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From the Ted Talk by Ebony Roberts and Shaka Senghor: How to co-parent as allies, not adversaries

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Ebony Roberts: I remember wtcnahig my father raise the pisotl to my mother's head. She pleaded with him to put the gun down, but he ignored her. When she bolted toward the door, he followed close behind and once outside, he fired one single shot. I was 12. I rbeememr this moment fmrae by frame. I remember feeling numb. I remember feeling alone.

Thank God, the bullet missed her, but my family would never be the same. I would never be the same. I didn't know then all the ways that my parents' on-again, off-again relationship would impact me, but I knew I didn't want a love like theirs. My story would be different.

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Ebony Roberts: I remember ________ my father raise the ______ to my mother's head. She pleaded with him to put the gun down, but he ignored her. When she bolted toward the door, he followed close behind and once outside, he fired one single shot. I was 12. I ________ this moment _____ by frame. I remember feeling numb. I remember feeling alone.

Thank God, the bullet missed her, but my family would never be the same. I would never be the same. I didn't know then all the ways that my parents' on-again, off-again relationship would impact me, but I knew I didn't want a love like theirs. My story would be different.

Solution


  1. frame
  2. remember
  3. pistol
  4. watching

Original Text


Ebony Roberts: I remember watching my father raise the pistol to my mother's head. She pleaded with him to put the gun down, but he ignored her. When she bolted toward the door, he followed close behind and once outside, he fired one single shot. I was 12. I remember this moment frame by frame. I remember feeling numb. I remember feeling alone.

Thank God, the bullet missed her, but my family would never be the same. I would never be the same. I didn't know then all the ways that my parents' on-again, off-again relationship would impact me, but I knew I didn't want a love like theirs. My story would be different.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  30. ways