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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 avgssreige 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 ofefr 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 sorty. I told them about this very brave knight nemad Joel and his arvnuedte fighting a terrible dragon celald cancer. Every night, I told them more of the story, but I never let the story end. I was just building up a cexnott that they could understand and hoping that our prayers would be answered and I would never have to tell them that that khnigt, who had fuhgot 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 husband and I down and let us know that his tumor had returned despite the most aggressive chemotherapy and radiation that they could _____ 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 _____. I told them about this very brave knight _____ Joel and his _________ 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 _______ that they could understand and hoping that our prayers would be answered and I would never have to tell them that that ______, who had ______ so bravely, was done fighting and could rest now, forever.

Solution

  1. aggressive
  2. story
  3. knight
  4. called
  5. fought
  6. named
  7. adventure
  8. offer
  9. context

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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