Make Fun Of Life! - Family

Welcome To Family

9/1/2025

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“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” -George Santayana (Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás (1863 - 1952)): “The Life of Reason” (1905)

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Family

7/24/2025

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Family

There’s a special kind of closeness
     That only families know,
That begins with childhood trust
     And deepens as you grow.

There’s a special kind of happiness
     In sharing little things,
The laughter, smiles, and quiet talks
     That daily living brings.

There’s a special kind of comfort
     In knowing your family’s there,
To back you up, to cheer you up
     To understand and care.

Of all the treasures life may bring,
     Your family means the most,
And whether near or far apart,
     That love will hold you close.

By Glenda Campbell

Do All That You Can

7/23/2025

Do All That You Can

“I can not do much,” said a little star,
     “To make this dark world bright;
My silvery beams can not pierce far
     Into the gloom of night;
Yet I am a part of God’s great plan,
     And so I will do the best that I can.”

“What can be the use,” said a fleecy cloud,
     “Of these few drops that I hold?
They will hardly bend the lily proud,
     If caught in her chalice of gold;
But I, too, am a part of God’s great plan,
     So my treasures I’ll give as well as I can.”

A child went merrily forth to play,
     But thought, like a silver thread,
Kept winding in and out all day
     Through the happy golden head -
“Mother said: ‘Darling, do all that you can,
     For you are a part of God’s great plan.”

She knew no more than the twinkling star,
     Or the cloud with its raincup full,
How, why, or for what all strange things are -
     She was only a child at school,
But she thought, “’Tis a part of God’s great plan,
     That even I should do all that I can.”

So she helped another child along
     When the way was rough to his feet,
And she sang from her heart a little song
     That we all thought wondrous sweet;
And her father - a weary, toil-worn man -
     Said, “I, too, will do the best that I can.”

By Margaret E. Sangster

Family Ties

7/22/2025

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Family Ties

Family ties are precious things,
     Woven through the years,
Of memories of togetherness,
     Of laughter, love and tears.

Family ties are cherished things,
     Forged in childhood days,
By love of parents, deep and true,
     And sweet familiar ways.

Family ties are treasured things,
     And far though we may roam,
The tender bonds with those we love,
     Still pull our hearts toward home.

By Virginia Moore

Love Between Brothers And Sisters

7/21/2025

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Love Between Brothers And Sisters

Whatever brawls disturb the street,
     There should be peace at home;
Where sisters dwell and brothers meet,
     Quarrels should never come.

Birds in their little nests agree;
     And ’tis a shameful sight,
When children of one family
     Fall out and chide and fight.

By Isaac Watts

Mr. Watts’ poem instructs siblings to love one another and not fight.

Isaac Watts was born on 17 July 1674 in Southampton, England. He was a Christian hymn writer, a theologian, and a logician. He is known for his more than 750 hymns, some of which are still sung in religious services. Isaac Watts passed on at 74 years of age on 25 November 1748 in Stoke Newington, England.

Home

9/9/2024

Home

Home is
     where you can be silent
     and still be heard . . .
When you can ask
     and find out
     who you are . . .
Where people laugh with you
     about yourself . . .
Where sorrow is divided
     and joy multiplied . . .
Where we share and love
     and grow.

By Author Unknown

Riches

8/30/2024

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Riches

They say that times were tough then,
     That money was very tight -
But I remember my childhood,
     And I know that can’t be right!

Mom would cook our dinner,
     Dad came home at five -
We were all sitting at the table,
     Waiting for him to arrive!

We wouldn’t eat from a microwave,
     Or a restaurant down the street -
We all ate Mom’s home cooking,
     And boy that can’t be beat!

We didn’t eat in front of the TV,
     Or with a phone in our hand -
We weren’t plugged into a stereo,
     Bopping to the latest band!

We would all sit at the table,
     Everyone in their place -
There were never any surprises,
     We recognized every face!

Brothers to the left of me,
     Sisters to the right -
That’s the way we ate dinner
     Every single night!

