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From the Ted Talk by Amy Green: A video game to cope with grief
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In 2010, my third son, Joel, was diagnosed with a rare and aggevirsse brain tumor. And before that year was finished, doctors sat my hsaubnd and I down and let us know that his tumor had ruernted despite the most aggressive chemotherapy and radiation that they could offer him. On that tibrlree night, after learning that Joel had perhaps four months to live, I cuddled up with my two odler sons in bed — they were five and three at the time — and I never really knew how much they understood, so I started tnilelg them a bedtime story. I told them about this very brave knight named Joel and his adventure fighting a terrible dragon cllaed cancer. Every night, I told them more of the story, but I never let the story end. I was just building up a context that they could understand and hoping that our prayers would be answered and I would never have to tell them that that knight, who had foguht so bravely, was done fighting and could rest now, forever.
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In 2010, my third son, Joel, was diagnosed with a rare and __________ brain tumor. And before that year was finished, doctors sat my _______ and I down and let us know that his tumor had ________ despite the most aggressive chemotherapy and radiation that they could offer him. On that ________ night, after learning that Joel had perhaps four months to live, I cuddled up with my two _____ sons in bed — they were five and three at the time — and I never really knew how much they understood, so I started _______ them a bedtime story. I told them about this very brave knight named Joel and his adventure fighting a terrible dragon ______ cancer. Every night, I told them more of the story, but I never let the story end. I was just building up a context that they could understand and hoping that our prayers would be answered and I would never have to tell them that that knight, who had ______ so bravely, was done fighting and could rest now, forever.
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- called
- returned
- terrible
- older
- aggressive
- telling
- fought
- husband
Original Text
In 2010, my third son, Joel, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive brain tumor. And before that year was finished, doctors sat my husband and I down and let us know that his tumor had returned despite the most aggressive chemotherapy and radiation that they could offer him. On that terrible night, after learning that Joel had perhaps four months to live, I cuddled up with my two older sons in bed — they were five and three at the time — and I never really knew how much they understood, so I started telling them a bedtime story. I told them about this very brave knight named Joel and his adventure fighting a terrible dragon called cancer. Every night, I told them more of the story, but I never let the story end. I was just building up a context that they could understand and hoping that our prayers would be answered and I would never have to tell them that that knight, who had fought so bravely, was done fighting and could rest now, forever.
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