Some of us loved killing an hour of the company's time and others felt guilty for it afterward.
Over the past several months, I have witnessed the demise of the atmosphere that so many of us loved.
And I tell that story partly because it brings a smile to my face, but also because it captures the quiet, dogged, dignified persistence that all of us who loved Dr. Height came to know so well -- an attribute that we understand she learned early on.
The bonds that tie us to our loved ones have always played an important role in the American story.
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Life's real financial struggles are not about chasing yields, finding the right mutual fund or when to buy gold, they are about the curve balls fate throws us and our loved ones.
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Instead, suicide tends to take us by surprise, as loved ones or friends gradually shut us out of their suffering, to protect us or because they fear the reaction.
Too many of us have lost a loved one -- or seen a friend or a colleague endure painful treatments.
We know that this disease, which takes our loved ones from us one memory at a time, has few effective treatments and no cure.
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Such is the brilliance of contemporary medical science, at least in our privileged realm, that we can be kept breathing long past the point where our existence is anything save miserable - miserable for us, miserable for our loved ones, and miserable for those who have been appointed by either by the state or a private health plan to minister unto us.
"For those that look to us in that dreaded moment when you realise a loved one has gone, they would be lost without us, " says the case worker.
As we give thanks for our loved ones, let us remember those who can't be with us.
There is nothing more intimate or more personal to any of us than the health of our loved ones.
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The husbands and wives, mothers and fathers you loved, they protected us all.
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He was not just a creative powerhouse but a genuinely nice man who was much loved by all of us.
We can sometimes prevent real dangers if we believe in our own ability to persuade our loved ones to allow us to have a say.
At many points along this journey, we seek or get guidance from well-meaning peers, friends, family, and loved ones who advise us what we should desire and what we should avoid.
And with Gold Star families whose loved ones rest all around us in eternal peace.
And that, of course, is the worst option to us because she's been a loved member of our family for five years.
We have not stopped trembling yet, but if we had not loved each other none of us would have survived.
Since 2008, all our efforts have been focused on making great smartphones, which have made us one of China's most loved smartphone makers.
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Because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need -- to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories but also in ours.
Here's your chance to sound off on what you loved in 2009, and tell us what you're psyched about for 2010.
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"We'd have loved to have had Jo with us last year, " he said, pointing out that college commitments in the USA had hindered Leedham's availability last summer.
We need to think it out, write it out, and do our loved ones and those who help us the decency of making our wishes clear to them.
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"Our family will never recover from this tragic event which took the life of our beautiful daughter, sister and truly loved member of our family from us, " they said.
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And so that they can carry their loved ones when they are serving us, these beautiful photographs are printed on waterproof, durable cards that fit perfectly in the pocket of a battle dress uniform.
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Let us strongly urge our doctors, the administrators of the larger practices many of them are rapidly joining, and their affiliated hospitals to attract us as patients and as referrers for our loved ones and friends.
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