TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: My father passed away. A week later, we had his memorial service and was a difficult time for my family.

SOLUTION: Today my family gathered in a small town. It has been years since we have all been in the same place at the same time. Usually seeing long lost relatives is a joyous occasion for most families. We aren't most families. Usually, we don't all get along. Today wasn't usual. Today we gathered to pay our respect to one of the most complicated men most of us have ever known. Today, we all supported each other and consoled one another in the name of my Dad. My dad passed away a week ago and today was his memorial. This has been a difficult week. Trying to grasp the fact that he is gone has been tough, but today was the worst. We had an open casket. He looked so strange, it was him and yet not him I watched as some of my family broke down into tears, some quietly. Others held it in. I felt I had to be strong for my own little family. My children will never again get to see their grandpa. I will never again get to see my dad, yet as a dad, I couldn't let me kids watch me break down completely. After today, all that will be left him is his belongings and his ashes.

PROBLEM: I retired five months ago and am as happy as I've ever been. Not only can i do what i want to do, but i spend four days a week with my two year old granddaughter. Things are so good for me now; it's a feeling i have never had before.

SOLUTION: At the age of 63, i can honestly say that i'm as happy as i've ever been. I retired from full time employment at the end march; my sources of income now are my pension , my social security, and my m-turk work. i am living a life now that i have never lived before. i compare my situation, although not totally comparable, but to a prisoner who gets out of jail. for forty years i worked at jobs that i didn't enjoy and/or were low paying, i was doing work that was too difficult for me; was unstable, etc. so when i retired, it was like starting a new life. i thought i'd like my "new life," but the fact is i love it; things are too good to be true. not only don't i have to work anymore, but i get to spend four full days a week with my wonderful 2 year old granddaughter, Kinsley. this is because my wife runs a small day care center right here in our house so Kinsley spends eight full hours here four days a week. I can not express in words how much i love Kinsley. I have one daughter but when she was young i was very distracted with a few problems that involved my job as well as some personal issues. i didn't spend nearly as much time with my daughter as i wish i had when she was very young. Spending all this time with my granddaughter, therefore, is a whole new experience. watching her grow; being amazed as she does new things almost every day...amazing. every grandparent brags about how smart their grandchildren are so i'll do the same...Kinsley is so intelligent that it almost scares me. and she is so happy! and no wonder with loving relatives around her all the time. besides all this, as a person who had suffered from insomnia for many years, the fact that i can now sleep when i want, with no pressure of alarm clocks or whether i got adequate sleep, it is amazing that i have no more of those pressures. i hardly even need an alarm clock. i don't have to worry about whether a job can provide coverage if i want to call in sick. i don't have to worry about driving in bad weather as i had to so often in the winter here in central new york state where we sometimes get pounded with snow storms. i also love listening to my CDs and i recently became a frank sinatra fan; better late than never. and i enjoy the company of my wonderful, supportive wife. so all in all, things are great. i paid 40 years worth of dues and i earned my freedom.

PROBLEM: I discovered a product at costco that offered tremendous hope for my medical issue. It is a special kind of cheese with a special kind of ingredient. It provided massive relief from this aforementioned medical issue, and my body was able to return to normal after consuming it.

SOLUTION:
I've been dealing with a chronic, "incurable" medical condition for around 16 years, but recently, I've discovered something that might be a potential cure. They say food is the best medicine, and I found, perhaps serendpitiously, a product at Costco that provided great relief from this medical condition, which can now be classified as parasitic infection according to my recent blood work results. It happened roughly 2 months ago, but I will describe in detail what the product is and why it helps my condition. Looking at it from a broader perspective, this event was magnificent and a relief, as it offers tremendous hope for the future, and for others that may have similar woes. Whilst browsing for cheeses in the cheese isle at costco, there was a particular brand that stood out to me. It said, "New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese" on the package label. What is so special about New York extra sharp cheddar cheese, I thought. I've tried so many cheddar cheese brands before, but with little to no benefit. It turns out that this particular one uses annatto as a food coloring. In general food coloring is regarded as detrimental to one's health, but annatto is unique. It doubles both as a spice and a food coloring agent. The spice is mild and not usually detectable by our bodies. After eating this cheese, something special happened. The parasites that have been plaguing me for decades started imploding and there was a mass exodus that I do not wish to describe in detail, but it involved running to the bathroom 30-40 times in the span of 5 hours. But why? Why did this agent work when so many other expensive medical treatments and anti-parasitic medicines have failed in the past? In this case, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. All the individual components of the cheese are important. Annatto is an anti-parasitic agent according to the medical literature. It offers numerous benefits in terms of health and is a relatively common spice used in cooking. Combined with the minuscule amount of milk sugar in the cheese, often referred to as whey, the overall effect is synergistic.