We laughed, we joked, we talked, we ate,
     We were a family, don’t you see -
Though some may have been raised poor,
     You can see it wasn’t me!

We ate collards, we ate biscuits,
     We ate fatback and black-eyed peas -
We said yes sir, we said no sir.
     We said thank you ma’am, and please!

So when you talk of family life,
     Or how it used to be -
Though many had more money,
     None were as rich as me!

By Jeanne D. Rhein

Song For A Little House

3/2/2024

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Song For A Little House

I’m glad our house is a little house,
     Not too tall nor too wide:
I’m glad the hovering butterflies
     Feel free to come inside.

Our little house is a friendly house,
     It is not shy or vain;
It gossips with the talking trees,
     And makes friends with the rain.

And quick leaves cast a shimmer of green
     Against our whited walls,
And in the phlox, the courteous bees
     Are paying duty calls.

By Christopher Darlington Morley

Christopher Darlington Morley was born on 5 May 1890 in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He became a journalist, a novelist, an essayist, a poet, a lecturer, and a producer of stage theater. He was a founder and long-time contributing editor of the “Saturday Review of Literature.” Christopher Darlington Morley passed on at 66 years of age on 28 March 1957 in Roslyn, New York, United States of America.

Homes And Families

5/4/2019

“The family is the nucleus of civilization.” -Will Durant (William James ‘Will’ Durant (1885 - 1981))

“In most homes, the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.” -Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)

“What makes a house a home are the people who live there.” -Author Unknown

“My dad, he’s a nuclear physicist, my mom, she’s a mathematician, my brother is a chemical engineer - and I like to color.” -Shashi Bhatia

“There is no synthetic replacement for a decent home life. Our high crime rate, particularly among juveniles, is directly traceable to a breakdown in moral fiber - to the disintegration of home and family life. Religion and home life are supplementary. Each strengthens the other. It is seldom that a solid and wholesome home life can be found in the absence of religious inspiration.” -J. Edgar Hoover (John Edgar Hoover (1895 - 1972)): as quoted in the “Christian Herald”

Father: Did you children help your mother today?
First Child: Yes, daddy. I washed the dishes.
Second Child: I dried them.
Third Child: I picked up the pieces.

“A clean, comfortable dwelling, with wholesome meals, is no small aid to intellectual and moral progress. A man living in a damp cellar or a garret open to rain and snow, breathing the foul air of a filthy room, and striving without success to appease hunger on scanty or unsavory food, is in danger of abandoning himself to a desperate, selfish recklessness. Improve, then, your lot. Multiply comforts, and, still more, get wealth if you can by honorable means, and if it does not cost too much.” -William Ellery Channing (1780 - 1842)

My Little Sister

My little sister
     Likes to eat.
But when she does
     She’s not too neat.
The trouble is
     She doesn’t know
Exactly where
     The food should go!

by William Wise (born 1923)

“We often speak of a family circle, but there are none too many of them. Parallel lines never meeting, squares, triangles . . . these and other geometrical figures abound, but circles are comparatively few.” -Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856 - 1923): “Mother Carey’s Chickens” (1911)

Daryl: Your sister is spoiled, isn’t she?
Aaron: No, that’s just the perfume she’s wearing.

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The Family Bible

Old Brother Higgins built a shelf
     for the Family Bible to rest itself
lest a sticky finger or grimy thumb
     might injure the delicate pages some.
He cautioned his children to touch it not
     and it rested there with never a blot
     though the Higgins tribe were a troublesome lot.

His neighbor, Miggins, built a shelf
     “Come children,” he said, “and help yourself.”
His book is old and ragged and worn,
     with some of the choicest pages torn,
where children have fingered and thumbed and read.
     But of the Miggins tribe I’ve heard it said,
     each carries a Bible in his head.

by Author Unknown

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“In our family,” a little girl told her teacher, “everybody married relatives. My father married my mother, my uncle married my aunt, and just the other day I found out that my grandfather married my grandmother.”

