For most people it's also a time of year when we still generously give and gratefully receive physical gifts, as opposed to virtual ones.
"I can't believe at 66 I'm still doing this," she gratefully told her hometown crowd.
The woman, still dizzy with exhaustion, nodded gratefully.
And sometimes, even when there is opportunity, those who seize it — gratefully and productively — still meet resistance.
Oz started over: "If we could find the old you, would that be saving your life?" He assured her that he would help "chip away the part of you that you don't want, and you will find that the old you, the real you, is hidden inside". The woman, still dizzy with exhaustion, nodded gratefully.
However with Global Climate Change bringing about more extreme weather contrasts – from 6o to 20 degrees… Although the days are gratefully longer, we are still suffering Winter's cold chill.
Even today, I still sometimes carry that backpack," recalls Sara gratefully.
Any suggestions gratefully received" Lads, You're not still trying to do that?
My eyes fall gratefully on a familiar sight: the pharmacy, still on its corner.
Still, my mind wandered, and at night on the couch I reached gratefully for a hardcover.
There are still laughs, but also glimpses of real human grief, before the welcome, gratefully received happy ending.
