I've also thought of Kenya - my home for three years - and my 12 friends - Africans and Americans - who perished in the bombing of the US embassy there in 1998.

BBC: By Jane Standley

During the drive home from school, I thought of the scars that riddle my body and mind.

CNN: Junior Seau was hurting and didn't know how to say it

On the flight home, I reflected and thought: I do have the best of both worlds!

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All day at work I thought of nothing but those shining surfaces, like coins catching the sun, and when I came home I went from mirror to mirror, striking poses, turning my head from side to side.

NEWYORKER: Miracle Polish