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From the Ted Talk by Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ...

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If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom," she's going to call me "Point B," because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me.

And I'm going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands so she has to lraen the enrtie usreinve before she can say, "Oh, I know that like the back of my hand."

And she's going to learn that this life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the tstae of air. There is hurt, here, that cannot be fixed by Band-Aids or portey.

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If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom," she's going to call me "Point B," because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me.

And I'm going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands so she has to _____ the ______ ________ before she can say, "Oh, I know that like the back of my hand."

And she's going to learn that this life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the _____ of air. There is hurt, here, that cannot be fixed by Band-Aids or ______.

Solution


  1. learn
  2. entire
  3. taste
  4. poetry
  5. universe

Original Text


If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom," she's going to call me "Point B," because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me.

And I'm going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, "Oh, I know that like the back of my hand."

And she's going to learn that this life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air. There is hurt, here, that cannot be fixed by Band-Aids or poetry.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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spoken word 5
bowery poetry 3
rain boots 2
giant girl 2
poetry club 2
high school 2
diary page 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
bowery poetry club 2

Important Words


  1. air
  2. backs
  3. call
  4. daughter
  5. entire
  6. face
  7. find
  8. fixed
  9. hand
  10. hands
  11. hard
  12. hit
  13. hurt
  14. kick
  15. knocked
  16. learn
  17. life
  18. lungs
  19. matter
  20. paint
  21. poetry
  22. remind
  23. solar
  24. stomach
  25. systems
  26. taste
  27. universe
  28. wait
  29. wind