Read the given summary of events, and write a longer story which covers everything described in the summary. The story you write should be longer than the summary you read, but should not repeat itself. The story should be made up of sentences which form a cohesive and logical sequence of events, and should be long enough to fill two or more paragraphs. Do not omit any details which were given by the summary. Make the story such that the summary is an accurate characterization of the paragraphs you write. Adding extra details in your story which are not mentioned in the summary is okay as long as they don't contradict anything in the summary.

Q: We celebrated my mom's birthday together this year and I really wanted to make her feel special. She told us that was the first time someone bought her a cake and did a celebration for her. We heard that and we were in tears together.

A: Today I was thinking back to mom's birthday. It was about five weeks ago now, but it still brings a smile to my face when I think about it. I still can't believe that we pulled off the surprise party! Things got a little sketchy when she said she wan't really feeling like going out to dinner, but they came full circle when I worked my puppy dog eye magic and she went any way. I still got it. When we got to our usual restaurant we walked in as usual but the hostess said they were expecting a large party so we'd have to sit in the back side of the restaurant. When we turned the corner - BAM - there was the whole family, just for mom! It was awesome to see the love that we all have for her and for her to be the star of the show for once. Her face was glowing and so were ours. We spent hours together at the restaurant with everyone that we love and then they brought the cake out... mom's favorite too. Ice cream cake! That's when the tears started flowing. She whispered in my ear that she never had a party for herself. She was always the one throwing parties. So needless to stay the tears poured down my face right along with her. Man do I love this woman. I can only hope to be half the woman she is.
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Q: My cousin recently passed away due to brain cancer. She was only 28 years old at the time and had been battling the cancer for the like 5 years. I attended her funeral with my parents, and the rest of my extended family.

A: Today was one of the saddest days of my life. It started early in the day, and my parents came by and picked me up at my house. Everyone was in a very somber mood, but it was sunny and quite warm. We drove out to a church about thirty minutes away near where my mom grew up, and while driving I couldn't help but think back to all the good memories I had with my cousin. She was always so happy and nice and just fun to be around. But now, that was all gone, and all I had were the memories that were going over in my mind. Arriving at the church and seeing all of my family, it was hard. It was just so sad, all of it. Seeing my aunt was the hardest part I think, but I knew then that she was strong and was going to be able to get past this. My uncle is an ordained pastor, so he was able to help with the service and I think that helped ease some of the pain. After the service we all went to the cemetery and gathered up on the hill in the shade. Seeing the final resting place really hit me hard, I started to cry much harder than I had been all day at that point. All of the memories and the final shock to my brain that she was never coming back, made me very sad, and made me miss her dearly. We then all met at a local place where they served a late lunch and we had some drinks. It was good to see so many of my family, but at the same time, so sad, because I thought that we shouldn't be seeing each other, at least not for this reason. I didn't really know how to feel when we left and I made it back home. I was deeply saddened, and just thought of how my aunt, uncle, and cousins felt. I know that life had changed for them forever, and now life was starting again without their dear one, and that hurt me again. But my family is strong, and stronger together, and I know we will get through this like we will any other tragedy that comes our way.
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Q: My close family all got together for a visit and had a great time. All of the little kids were there and we even saw a deer.

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I went to visit family for vacation at my sister's house. It was the first time in years that we had all gathered together and some of the younger children had never met before. It was a great time watching them all play together and get along. I helped with a lot of the cooking as I like that and am good at it. It was fun to go out in the woods with the kids and show them the river and we saw a deer. I played baseball with a few of the nephews. We went out to eat at a great restaraunt and had a great time. It was nice to catch up with my siblings and hang out like we used to. We had not all been together for a long time and we reminisced. It was a bit cold but did not snow and we built a fire outside one night and maybe drank a bit much. My parents enjoyed seeing all of the kids running around. It was a great time with my family and one we will repeat this year. We discussed renting a nice lake house or something a bit closer to everybody next time. It is hard to meet up often because we are all scattered out over the country. It was a good reminder of how lucky I am to have such a good family. I am looking forward to next time.
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