None of us lives in isolation. We’re in it together. And some conflict along the way is inevitable. But our highest priority, when all is said and done, has to be commitment to each other...

I believe a family can be like that sports team. A successful family wins as a team. But if its members are intent upon winning their own individual battles with one another, the team loses....

I’m not the boss of my house. I don’t know how I lost it, I don’t know when I lost it, I don’t really think I ever had it. But I’ve seen the boss’s job…and...

I was the problem and the solution.

Sometimes family is just not what you were born into.

You can’t forget how important coming together is, whether it be a mom and a son, a dad and a daughter, whether the family be ten people, or twenty people, or a million people. Dinnertime...

I suppose men, even myself, are perpetually boys. The sons of parents who provide the staples of what makes up a life— a home, an example of what it means to be human, however fucked...

Son, make this world a better place with that beautiful mind of yours. And when you have a family of your own, love them beyond measure even when it means letting them be free to...

Adoption is grief in reverse.

The thing about families, Arlo thought, was that there was always some question nobody wanted to answer for you, and it was like a stray thread pulling loose in a sweater. You could tug at...

The most important parts of building a family are “God’s Love” and “Meaningful Friendships.

Your best is good enough.

Family, friends and relationships are the blessings of the God. They are the best way to access God.

nor shall such an outbreak ever be welcomed in the eyes of your family. If you have sentiments within you that are unpleasant or uncharitable, let them fall stillborn to the ground.

Every family has a destiny to fulfill….Every child is the future of his or her family and nation at large….Every father is a hero to his son (child)…..Fathers are you truly heroes to your children….check...

I’ve never gotten a love letter before. But reading these notes like this, one after the other, it feels like I have. It’s like . . . it’s like there’s only ever been Peter. Like...

Life is colorful, but B&W is just as beautiful

When I’m naked, I can see my heart beating.

A man’s heart does not love like a woman’s, Lorelei. Logren would lay down and die if he thought his death would save your life because you are his sister, but his tongue is not...

We co-existed in peaceful detachment

My brother trolled recovery and support groups, searching for women with dependency issues, the way I frequented bookstores with the hope of finding a well-adjusted, intelligent woman. Between us, his record was more stellar, his...

Okay. Some things were made of hope. But not this thing. This thing he was doing, that was made of surrender. He did it anyway. At least when you surrendered, you had time to kiss...

When a woman once asked Joe how he could come from such a magnificent home and such a good family and still become a gangster, Joe’s answer was two-pronged: (a) he wasn’t a gangster, he...

Controlling others is the cornerstone of dysfunctional families.

I think I rescued myself.

Many people listen, but never hear, some hear only what they want to hear. A few people but listen, because they want to hear, and then they understand, they needeed to listen.

To receive many blessings, read to your children from the womb to the tomb.

When you love someone, show them in words AND deeds. To hear you’re loved is nice but to feel loved is incredible.

When you’re sorting yourself out, family are not often the ones you can turn to. They represent the place of departure and not the place of arrival.

Money is just a form of trade to buy your wants, but it cannot be there for your needs in as much as the loving people around you.

When people related by blood were so careful with each other, when they were so very polite, there was soon nothing left to say. Only niceties that meant so little they might as well have...

HAPPINESS IS ONLY REAL WHEN ALL GOODs AND BADs SHARED WITHIN AND RESOLVED AS ONE FAMILY, MAY YOU ALL STAY BLESSED !!

Blood can help make family, but family often transcends blood.

love is never blind, because love is always aware and if you’re never aware, you will always be blind.

I had always liked staying the night with other families, having your own room with a freshly made bed, full of unfamiliar objects, with a towel and a washcloth nicely laid out, and from there...

Every family is a family of alligators.

I found myself stuck into a Gertrude’s Dream Waltz universe. Like Gertrude, I was trapped inside a body that bellied little of the person inside, while simultaneously ensnared in a home filled with people that...

Sometimes opposites attract, or so they say, but Paloma and Rocío were like arroz and mangú: they didn’t really mix well.

Family we cannot always choose, but it sure is fun to try and make them laugh during dinners. Especially when they are trying to eat their soup.

Places are supposed to look smaller when you go back to them, but my road just looked schizoid. A couple of the houses had had nifty little makeovers involving double glazing and amusing faux-antique pastel...

…Families are Forever, and wondered if the slogan was meant as a promise or a threat.

Twenty years after we had left so fierce and proud, we were all right back where we had started, yoked to each other and the same old drama.

Trust means there is no question.If there is no question then no need for any answer,which means complete balance.Always keep in your mind trust is the base for any kind of relationship.

Strong nations are built on SOLID HOMES not big houses

A Leader has no ego, but is followed by some, who become less, and less, and less.

Every moment of our lives we make choices. Most we don’t even know we’re making, they’re so dull or routine or automatic. Some are beyond explanation—like my mom choosing Wyatt’s memory over Dad and me.

Often the right path is the one that may be hardest for you to follow. But the hard path is also the one that will make you grow as a human being.

But wasn’t there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didn’t seem fair.

Anyway, it was Oscar who called me to remind me that our nephew, Lydia’s son Garnett, was turning eleven years old. Fuck my life. I hated that kid. He smelled like asparagus, and he sweated...

Sarene finally released him, wiping her eyes, disappointed in herself for crying again. Kiin simply placed a large hand on her shoulder and led her into the dining room, where the rest of the family...