7,080 Quotes About Family

Our siblings push buttons that cast us in roles we felt sure we had let go of long ago - the baby, the peacekeeper, the caretaker, the avoider.... It doesn't seem to matter how much time has elapsed or how far we've traveled.

AMELIA: To my daughter, if you ever date anyone like the men I write, I will kick your *ss up between your ears and you will walk sideways for a month, but I’ll still love you.

AMELIA: To my friends, and family: You all may be batsh*t crazy, but even if I got to choose, I’d still choose to be with you. Life is fragile, and tomorrow is never a sure thing, so thanks for sharing your lives with me.....

It is a blessing: when a family: gets together, rotates holidays, has strong marriages, sons to carry on the family name, daughters to keep it growing, money to afford a living... but most important of all is being close to God and having a good faith.

To last, a marriage and family must be built on love—love for God, and love for one another.

It's so important, so comforting, to have lampposts in this world who can light the way.

Maybe becoming a spiritually healthy family is not about becoming a perfect family but rather following a perfect God together. And in doing so, to find peace with Him, our pasts, and our family members.

...there was alienation in the standing consciousness that his squareness would not fit the round hole that had been prepared for him.

The Sewing Machine CharmTo A Life Bound by Family, The Thread That Ties Us All Together