ability to work hard and adapt to new situations and immerse in new environments‚ making them ours. My grandparents‚ paternal and maternal‚ moved to Delhi during the mass migration of 1947‚ when India and Pakistan became two sovereign nations. My grandfathers‚ both qualified engineers‚ etched new lives in what for them was then a foreign land‚ and pursued successful careers‚ while my grandmothers rebuilt their homes from scratch. My family belongs to India’s burgeoning middle class and we take pride
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I Really Wish I Could See My Grandfather Again The one I really wish I could see again is‚ my Grandfather Michael Sauro. He was an immigrant from Italy‚ who was an Air Force Veteran. My Grandfather had raised a great family of five in Syracuse‚ New York. He was married to my magnificent Grandmother for fifty-three years. He worked up until he was seventy-four years old. My Grandfather was a unique person. Being from a foreign country is a lot different from being in America. After
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Today‚ I’ve been looking for a quote on dogs to describe how I feel about my dogs. I found this quote on dogs from Jack Canfield’s Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul book. I know that any loving dog owner will resonate with this quote in a big way because it is absolutely true. quote on dogs When I met my husband‚ he had two dogs and I had one. His were older and have since passed‚ but they loved us‚ healed us‚ taught us‚ and made us laugh until they died‚ and they took a piece of hearts with
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On behalf of those of us who knew and worked with your mother‚ Staff Sergeant Stephanie W. Plank‚ I want to express to you and your family our deepest sympathy on her death. She was a highly respected and highly regarded Non-Commissioned Officer. She was a caring‚ dependable and a true professional during her career. The 10th Mountain Brigade shares your feelings of loss and pain‚ as she was truly an inspiration to those who she led. Your mother was a dedicated Soldier‚ but she was also very
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JEFF GORDON FOUNDATION Jeff Gordon‚ the famous philanthropist‚ has been a former NASCAR champion. In addition‚ he has dedicated his time and effort to the children for his foundation. He formerly drove the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrik motors in 23 full-time NASCAR sprint season seasons between 1993 and 2015‚ and served as a substitute driver for Dalen Ernest Jr. in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in select races during the 2016 season. But portraying Gordon solely in terms of his driving
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“Daddy! I miss my daddy!” I probably cried those words more than you could count. Because my daddy was gone. And my mom never wanted him back. I was only four when it happened. I was too young to understand what my daddy had done‚ or where he had even gone at all. All I knew was that one day we were happy‚ and the next my daddy wasn’t there anymore‚ and I was old enough to understand at least that he probably wasn’t coming back. My dad had cheated on my mom‚ and now they were divorced. My mom
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Good morning friends‚ family and all those of you who are here today to celebrate the life of a great man‚ Victor Chang. Before I begin‚ I would like to offer my deepest sympathies to the Chang family for their unfortunate loss. This was a senseless and wasteful murder of such an innocent man. <br> <br>When I remember Victor‚ three words come to mind; Compassion‚ talent and persistence. <br> <br>Victor Chang‚ born on the 25 November 1936 in Shanghai‚ China was a very talented and naturally gifted
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It is a pleasure to nominate Dave Giles for the "Most Outstanding Person" award. He is a former alumni of Carl Sandburg College. My first impression of Dave came in 2012 when he gave hands-down the best speech on the importance of education that I had ever heard. He truly enjoys spending his time helping the community’s youth. He has also continued to live up to that impression of being a passionate man who is optimistic‚ supporting‚ and is as committed to children as he is to bettering our society
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I walked into my first dual enrollment class of my high school career and there sat 70 kids‚ which in college might seem like your everyday lecture class but in high school‚ it was a little intimidating. The teacher of our astronomy class introduced himself and spent the rest of the day cracking jokes and going over how the year was going to pan out. Little did he know he would turn out to be my favorite teacher. Dr. Albright‚ who now teaches classes at JMU has truly shaped the way that I think about
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My grandfather is a schmuck. Yet to him‚ that insult is doubly offensive‚ because he is also anti-Semitic. He tried to stop my father‚ who was raised Catholic‚ from marrying my mother‚ who was raised Jewish. He recently divorced my grandmother‚ after 58 years of marriage. My grandfather has told me many stories‚ most of which were either exaggerations for the more boring ones or altogether facetious‚ but always mind-numbingly dull. In fact‚ I have fallen asleep on the telephone with him before‚ only
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