“One day as we were driving through the country, my small son David spoke up excitedly, saying, “Oh, mother, look at the cow’s popsicle!” I looked over in a field and saw a cow calmly licking a large block of salt which was placed atop a small post in the ground.” -Helen MacMillan

A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of his wife’s car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room, the television was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door. He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside, he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Towels lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls. As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, “What happened here today?” She again smiled and answered, “You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world I do all day?” “Yes?” was his incredulous reply. She answered, “Well, today I didn’t do it.”

“The family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of culture. It . . . is a perpetual source of encouragement, advocacy, assurance, and emotional refueling that empowers a child to venture with confidence into the greater world and to become all that he can be.” -Marianne E. Neifert: “Dr. Mom’s Parenting Guide” (1991)

Home: A place where a man can say what he likes - because no one takes any notice of him anyway.

“All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)): “Anna Karenina” (1875 - 1877), part I, chapter 1

“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” -George Moore (George Augustus Moore (1852 - 1933)): “The Brook Kerith” (1916), chapter 11

“Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your head.” -Martin Mull (Martin Eugene Mull (born 1943))

“Home is where the heart is.” -Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus, also known as Pliny the Elder (C.E. 23 - C.E. 79)) (similar quotation attributed to James J. McCloskey)

Homes and Families Quiz
- What is fun for the whole family?
- How often should a family share a meal together?
- Who leads a family?

“[Matthew] knows what he would like to do but he’s not sure where he could find a rocket that would shoot [his sister] Vanessa to Mars.” -Paula Danziger: “Earth to Matthew” (1991)

“A family is a haven of rest, a sanctuary of peace, and most of all, a harbor of love.” -Manny Feldman

“For a man’s home is his castle.” -Edward Coke (1552 - 1634): “Third Institute” (1644)

“I was raised as an only child, which really annoyed my sister.” -Will Marsh (2012)

“The family that prays together stays together.” -Al Scalpone (Alfred James Scalpone (1913 - 2000))

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” -Maya Angelou (Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))

“A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed, and strong families with a man and a woman - bonded together for life - always have been, and always will be, the key to such families.” -Jim Bunning (James Paul David Bunning (1931 - 2017))

“This world will be no better than its homes.” -Richard L. Evans (Richard Louis Evans (1906 - 1971))

“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” -George Santayana (1863 - 1952): “The Life of Reason” (1905)

’Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.
-J. H. Payne (John Howard Payne (1791 - 1852)): “Clari, or The Maid of Milan” (1823), ‘Home! Sweet Home!’; poem and ballad (song) within an opera

“A happy family is but an earlier Heaven.” -John Bowring (1792 - 1872) (similar quotation attributed to George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950))

There Was an Old Woman

There was an old woman
     Who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children
     She didn’t know what to do.
She gave them some broth
     Without any bread.
She kissed them all sweetly
     And sent them to bed.

by Author Unknown: a Mother Goose rhyme

“He that will have none but a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless.” -Author Unknown

“Wherever we are together, that is home.” -Author Unknown

“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” -Teresa of Calcutta (Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (1910 - 1997))

“Blessed be the ties that bind generations.” -Author Unknown

“Having a place to go - is a home. Having someone to love - is a family. Having both - is a blessing.” -Donna Hedges

“Family: A unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold virus.” -Ogden Nash (Frederick Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971))

“Good homes are still the best source of good humans.” -Neal A. Maxwell (Neal Ash Maxwell (1926 - 2004)): as quoted in “Ensign” (October 1974), page 71

“Family: A group of people, no two of whom like their breakfast eggs cooked the same way.” -Author Unknown

“Home is home, be it never so homely.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2523

“Three essential ingredients in the recipe for a happier family life are prayer, patience, and understanding.” -Author Unknown

“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): letter (20 May 1860) to Harrison Gray Otis Blake, as published in “Familiar Letters” (1865)

Family ties are precious threads, no matter where we roam,
They draw us close to those we love, and pull our hearts toward home.
-Author Unknown

“The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of the generation to come.” -Sandra Day O’Connor (born 1930)

