- Haitian
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- Nov 07, 2020
Family Quotes
On heritage, closeness and the pull of family.
These quotes touch on family in different forms: a sports club described as having a family feel, and personal reflections on growing up within a close, sometimes insular, family circle. For devotional lines on family, see our Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Step
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important.
- Fruitless
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- Nov 07, 2020
From 1970 onwards, our culture told both sexes that individual expression was paramount. And for women, that was defined as the right to choose an interesting a career, a high-status mate, the desirable handbag or vacation, the perfect family size, and a definitionally fruitless quest for 'perfection.'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've lived in Kansas for more than thirty years, and for half of those, I was part of a ranching family, so I'm writing about things I know and love.
- Great Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Bill Engvall Show' is a comedy about a middle-class family in the Midwest. It's a great family show to watch if you want to laugh and unwind.
- Family Planning
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should not be forced to have an ultrasound against her will.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's been great having such a supportive family.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't predict when a crisis might hit your family, whether it's with an elderly parent or with your children.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright would baptize Obama, perform his marriage to Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, baptize their daughters, and draw him into the raucous, restless family of faith that Obama had never known before.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. In fact, the word 'marriage' would actually give me a shake when it was brought up.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020