Sentences with phrase «taken by my grandmother»

The work included in Fragmentarium continues themes relating to ancestral stories of travel, specifically a single journey taken by my Grandmother and Mother in 1955, when they returned permanently to the UK from Tanzania.

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They believe not because the priest or minister told them to have faith but rather because it helped their elderly grandmother avoid a long and agonizing death by taking her to heaven at the age of 51.

Her grandmother said she had something to give her so she took her by the hand to her bedroom where they sat on her bed.

I and my family, including children, are all Atheists, all of my children are honor students, and model citizens of their country, by volunteering to help the homeless, cleaning parks and one even is taking care of her sickly grandmother who can't even feed herself.

As she tells it, it was her grandmother's «spiritual obsession» and frightening talk of hell that drove her away from the church as a girl: «By the time I was in high school I grew contemptuous of religion and the people I knew who practiced it, although I took great pains to hide this development from Grangrandmother's «spiritual obsession» and frightening talk of hell that drove her away from the church as a girl: «By the time I was in high school I grew contemptuous of religion and the people I knew who practiced it, although I took great pains to hide this development from GrandmotherGrandmother....

Taylor's interest in agriculture was sparked by the joy her grandmother took from farming.

The sounds take Hield back to the Bahamas and the «crate courts» he made as a kid by nailing a milk crate, with its bottom removed, to the shed in his grandmother's backyard.

Then, for 50 minutes, the young men talked, with Bailys loosely guiding the conversation around the theme of what it takes to go «outside of the box» in your thinking and decision - making — a topic that was broad enough to encompass both a discussion about what it might feel like to leave Illinois for college and a long debate about the experience that Rashid, one of the group members, had had the previous weekend, when he was jumped by two guys while he was walking from his grandmother's house to a convenience store to buy M&M's.

As a grandmother, I can attest to how quickly childhood flies by and having taken the time to create these special moments are priceless.

Capturing three generations in the one picture by taking a photo that features a grandmother, daughter and granddaughter for example, makes the age difference become quite clear and in doing so, creates a wonderful family memory on film.

Do you know that prior to Christianity taking such a strong hold over the birth process, women were surrounded by mothers and grandmothers, children were allow to observe, birth was a celebration not something to be shunned or hidden in a dark room?

My grandmother takes lutein and zinc prescribed by her MD in the hopes it will slow her macular degeneration.

As an active and asymptomatic recently retired, exceedingly proud new grandmother, Linda Wilkinson was completely taken aback by the diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer.

My grandmother had to take a calcium supplement, it was liquid and disgusting, a thick white liquid she had to take by the spoonful.

The journey continues, through the liver, where some is stored and some is released (to grandmother's house they go), to be taken up by the cells for food and fuel.

Golbin's first expressed an interest in becoming a curator on trips she took as a girl, accompanied by her grandmother, to see the museum that would define her professional life to date.

The story takes place when a young man's mother dies and he is taken in by his bank robbing family, led by his wickedly sweet grandmother (played by Jackie Weaver who very much deserves the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role).

When his junkie mom dies of an overdose, teenager Joshua (James Frecheville) gets taken in by his doting grandmother (Jacki Weaver), which would seem to be a good thing.

Tammy decides to take a road - trip to Niagara Falls with her wacky grandmother, played by Susan Sarandon (who knows a thing or two about car rides, thanks to 1991's «Thelma & Louise»).

The Riveras are shoemakers, a trade taken up by Miguel's great - great - grandmother Imelda more than 95 years ago, when her husband ran off to make a name for himself as a musician, leaving her alone to provide for their daughter — Miguel's senile, wizened great - grandma, Mamá Coco.

After 25 years of living with his parents, he finally makes good on his deceased grandmother's wishes by moving out on his own to Los Angeles, where he takes a job in the mailroom of an advertising agency.

Yuki Midorikawa returns with yet another volume of Natsume's Book of Friends, taking us back to the enchanting bittersweet realm of a boy haunted by Yokai due to his grandmother's strange childhood hobby.

Inspired by her grandmother's stories of urban activist Jane Jacobs, young Lucia takes a walk with her grandmother and begins to notice the people, activities, jobs, cultures, and beauty that make up her diverse Toronto neighborhood.

Forgotten Country by Catherine Chung «The night her sister was born, Janie was warned by her grandmother to take good care of the new baby, since in their family, a sister disappears in every generation.

The night her sister was born, Janie was warned by her grandmother to take good care of the new baby, since in their family, a sister disappears in every generation.

But when her grandmother is kidnapped and the police refuse to believe she was taken by force, Scarlet sets out to find her with the help of a handsome stranger called Wolf.Meanwhile, 16 - year - old cyborg Cinder — still...

By the time my grandmother and her mother and siblings came to America, the tragedy of the Titanic was known and a different route was taken.

Consider that Summer has had malaria; her little brother, Jaz, is friendless; her parents have to fly to Japan to take care of elderly relatives; and her grandmother (Obaa - chan) and grandfather (Jii - chan) must pay the mortgage by coming out of retirement to work for a custom harvesting company.

Ada and Stefan are representative of the families, friends, and lovers separated and destroyed by the wall; their grandmothers serve as poignant reminders of the toll WWII took on the European population.

Pulling together like - minded men from the CIA, FBI, ATF, DEA, Border Patrol, SEALs, and police, they were devoted to the missions that no one else wanted or could solve.When the Campus Killer strikes again, Jack's team is tasked by the Governor to find the killer, using whatever means they can.While following the trail of the serial killer, he becomes entangled in the life of the beautiful woman living next to his property.Bethany Bridwell moved in with her grandmother to take over running Mountville Cabin Rentals.

Sunday's Child - January 2012 Peru Photo Contest ~ By: Ben - Spain Taken with a Nikon D2Xs and 85 mm prime lens, this portrait of a Peruvian girl with a Japanese grandmother was difficult to...

By 2013, «selfie» was not only the word of the year but something that almost everyone — from your grandmother to your six - year - old nephew — had at some point taken.

Peeling paint, electricity fuse boxes, and bus timetables take the place of the dragons and plum blossoms of the traditional embroidery done by her grandmother.

While visiting a girlfriend's grandmother in New York, he took the opportunity to view works by Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.

«When I was a little boy», he reminisces, «my grandmother took me to the seaside at Folkestone and we were walking along the boardwalk and it was the most beautiful day, with sailboats sailing by, billowing white clouds, stuff like that.

Because it came on the heels of a purchase of a box of Zyrtec - D cold medicine that she had already dared to pick up for her husband earlier that week, Harpold, a grandmother of triplets, was awoken by police officers banging on the front door of her home on July 30 (four months after the purchases) and taken in handcuffs to the Clinton Police Department.

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.

A great rule of thumb to live by is this: if you wouldn't want your grandmother to see a photo or comment that you have posted online, take it down!

SEATTLE — Thrive by Five Washington is pleased to announce that Washington state First Lady Trudi Inslee has joined the organization's board of directors «As a mother and grandmother, I know how important it is to take full advantage of those critical early years, so that every child has what he or she needs -LSB-.....]

When both her biological father and grandmother died, Zoe was taken to an orphanage by a caring neighbor.

«So in the bathroom you have a geometric tile pattern that's a contemporary take on art deco, partly inspired by the bathroom of one of our grandmother's, mixed with an aged brass shower and a 1940s chandelier.»