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...

The first person I knew who died was Beth March. I cried for three days.

Families can also be divided into subgroups with different values, perspectives, and and communication styles, even if a subgroup consists of only one individual.

Aw honey. Today’s as important as forever.” Grandpa Joe in “Shave and a Haircut” Flash Warden and Other Stories

The best way that a man could test his readiness to encounter the common variety of mankind would be to climb down a chimney into any house at random, and get on as well as...

Righteous moves,Invigorating spirits,Sharing believes, andEmpowering, just onelet’s you RISE, above all.

It wasn’t every day that I got to see him, but when I did I knew I was on the right path and that life, while still shifting, was always improving for the better.

As we age, we become our parents; live long enough and we see faces repeat in time.

If our family was an airline, Mom was the hub and we were the spokes. You rarely went anywhere nonstop; you went via Mom, who directed the traffic flow and determined the priorities: which family...

Letter writing can be seen as a gift because someone has taken his/her time to write and think and express love.

Sisters and brothers just happen, we don’t get to choose them, but they become one of our most cherish relationships.

Soon we will not need people anymore, as everything will be done by automatons, including bringing up children.

Take my hand Lena.” He offered and she knew he meant it in a way that went far beyond offering to help her stand.

Families living in dysfunction seldom have healthy boundaries. Dysfunctional families have trouble knowing where they stop and others begin.

She would seize every opportunity to dive into the bathroom, in a swirl of white towels, and once in there she was as hard to dislodge as a limpet from a rock.

The power of giving, is greater than the joy of receiving

She knew her place in this family, always had. Knew why she was conceived. And it wasn’t for a photo on the mantle.

We forget sometimes that parents–even uncles–have lives of their own. Worlds of their own. Sides of themselves we never see and never dream are there. Even when someone describes those lives to us, we can’t...

Life was good. Everything was going right. It was almost scaring him because usually when things were going this well it was the calm before the storm hit.

When my friends began to have babies and I came to comprehend the heroic labor it takes to keep one alive, the constant exhausting tending of a being who can do nothing and demands everything,...

Which meant it was time for the centerpiece of the celebration, the reason they were all gathered on Saturday, the weekly episode of what, as far as many of the Davidsons including Jody were concerned...

Probably there is nothing in human nature more resonant with charges than the flow of energy between two biologically alike bodies, one of which has lain in amniotic bliss inside the other, one of which...

You know, Dorothy, you can’t let people bring you down so easily or you’ll have your nose in the dirt for the rest of your life. From what I make of it, for every person...

That so many thousands of children around the world are available for adoption is a sign of our impoverished humanity. That so many persons around the world open their hearts and homes each year to...

…it isn’t things and proximity, or even blood that holds us all together. What makes a family is love and loyalty.

Remember when you discovered your father owned a book called “How To Disappear and Never Be Found?” You’re sure it was just research for new and creative ways of thinking, for concepts that might apply...

We sat like that for a long while, and when we stood up, all my sad things were in boxes, and Beck was my father.

Though I may accumulate a great deal of riches in this world, it is only my wealth of knowledge, talents, and emotional bonds that I keep when I leave.

Often, our misunderstandings about love are born in disruptive family relationships, where someone was either one-up or one-down to an extreme. There is an appropriate and necessary difference in the balance of power between parents...

My sister and I are so close that we finish each other’s sentences and often wonder who’s memories belong to whom.

And the reason he cannot bear her dying is not the loss of her (which is the future) but that dying puts the two of them (now) into this nakedness together that is unforgivable.

Family isn’t blood,” she said bitterly, continuing to back away. “Family is who loves you, who takes care of you.

Family is a permanent adhesive that creates a lifetime bond.

Rose leaned against the bathroom door. Here it was — her real life, the truth of who she was, barreling down on her like a bus with bad brakes. Here was the truth — she...

A friend is always good to have, but difficult to be.

And you, Mom. I loved you. You’ve asked if i felt and understood that you loved me. of course I did. And you know this. I loved your love because it kept me safe and...

Ladies if A Man is More Invested and Concerned About Your Assets….He Is A Liability

…I’m sorry you grew up without me and that fatherly moments came second hand like clothing and toys from your brothers…

No zone have a perfect Family, but my Family is perfect for Me

But we left camp after a while and we was driving in a real spooky place cause all the roads up near camp are dark and in the woods and we had to drive for...

Am I alone in this mother-food connection or does being with your mom trigger the sudden and voracious need for large amounts of mac & cheese, rice pudding, and the scraps along the side of...

You’re going to keep your mouth shut and I’m going togive you that Orgasm you asked for.” He thought for a moment she was going to tell him to get lost, but instead she leaned...

Boundaries represent awareness, knowing what the limits are and then respecting those limits.

Doubt is a lot like faith; A mustard’s seed worth changes everything.

It always starts with people’s disbelieve in other, because of their own shortage in visualising.When success had followed the one with the vision about, envy will haunt the people, without.

In my family strange is relative.

Life is filled with rhythms-day and night, hot and cold, summer and winter, spring and fall, cloudy and clear. Likewise in a relationship, men and women have their own rhythms and cycles.

I’d wrestled against the inner voice of my mother, the voice of caution, of duty, of fear of the unknown, the voice that said the world was dangerous and safety was always the first measure...

Energetic cords are unconscious – often sentimental or compulsive – emotional ties to past and present relationships, pre-conditioned by our wounds. They are made of toxic emotions such fear, guilt, blame, hatred, obligation, grasping need...

This is for the kids who know that the worst kind of fear isn’t the thing that makes you scream, but the one that steals your voice and keeps you silent.