He expressed sorrow about the death of Gates' mother, shared the pain of the recent death of his own mother and gave golfing tips to Melinda.

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Lera approached one, an image of the Holy Mother, silent pain in her flat painted eyes.

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They called the doctor after her mother felt a chest pain as she scrubbed the floor on Easter Monday.

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But the fact is that standing in the field where my grandfather died doesn't make the pain of loss my mother has carried all her life any more meaningful.

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Tietou may be a pain to his long-suffering mother, but his misbehavior is just the first stirring of a rebellious spirit.

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And as a wife, as a mother, I simply cannot imagine the depths of their pain and loss.

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The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has said her "pain is raw", at a memorial service to mark the 20th anniversary of her son's death.

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It's a pain Jolie knows all too well from losing her mother to the disease.

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The mother, after asking about whether the fetus would feel any pain, said she thought the second option was best.

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When Mrs Mackenzie visited her mother back at GWMH she found her "moaning" and in "pain".

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By the time their mother dies and the sisters come together again, they are spectral, haunted figures, their souls gnawed at by pain, neglect and loss.

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