Was there anything quite so painful, so fraught with the possibilities of hurt, as gift giving within a family?

You and your siblings are the most precious part of my life. And of all my children, you have the most potential to go anywhere you wish in this world – your test scores and...

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me..Phil 3:14

If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

A small world where people know each other, and still so deep, able to get lost.

A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

In the fall he picked up his phone one afternoon to hear Grandma Lynn.’Jack,’ my grandmother announced, ‘I am thinking of coming to stay.’ My father was silent, but the line was riddled with his...

I recently consulted to a therapist who felt he had accomplished something by getting his dissociative client to remain in her ANP throughout her sessions with him. His view reflects the fundamental mistake that untrained...

Family isn’t blood. It’s the people who love you. The people who have your back.

But without a family, a man is nothing.

You feel love when it touches you

A loving mother makes sacrifices for peace and laughter to reign in her home and family.

People need space; families need air; love needs light. Like Mrs. Anastagio always said, ―You need enough rooms to love someone properly.

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

It’s very hard to grow up in a perfect family when you’re not perfect.

Mom always said too much chocolate is like having too much love—you can’t get enough-Geraldine Solon, Chocolicious

Just be happy. And if you can’t be happy, do things that make you happy. Or do nothing with people that make you happy.

Human interaction. The most complicated form of happiness I will never figure out.

…we should be grateful for them because without our family—the ancestors we descend from, the cousins we see once a year, the loves our lives we see every day—life is pretty boring.

We are not defined by belief or by faith nor religion.We are the family of God.

You don’t turn your back on family, even when they do.

From the ages of 8-18, me and my family moved around a lot. Mostly we would just stretch, but occasionally one of us would actually get up to go to the fridge.

I had to hand it to him, leaving the empty glove lying on the bed was an apt metaphor for love. Two things I can say about my grandpa are that he is wise, and...

Grandmother pointed out my brother Perry, my sister Sarah, and my sister Eliza, who stood in the group. I had never seen my brother nor my sisters before; and, though I had sometimes heard of...

Your ancestors are rooting for you.

Under this aura of perfection he knows how flawed he really is but his intact denial system keeps this awareness suppressed in the far recesses of his mind.

More people are leaving TV behind to read my books than ever before. In the last year alone I gained over two readers (three, to be exact). So I’d like to take a moment and...

…just when you think there isn’t any left inside to give, an indestructable inner strength is borne…

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.

She gave me money to buy condoms, and instead I bought a book of baby names.

When the food runs out, the family reunion is over. It’s cool that out of all my relatives, I’m the only cannibal.

We’re distant cousins. He’s my first cousin, but he’s 5,000 miles away. And he doesn’t talk much.

My dad always used to tell me __________________. My dad never told me anything. He had nothing to say, and even less to say to me.

My mom died. Then my dad died. I’ll try to do better next time.

I am somebody’s son, and I know a guy I call “Dad.” Those two things are unrelated.

People are like chains, the closer they are, the stronger they become.

Houses are built brick-by-brick. HOMEs are built word-by-word. Houses don’t build themselves. So YOU must build your home

It struck me that the beauty we attribute to children isn’t something they have that we don’t. It’s something they do, which we have long since stopped doing—just describing things as we see them, the...

I’m your father, Silverkit, and that means I will always keep my promises.

Happiness [is] only real when shared

Life is the only thing which can never be replaced when lost.

I know family comes first, but shouldn’t that mean after breakfast?

Some things in life are certain; death, taxes, and that your family will piss you off.

It is not by blood, anyhow, that man’s true continuity is established: Alexander’s direct heir is Caesar, and not the frail infant born of a Persian princess in an Asiatic citadel; Epaminondas, dying without issue,...

Whoa, that’s the kind of little sister I can dig!” said Edison.”Yes, we’re all alike,” I said. “We cover for you, we lie for you, we take the heat for you. We clean up your...

Leah: I want those gubs Mommy.Kate: They’re not ‘gubs’ they’re ‘gloves’Aaden and Leah try and say glovesLeah: Gloves!Kate: Good job!Aaden: Gubs!Kate: No

When you make a commitment, you build trust. when you keep it, you build trust.

Those who care about me will forget me but, those who love me will never let go of me.

I’m sure it’s not any wish of mine that I’m born with inclinations for better things. If I could be born again, and had the designing of myself, I’d be born the lowest and coarsest-minded...

I hope this book will inspire the kitchen con-artist in you, increase fruit and veggie consumption in your family, and motivate you to become an Accidental Cook. Pass it on!