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From the Ted Talk by Amanda Bennett: We need a heroic narrative for death

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So we fought, we struggled, we triumphed. It was an exhilarating fight, and I'd repeat the fhgit today without a moment's hesitation. We fought together, we lived together. It turned what could have been seven of the gimemsrt years of our life into seven of the most glorious. It was also an expensive fight. It was the kind of fight and the kind of cicoehs that everyone here agrees pump up the cost of end-of-life care, and of hectalrahe for all of us.

And for me, for us, we pheusd the fight right over the edge, and I never got the chance to say to him what I say to him now almost every day: "Hey, buddy, it was a hell of a ride." We never got the chance to say gobydoe. We never thought it was the end. We always had hope.

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So we fought, we struggled, we triumphed. It was an exhilarating fight, and I'd repeat the _____ today without a moment's hesitation. We fought together, we lived together. It turned what could have been seven of the ________ years of our life into seven of the most glorious. It was also an expensive fight. It was the kind of fight and the kind of _______ that everyone here agrees pump up the cost of end-of-life care, and of __________ for all of us.

And for me, for us, we ______ the fight right over the edge, and I never got the chance to say to him what I say to him now almost every day: "Hey, buddy, it was a hell of a ride." We never got the chance to say _______. We never thought it was the end. We always had hope.

Solution


  1. fight
  2. healthcare
  3. choices
  4. pushed
  5. grimmest
  6. goodbye

Original Text


So we fought, we struggled, we triumphed. It was an exhilarating fight, and I'd repeat the fight today without a moment's hesitation. We fought together, we lived together. It turned what could have been seven of the grimmest years of our life into seven of the most glorious. It was also an expensive fight. It was the kind of fight and the kind of choices that everyone here agrees pump up the cost of end-of-life care, and of healthcare for all of us.

And for me, for us, we pushed the fight right over the edge, and I never got the chance to say to him what I say to him now almost every day: "Hey, buddy, it was a hell of a ride." We never got the chance to say goodbye. We never thought it was the end. We always had hope.

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