of the dangerous planet).

Following the journey of exiled Divko Buntic (Miki Manojlovic, Irina Palm) upon his return to his home town after a 22 year absence, the comedic yet dramatic offering explores the impact his arrival has on his abandoned family, with long - suffering wife Lucija (Mira Furlan, TV's Lost) and adult son Martin (Boris Ler, Some Other Stories) thrown into disarray by the presence of his new, younger girlfriend Azra (Jelena Stupljanin, The Ambulance) and adored black cat Bonny.

The Guest (Adam Wingard), USA Canadian Premiere The follow - up to Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett's wildly popular You're Next, The Guest tells the story of a mysterious and devastatingly charming visitor, David (Dan Stevens of Downton Abbey) who arrives on the doorstep of a bereaved family claiming to be the best friend of their dead son, a young soldier who died in action.

Room was always destined to be an ambitious and tricky adaptation - the book tells the story of a young mother who was abducted, Fritzl - style, and imprisoned in a basement, along with her young son, who was born there.

Co-written by the duo, its story is a sweeping, multi-generational one set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young — and old — are all major elements in this heart - aching tale of the son of diehard hippies and his strange odyssey through the extremes of late - 20th - century youth culture.

But this is only peripherally the story of Walt and Laura, or of their three young sons.

Underrated Declaration Of War Drawing on the «Well, let's try it» spirit of the French New Wave, Declaration Of War recounts the true story of a young couple's struggle to cure their cancer - stricken soOf War Drawing on the «Well, let's try it» spirit of the French New Wave, Declaration Of War recounts the true story of a young couple's struggle to cure their cancer - stricken soof the French New Wave, Declaration Of War recounts the true story of a young couple's struggle to cure their cancer - stricken soOf War recounts the true story of a young couple's struggle to cure their cancer - stricken soof a young couple's struggle to cure their cancer - stricken son.

The Take Shelter and Mud director reunites with a surging Michael Shannon to tell the story of a father (Shannon) protecting his young son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), from a government task force and a scary religious sect as they race to a secret location.

It tells the story of a young mother (Brie Larson) forced to raise her son in isolation from the outside world and boasts a sensational breakout performance from Jacob Tremblay, who provides the bittersweet voiceover in this first UK trailer.

- A second plot summary via Coming Soon: Based on the 2007 Black List script by Bryan Sipe, «Demolition» is the story of Davis Mitchell (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful investment banker, who rallies to rebuild his life after a family crisis — with the help of a struggling young mother and her unusual son.

Father and son screenplay writers Jonathan and Lawrence Kasdan, weave the back - story of a young Han Solo, fighting for his survival in the crime - ridden mean streets of the industrial shipbuilding planet Corellia.

Yet, even with the storyline lulls, the fact that it jumps from story to story every few minutes keeps you from falling asleep, as your interest will pick right back up again once you see Hugh Grant (Two Weeks Notice, About a Boy) as the Prime Minister, Colin Firth (What a Girl Wants, Hope Springs) attempting to break through a language barrier, Liam Neeson (Gangs of New York, K - 19) encouraging his young son to be a fool for love, or Bill Nighy (I Capture the Castle, Underworld) chew up scenery with an outlandishly fiendish burnt - out rock star performance.

The story of a young man bucking the class system is a sure bet for gaining empathy and support from all (not just middle) ages, and A Knight's Tale also provides good examples of facing your challenges, having the resolve to admit your mistakes, and the positive influence of a father on a son.

It's the story of a young architecture enthusiast and the son of a dying architectural professor, who meet at an important time in each other's lives, help each other come to terms with life - altering decisions they both have to make, and explore the true meaning of... you guessed it... architecture.

It is probably a job for a psychiatrist to figure out just why Hurwitz felt the need to construct a damsel - in - distress story that is conducted by proxy by an immature mother who is having all of her actions dictated by her young son.

The story goes that Ryan Coogler, the young director of Fruitvale Station, pitched Sylvester Stallone on the idea of rebooting Rocky with Apollo Creed's son.

Apart from Jake and Dolarhyde, Nat Colorado (Adam Beach), an associate of Percy, relates how he used to listen to Dolarhyde tell stories of his experiences in the war to his young son, so we can predict a scene in which their unspoken surrogate - father - and - son bond is finally vocalized.

This horror story follows a determined young woman grieving over the loss of her young son, who reaches out to an occultist with experience in an ancient invocation ritual that she believes might allow her to make contact with her deceased child.

The content of the film is told in parallel stories, Henry (Ewan McGregor) who is with his two younger sons Thomas and Simon struggle in the panic of the aftermath to reunite with wife Maria, whilst eldest son Lucas (Tom Holland) remains strong for his Mother (Naomi Watts) who is badly injured and fast losing hope.

