- Great Relationship
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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
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned to cook because I want to know about the food and the ingredients going into my family's bodies.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was heavily in the arts; my entire family, they're all musicians and draw. They have much more artistic talent than me!
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family has spent 400 years farming on the banks of the Rio Grande. We know the value of hard work, love of the community, love for water and land.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a doctor and surgeon. He was the fifth generation of his family to become a doctor.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, you were told that if you had a skill, you would find a job for life and you could bring up a family on the wage.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very lucky to have a strong support system with my friends and my family. They have kept me grounded.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
So I delegate a lot and I make my family come first, my husband and our kids.
- Family History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many different elements to surfing. Small waves, big waves, long boards, short boards. This makes it a sport you can share with people. It's not just a solitary thing - it's become a family thing, too. It's about exercising and passing something on from father to son, and from mother to daughter.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt lost in endless spools of social media. All the while, emails by the thousands were piling up, phone calls were getting lost in the mix, and messages from the most important people in my life were getting drowned out in the din. I was more responsive to comments on Instagram than to my own closest friends and family.
- Great Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a great family and great friends, and I think that they'll keep me grounded.
- Nov 07, 2020