Not that anyone could see the real source of our grief, which was not my grandmother's absence but the limited time my mother now had to enjoy that absence.
For most 17-year-olds, the summer holidays are a chance to relax, see your friends, go abroad without your parents, and enjoy the absence of work.
She was gone, but I couldn't even enjoy her absence.
Let me know, so I can enjoy the absence of Pilates and, instead, run into students who are doing nothing more than exchanging ideas somewhere out on the quad.
The brief uses players' own words against them; some have said they were enjoying the absence of off-season workouts.
While the coalition has brought a greater degree of stability than Labour's minority government enjoyed, an absence of direction and competence pervades David Cameron's administration.
Lopez, who would have gone to the Orlando Magic in a trade for Howard, seemed to enjoy Howard's absence.
To the inexpert eye, it seemed a game best enjoyed in the absence of complete sobriety.
If one of these, titled "Reflecting Absence," enjoys an advantage over the others, that is because it has the greatest potential to be the least.
The ultimate irony, of course, is that had Barrett's crazy diamond edge remained unblunted, it is difficult to imagine Pink Floyd ever having the success they enjoyed in his absence.
In this case Judy's mission is to enjoy her summer despite the absence of her two closest friends and her parents, and the unwanted presence of younger brother, Stink, and her Aunt Opel.