“If this world affords true happiness, it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years, where the necessities of life come without severe strain, where luxuries enter only after their cost has been carefully considered.” -Alfred Edward Newton

“Family is just accident . . . They don’t mean to get on your nerves. They don’t even mean to be your family, they just are.” -Marsha Norman (born 1947)

“Home wasn’t built in a day.” -Jane Sherwood Ace (1905 - 1974): “Easy Aces” radio show (1928 - 1945): “The Fine Art of Hypochondria by Goodman Ace” (1966)

“A family is where holidays are celebrated with feasting, birthdays are acknowledged with gifts, and thoughts of days gone by kept alive with fond remembrances.” -Manny Feldman

“When there is love in the home there is joy in the heart.” -Author Unknown

“Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.” -David Ogden Stiers (David Allen Ogden Stiers (1942 - 2018))

A house is made of wood and stone,
But only love can make a home.
-Author Unknown

“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” -Virginia Satir

This is MFOL! . . . much more follows below . . . some serious and some not so serious . . . and some that is difficult to be sure of at all . . .

Cookie Jar

2/15/2019

Cookie Jar

A house should have a cookie jar,
     For when it’s half past three
And children hurry home from school
     As hungry as can be,
There’s nothing quite so splendid
     In filling children up
As spicy, fluffy ginger cakes
     And sweet milk in a cup.

A house should have a mother
     Waiting with a hug
No matter what a boy brings home,
     A puppy or a bug.
For children only loiter
     When the bell rings to dismiss
If no one’s home to greet them
     With a cookie and a kiss.

by Author Unknown

Brother, You Are the Best

2/11/2019

Brother, You Are the Best

There are years lost behind us,
full of words we never spoke,
and now we have our separate lives
and less time to share together.
But in my heart I have always felt
the love we have,
and neither distance nor time
can take away the bond
we forged as children.

Growing up, we played and fought,
talked and laughed.
Beyond the fun and games,
beyond the battles we waged,
we found in each other
unending support
and a lifelong friend.

Through thick and thin,
and difficult times,
we emerged together as one,
protecting each other
from the world.
I know that if either of us
ever need anything,
we can count on the other
to give our all
and help in every way possible.

Perhaps words are not always
necessary in our relationship,
because we both know what’s there.
But today I want to take the time
to remind you how much I really care
and thank you for all
that you have been to me.
I could never ask for, want,
or need a better brother,
because I have the best in you.
I love you!

by Erin N. Himelrick

No Place Like Home

1/12/2019

No Place Like Home

There’s no place like home
My safety harbor from the storm.
My cozy haven safe and warm.
No matter where I choose to roam . . .
There’s just no other place like home.

by Author Unknown

Little

12/4/2018

Little

I am the sister of him
     And he is my brother.
He is too little for us
     To talk to each other.

So every morning I show him
     My doll and my book;
But every morning he still is
     Too little to look.

by Dorothy Aldis

Dorothy Aldis was born as Dorothy Keeley on 13 March 1896 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. She became a children’s author and a poet. Her books include “Hiding” (1920) and “Nothing Is Impossible: The Story of Beatrix Potter” (1969). Dorothy Aldis passed on at 70 years of age on 4 July 1966 in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States of America.

Family

9/19/2018

Family

It’s knowing where your roots are
     That sometimes gives you wings.
It’s knowing there’s a place to go
     To escape the awful things.

It’s knowing there will always be
     At least one person on your side.
Who’ll listen to your problems
     And go along with you for the ride.

It’s comfort and it’s heartache
     It’s pride and disappointment too.
It’s holding on and letting go
     Cherishing old and accepting new.

It’s waiting for the next little one
     To come and steal your heart.
And wondering how being called ‘Grandma’
     Is such a warm and fuzzy start.

It’s watching time go racing by
     Days, then weeks, then years.
It’s missing those who go too soon
     To mix your laughter with your tears.

It’s remembering and forgetting
     Loving and arguing too.
It was God’s plan from the start
     And it’s still holding true.

So hold each day like precious crystal
     That might break if you let go.
For roots and wings are compatible things
     Make sure your children know.