The 2017 Creative Producing Summit Projects and Fellows include The 40 - Year - Old Version (Radha Blank, Writer / Director), 93Queen (Paula Eiselt, Director / Producer), After Love (Matthieu de Braconier, Producer), Bisbee 17 (Bennett Elliott, Producer), Blackbird (Amie Batalibasi, Writer / Director), Bloodthicker (Lauren Domino, Producer), Brainiacs (Diane Becker & Melanie Miller, Producers), Clementine (Aimee Lynn Barneburg, Producer), Cops and Robbers (Jinho «J.Piper» Ferreira, Writer), A Cops and Robbers Story (Mara Adina, Producer), The Cow that Sang a Song About the Future (Augusto Matte, Producer), Crime + Punishment (Steven Maing, Director / Producer), Doha - The Rising Sun (Julia Thompson, Producer & Eimi Imanishi, Writer / Director), Fathers and Sons (Tobias Siebert, Producer), Forgiveness (Elizabeth Stopford, Director / Producer), The Ghost Files (Sharyn Steele, Producer), Give Up the Ghost (Allison Rose Carter & Jon Read, Producers), The Impossible Dream (Javid Soriano, Director / Producer), Impeachment (Shane Boris, Producer), Man Made (T Cooper, Director / Producer), Man Changing into Thunderbird (Adam Shingwak Khalil, Writer / Director), Midnight Family (Kellen Quinn, Producer), Miss Juneteenth (Neil Creque Williams, Producer & Channing Godfrey Peoples, Writer / Director), N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear (Jhane Myers, Producer), Omni Loop Blues (Ben Cohen, Producer & Bernardo Britto, Writer / Director), People's Republic of Desire (Hao Wu, Director / Producer), Selah and the Spades (Lauren McBride, Producer & Tayarisha Poe, Writer / Director), Shirkers (Sandi Tan, Director / Producer), The Silence of Others (Robert Bahar, Director / Producer), Skate Kitchen (Lizzie Nastro, Producer), Social Justice Warrior (Brett Weiner, Co - Writer / Director), The Three Lives of David Wong (Leslie Norville, Producer), The Wall at the End of the Road (Grainger David, Writer / Director), A Winter Table (Allen Baldwin, Producer), Young Men and Fire (Kahlil Hudson & Alex Jablonski, Co - Directors / Producers).

Its story is told from the point of view of 12 - year - old Miguel Rivera (Anthony Gonzalez), the youngest son of «the only family in Mexico who hates music.»

«Atlantic Wall» tells the story of an American paratrooper stranded behind enemy lines «just days before D - Day, tasked with delivering intelligence critical to the outcome of the war and compelled to fulfill a promise to protect the young son of a murdered ally.»

At the heart of it is their eldest son, Michael, a brilliant, anxious music fanatic, and the story of how, over the span of decades, his younger siblings - the responsible Celia and the tightly controlled Alec - struggle along with their mother to care for Michael's increasingly troubled existence.

The stunning second novel from National Book Award finalist Andrew Krivak - a heartbreaking, captivating story about a family awaiting the return of their youngest son from the Vietnam War.

Here's what they have to say: What it's about: The story follows the life of an acclaimed young writer, Joan Ashby, as she falls in love, marries and raises two sons - all the while struggling to find a space in her busy life for her passion: writing fiction (Nancy L).

In the prizewinning opening story, «Farangs,» the young son of a modest beachside motel owner commits the cardinal sin of falling for a pretty tourist, and the confrontation that ensues between the native boy and the girl's pompous American boyfriend culminates wondrously amid flying mangoes and Clint Eastwood — a pet pig — swimming out to sea.

Other authors you can see live and in person: Chris Pavone, author of The Expats; Padgett Powell, author of You & Me; Jay Jennings, editor of Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany; Amy Franklin - Willis, author of The Lost Saints of Tennessee; Lauren Groff, author of Arcadia; Margot Livesey, author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy; Katherine Paterson, the former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature who is beloved for her novel Bridge to Terabithia; David Maraniss, author of Barack Obama: The Story; Dan Chaon, author of Stay Awake: Stories; Alice Randall, author of Ada's Rules: A Sexy, Skinny Novel; Ta - Nehisi Coates, author of The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and the Unlikely Road to Manhood (and a contributor to The Atlantic); Sharon Creech, author of The Great Unexpected (and Walk Two Moons!)

Echoes of the South's troubled past The central story of Blood Done Sign My Name sounds distressingly familiar the murder of a young man by a reputed Klansman and his sons in a small Southern town.

Her story is intertwined with that of her bigoted father - in - law, her husband's younger brother and the son of black sharecroppers.