But the painful reality is that there are many splits within the Christian family.

Let us not also forget the painful reality of stigma.

As winter comes along, lips that are cracked and dry can became a painful reality for months on end.

The injuries were crucial, the lack of hitting a painful reality.

On this vital matter, the president needs to look a painful reality squarely in the face.

Or is it just a way of hiding from painful reality?

You know, there are some hard and painful realities out there.

Cancer patients tend to blunt his or her experiences as a means of handling a painful reality.

But for most of the set, humor kept painful realities at bay.

Denial is often the first response to the most painful realities.