1.   Sharon lost her mother when she was very young.

2.   Although the interviewees come from varied backgrounds and lost their mothers under differing circumstances, Davidman says, there are common themes in their stories.

3.   Anderson lost his mother to a tragically swift battle with cancer the summer before his junior year in high school.

4.   As I waved goodby to Mary, I suddenly felt like a child who had lost its mother in a department store.

5.   Besides losing his mother during his rookie season, he also lost his sister, Janice, to illness and his fiancee to an auto accident.

6.   A few years ago, he became unofficial big brother to young Sheena McCullum, who had lost her mother.

7.   A common coping response for adolescents who lose their mother is to idealize her memory, Davidman says.

8.   A year later he lost his mother.

9.   All urged the judge to spare the life of a man whose son and daughter have already lost their mother.

10.   Court records portray Ismael Vasquez as a petty thief with a drug habit who lost his mother too early.