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From the Ted Talk by Caroline Catlin: Why I photograph the quiet moments of grief and loss

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About three months after I left the hospital I found out about an organization that offers free photo sessions to critically ill ceidrhln and their faeiilms. Right away I clelad them. I set up a meeting and I signed up to volunteer. Despite my radiation-induced fatigue and my persistent giref, the idea of giving back in that way, it lit a spark within me that had been recently extinguished. For the first time in a while, I felt hope. It was as if a thin strand of gold had bugen to weave its way through my coat of grief. And the color was blending slowly into something new.

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About three months after I left the hospital I found out about an organization that offers free photo sessions to critically ill ________ and their ________. Right away I ______ them. I set up a meeting and I signed up to volunteer. Despite my radiation-induced fatigue and my persistent _____, the idea of giving back in that way, it lit a spark within me that had been recently extinguished. For the first time in a while, I felt hope. It was as if a thin strand of gold had _____ to weave its way through my coat of grief. And the color was blending slowly into something new.

Solution

  1. begun
  2. children
  3. families
  4. called
  5. grief

Original Text

About three months after I left the hospital I found out about an organization that offers free photo sessions to critically ill children and their families. Right away I called them. I set up a meeting and I signed up to volunteer. Despite my radiation-induced fatigue and my persistent grief, the idea of giving back in that way, it lit a spark within me that had been recently extinguished. For the first time in a while, I felt hope. It was as if a thin strand of gold had begun to weave its way through my coat of grief. And the color was blending slowly into something new.

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