Sending a thank you note is always a lovely gesture – and often an expected one. I’m sure that when you were a child, your parents encouraged (or forced) you to write thank you notes for birthday and Christmas presents. As an adult, you should still make a point of writing a thank...
For example, in Britain people clap at a wedding, but in Italy they sometimes clap at a funeral。例如,在英国人们在婚 礼上鼓掌,而在意大利人们有时会在葬礼上鼓掌。 M3 B4 Cultural Corner Clapping Why do we clap? To show we like something, of course。 But we don’t clap at t...
He looked, Damon reflected, exactly what you’d expect to see at a funeral.But still, Jason’s youthful eyes glittered from his now aged face.“Fortunately, ‘Impossible’ is our specialty,” he said.2Ramon Santos was so busy getting an earful from seemingly everyone in the car he barely...
“I was a teacher for thirty years! You know, I had a fella that was sweet on me, back a hundred years ago. He asked me to marry him, but I knew he’d never let me teach, so I had to let him go.” She patted the sofa next to her. And I went over and sat down on a ...
She wore a black dress, as if she just came back from a funeral. She didn’t look up. “Well, well, who do we have here?” She turned around to peer at him with plain white eyes.“Is it the Son who left his poor Mother to survive all alone, while he stayed with his well ...
Debbie: Kate’s funeral was beautifully up lifting. You and your family were exceptionally gracious to all of us in attendance. I would love to share the rewrite of Twinkle Twinkle that her siblings read in eulogy, if you care to share it. It was equally touching and so very true. Who...
We couldn’t even have a funeral. Nothing I feel really makes sense. It’s like he did it to me. I live it over and over. I’m terrified in the dark, and I feel like he’s coming after me, and I’d almost welcome it.” ”Grief plays with your head,” he said. ”I lost...
Alice wants to hold a funeral for me, which is disconcerting because I’m not dead. But humans, like all aliens—and certainly all single-forms—have their own idiosyncrasies. My first story inClarkesworldand my glorious return to science fiction! (It’s uh. Been a while, honestly.) “...
“Sorry, I’m __12__ quite drunk.I attended a funeral(葬礼) but my family left earlier, so I decided to __13__ home.I’m Ryan,” he said and offered me his __14__. Along the way we had a __15__ talk.He told me he had buried his uncle, and that he was a tr...
I can hardly express how grateful I am for your attendance at my brother’s funeral. It was so good of you to take the time to be with me and my family. Your kindness and compassion mean a great deal to us. Sincerely, ___ We hope the real-life...