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From the Ted Talk by Nora McInerny: We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it

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By any measure, life is really, really good, but I haven't "moved on." I haven't moved on, and I hate that phrase so much, and I udrtsnaend why other people do. Because what it says is that Aaron's life and death and love are just moments that I can leave behind me — and that I probably should. And when I talk about Aaron, I slip so easily into the present tense, and I've always thought that made me wired. And then I noticed that everybody does it. And it's not because we are in denial or because we're forgetful, it's because the people we love, who we've lost, are still so present for us. So, when I say, "Oh, aaorn is ..." It's because Aaron still is. And it's not in the way that he was before, which was much better, and it's not in the way that churchy people try to tell me that he would be. It's just that he's indelible, and so he is present for me.

Open Cloze

By any measure, life is really, really good, but I haven't "moved on." I haven't moved on, and I hate that phrase so much, and I __________ why other people do. Because what it says is that Aaron's life and death and love are just moments that I can leave behind me — and that I probably should. And when I talk about Aaron, I slip so easily into the present tense, and I've always thought that made me _____. And then I noticed that everybody does it. And it's not because we are in denial or because we're forgetful, it's because the people we love, who we've lost, are still so present for us. So, when I say, "Oh, _____ is ..." It's because Aaron still is. And it's not in the way that he was before, which was much better, and it's not in the way that churchy people try to tell me that he would be. It's just that he's indelible, and so he is present for me.

Solution

  1. weird
  2. understand
  3. aaron

Original Text

By any measure, life is really, really good, but I haven't "moved on." I haven't moved on, and I hate that phrase so much, and I understand why other people do. Because what it says is that Aaron's life and death and love are just moments that I can leave behind me — and that I probably should. And when I talk about Aaron, I slip so easily into the present tense, and I've always thought that made me weird. And then I noticed that everybody does it. And it's not because we are in denial or because we're forgetful, it's because the people we love, who we've lost, are still so present for us. So, when I say, "Oh, Aaron is ..." It's because Aaron still is. And it's not in the way that he was before, which was much better, and it's not in the way that churchy people try to tell me that he would be. It's just that he's indelible, and so he is present for me.

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Important Words

  1. aaron
  2. churchy
  3. death
  4. denial
  5. easily
  6. forgetful
  7. good
  8. hate
  9. indelible
  10. leave
  11. life
  12. lost
  13. love
  14. measure
  15. moments
  16. moved
  17. noticed
  18. people
  19. phrase
  20. present
  21. slip
  22. talk
  23. tense
  24. thought
  25. understand
  26. weird