My mother went back to her old duties at the theatre.

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My own mother went back to work in 1973.

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Then my father went on a winter holiday to Cuba (my mother remarked on this with some surprise and maybe approval) and came back with a lingering sort of flu that caused the visits to lapse.

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Mr. RODRIGUEZ: So he went back to Orlando and went, man, my mother won't let me go.

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Pura went to hug my mother.

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As soon as my mother went into the bathroom I ran over to Frankie's house.

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My mother nodded, and so I went over to check.

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"My mother decided to go all out, and she went to a very, very exclusive job agency, " Hope says.

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When I went away to sleepaway camp that summer, my mother not only cleaned and fumigated my room but threw out all the cigars I had hidden inside the bell of my tenor saxophone.

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My mother leaned against the arm of a vinyl reclining chair and said she was thirsty, so I went to the nurses' station to fetch her some water.

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