A few days after we came home from the hospital, I sent a letter to a friend, including a photo of my son and some first impressions of fatherhood. He responded, simply, ‘Everything is possible...

An obedient child learns from the example of an obedient parent.

If it is perfectly acceptable for a widow to disfigure herself or commit suicide to save face for her husband’s family, why should a mother not be moved to extreme action by the loss of...

What the color is, who the daddy be, who the mama is don’t mean nothin’. We a family, carin’ for each other. Family make us strong in times of trouble. We all stick together, help...

But even if every house looked identical-if all the furnishings were the same- it still wouldn’t feel like yours.That’s because home isn’t where you are. It’s who you’re with.

…it is love, imperfect and unordered, that keeps them apart, even as it holds them somehow together…

Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.

What we are now witnessing in the 21st century is the fracture or complete breakdown of families, societies, and governments as a result of centuries of dehumanization that have taken a toll. More natural disasters...

İki tip çocuk vardı: Biri sonuna kadar gözyaşlarına boğulmayı tercih eder, ama tabağındaki pırasayı yemeye mahkum olur. Diğeri ise ne yapacağını biliyordur. Küçük, anlaşılmayacak bir samimiyete indirgenmiş ani bir kusma refleksi ve patates kızartması beş...

The soldier had stamped my passport FAMILY in heavy black capital letters and I checked it now for reassurance and because I liked how fierce the word looked

One of my favorite things: good conversation with good friends.

My dear nephew was only in his sixth year when I came to be detached from the family circle. But this did not hinder John and I from remaining the most affectionate friends, and many...

To know what should be going on in a household: spend a few minutes with the wife, or, the husband. To know what’s really going on: spend a few minutes with their kid(s).

In family matters you can get over anything. That’s one thing you’ll learn as an adult. There’s a lot you have to learn which is a lot worse than that. You’d never think of forgiving...

My stepfather, John O’Hara, was the goodest man there was. He was not a man of many words, but of carefully chosen ones. He was the one parent who didn’t try to fix me. One...

I love religion only when it can strengthen my family.

One must love God first, and only then can one love one’s closest of kin and neighbors. We must not be idols to one another, for such is not the will of God.

Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you’d rather not.

I do not concern myself with my inability to feel such comfort amidst humans (other than with very few friends and family), but, rather, am simply thankful that at least dogs exist, and I’m humbly...

Watching someone you love die is like driving through a fog. You know you’re headed somewhere but you can’t see your hand in front of your face; you’re so focused on steering without crashing that...

The tatters of old stories are tangled, weathered, muted by long-held silences that succeeded loud feuds, and sometimes no doubt re-dyed a more flattering color.

We talk about social service, service to the people, service to humanity, service to others who are far away, helping to bring peace to the world – but often we forget that it is the...

Everything have a foundation, even your fame; It started as little support from your family and immediate friends; Don’t forget that because they saw the raw talent before everyone saw the polished act. Stay True...

To be part of a family, or any community, is to have duties and responsibility, to be bound by the rules of that group.

This is my country, that is your country; these are the conceptions of narrow souls – to the liberal minded the whole world is a family.

Perfectionist parents seem to operate under the illusion that if they can just get their children to be perfect, they will be a perfect family. They put the burden of stability on the child to...

Just thinking of your laughter gives me courage. . .

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

Our fights should really be for the mission of the church and the mission of the family instead of trying to have bigger churches or better families. When it comes to entities that god has...

Sometimes, the people that love you the most turn out to be the people you will trust the least.

There are so many battles worth fighting for. The ones not worth fighting are the insecure battles that rage in another person’s mind.

Since that night I have come to understand that sometimes the best families of all are those we create ourselves, the people we choose to be with.

But the fantasy kingdom and trappings of success soon lost their luster, as I discovered that the most prestigious and remunerative of my resume’s way stations was also the most tedious and unfulfilling I had...

It takes more than wings to release one from the bonds of kinship.

Live a life that leaves a memory, nobody can steal.

The pleasures of living is loving!

if it seems you can’t forgive remember how much you’ve been forgiven

Judging Natalie as my mother had judged me was, I felt like telling her son, just my ass-backward way of showing love. I’d spent my life trying to translate that language, and now I realized...

If you want to draw some advantage from your history, you must accept not only this miracle but also many others. In memory, everything can become miraculous. All you have to do is wish it,...

Contentment isn’t something that just happens to you, Regan Lee, it’s a choice. You have to want exactly what you have.

We both lacked the same thing in our childhoods – the love of a father… We both sought to fill that lack in our adult lives with family and love, as everyone does, but also...

Jealousy clings to love’s underside like bats to a bridge.

Motherhood is a blissful chain…I have a mother – my precious gift…I am a mother – the best of my kind!

I write to get ideas out of my head

Maybe it’s time to stop being a soldier and go home to be a father. And a husband for Deanna. I’m not sure how.

A true diamond never over shadows… it’s the brilliance of the subtle shine that’s the most attractive.

Kujamiiana si anasa tena katika maisha yangu. Ni hitaji muhimu kwa ujenzi wa familia.

So what do we do?””We do what all families do. Grin, bear it, and pass the mashed potatoes.

I thought back to that precious moment … when he’d first pulled me into his arms. How strong I’d felt. That same feeling of strength had washed over me afresh when Twila and the other...

The world talks to the mind. Parents speak more intimately; they talk to the heart.