Kneeling beside my bed as a girl, head bowed, I'd fold my hands and repeat "God bless my sister," "God bless my brother," and so on, until I had prayed for every family member, pet, and friend.
We also asked about losses experienced by the child or adolescent and affecting her/him emotionally (such as loss of important person, family member, pet, peer, etc)., whether the child had experienced a stressful conflict within two weeks prior to death (with peers, school, parents or police) and if she/he had been bullied during the last years.
Members also push for increases in financing of certain accounts in a federal agency's budget and then forcefully request that the agency spend the money on the members' pet project.
Last month you dismissed them as council members' "pet projects" (editorial, May 31), and now (editorial, June 28), you complain about their not having been closed, calling them just as "unneeded" as the six firehouses that were closed.
And in a recent meeting of the senior House appropriators about proposals to curb their traditional power to grant earmarks, individual members' pet projects inserted into spending bills, Mr. Visclosky surprised his colleagues by voicing support for the idea, Democrats said.
He wants to reduce the amount of earmarks for Congressional members' pet projects.
And I'll admit that, when I said to the man drinking from a litre of Sunkist in the convenience store, "That is rude behavior," because he cut in line, and he cursed me and any immediate family members, pets, future children, or plants I may have, perhaps I "influenced" that man.
Submissions have included photos of friends, family members, pets, high school graduations, objects, and places that are too difficult to view again.
"Now is the time to gather your family members, pets and important documents in case you need to leave quickly," the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office warned people living in areas threatened by the fire.
The acquisition of new strains from other patients, medical care personnel, closed contacts, family members, pets or the environment, though not uncommon, appeared to play a minor role among the repeated MRSA infections observed in this setting.
Keep in touch with other family members pets -- after all, they're a part of the family!
