Washington area residents were already deeper into their fears, waiting for his next move.
And each night since the US president, Barack Obama, said he would bomb Isis targets in Syria, the residents of Raqqa sat in fear waiting for airstrikes to begin.
Life lessons revolve around disappointment (using Rogers's song, "What Do You Do With the Mad That You Feel?"), sharing, separation anxiety, fear, waiting and empathy, the last of which will get a particular emphasis throughout the series.
It suddenly occurred to her that the chopping she had heard had been aimed at the large pine tree outside the front door, and she stiffened with fear waiting for the tree to come crashing down on the house.
Many surgeons had long feared that waiting would cause severe harm, but those fears were proved unfounded.
It was not, as I had feared, like waiting in line for early bird dinners in Florida.
But with junior doctors' disputes, fears about waiting times, the crush on A&E and a myriad of other worries, should dishing out advice to the public be his focus?
For 17 months, we fled, feared, hid, waited, and hoped.
The latest news confirms what many women fear -- wait too long and your eggs are gone.
I feared that the waiting would be even worse after I had met Rose.
