It's flu season, and Joann Pandolfi comes carrying a care package for me.
On Sunday, the commerce minister, Chen Deming, tried to reassure foreign companies that they were welcome to come "carry out investment and development".
Nobody's relying on a big corporate mother or father to come carry them and support them for years.
But these days, American officials come carrying baggage.
Down she came carrying her hat in her hand and her coat over her arm.
'There were five big men and two women who came carrying my children.
Friends came carrying pink signs that read "Say Yes!!" Family members started to introduce themselves to one another.
They come carrying notebooks and pictures of the dead, their hearts still aching, their minds filled with questions.
Female guerrillas have come carrying babies, and families have brought jungle pets: monkeys, pigs, river otters, and coatis.
They came carrying cases of frozen meat, downloaded episodes of their favorite TV shows, baby wipes and enough firepower to light up the surrounding mountains for three days.