By Faye Cook

My Cousin

9/17/2018

My Cousin

Sometimes I wish we could go
     Back to our childhood days.
Yet here we are, both of us grown,
     With busy lives and out on our own.
Things change, but you’ll always be
     My cousin, my friend, and loved by me.

by Author Unknown

Daddy

9/3/2018

Daddy

“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?” With a timid voice and idolizing eyes, the little boy greeted his father as he returned from work. Greatly surprised, but giving his boy a glaring look, the father said, “Look, not even your mother knows that. Don’t bother me now, I’m tired.”

“But, Daddy, just tell me please! How much do you make an hour?” the boy insisted. The father, finally giving up, replied, “Twenty dollars an hour.”

“Okay, Daddy. Could you loan me ten dollars?” the boy asked. Showing his restlessness and positively disturbed, the father yelled, “So that was the reason you asked how much I earn, right? Go to sleep and don’t bother me anymore!”

It was already dark and the father was thinking about what the boy had said and was feeling guilty. Maybe, he thought, his son really needed something. Finally, trying to ease his mind, the father went to his son’s room.

“Are you asleep?” asked the father.

“No, Daddy. Why?” Replied the boy, asleep.

“Here’s the money you asked for earlier,” the father said.

“Thanks, Daddy!” rejoiced the son, while putting his hand under his pillow and removing some money. “Now I have enough! Now I have twenty dollars!” the boy said to his father, who was gazing at his son, confused at what his son had just said.

Then the little boy said, “Here’s my $20.00. Daddy, could you please sell me one hour of your time?”

by Author Unknown

Don’t Wake the Baby

8/16/2018

Don’t Wake the Baby

Baby sleeps, so we must tread
     Softly round her little bed,
And be careful that our toys
     Do not fall and make a noise.

We must not talk, but whisper low,
     Mother wants to work, we know,
That, when father comes to tea,
     All may neat and cheerful be.

by Author Unknown

My Brother

7/24/2018

My Brother

We shared many secrets,
     the same Mom and Dad.
We shared lots of good times -
     don’t think of the bad.
Our memories we’ll treasure
     with love without end.
I’m glad you’re my brother . . .
     I’m glad you’re my friend.

by Author Unknown

Manners

7/19/2018

Manners

I have an uncle I don’t like,
     An aunt I cannot bear:
She chucks me underneath the chin,
     He ruffles up my hair.

Another uncle I adore,
     Another aunty, too:
She shakes me kindly by the hand,
     He says, “How do you do?”

by Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer

Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer, also known as Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer and M. G. Van Rensselaer, was born as Mariana Alley Griswold on 21 February 1851 in New York City, New York, United States of America. She became a writer, focusing on architectural, art, and landscape criticism, as well as fiction and children’s literature. Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer passed on at 82 years of age on 20 January 1934 in New York City, New York, United States of America.

Your Name

6/30/2018

Your Name

You got it from your father
     ’Twas the best he had to give.
And right gladly he bestowed it
     It’s yours, the while you live.

You may lose the watch he gave you
     and another you may claim,
But remember, when you’re tempted,
     to be careful of this name.

It was fair the day you got it,
     and a worthy name to bear,
When he took it from his father,
     there was no dishonor there.

Through the years he proudly wore it,
     to his father he was true,
And that name was clean and spotless
     when he passed it on to you.

Oh, there’s much that he has given
     that he values not at all.
He has watched you break your playthings
     in the days when you were small.

You have lost the knife he gave you,
     and you’ve scattered many a game,
But you’ll never hurt your father
     if you’re careful with his name.

It is yours to wear forever,
     yours to wear the while you live.
Yours, perhaps some distant morning,
     another boy to give.

And you’ll smile as did your father -
     with a smile that all can share,
If a clean name and a good name
     you are giving him to wear.

by Edgar Guest

Edgar Albert ‘Eddie’ Guest was born on 20 August 1881 in Birmingham, England. He immigrated with his family to the United States of America in 1891. From his first published work in the “Detroit Free Press” until his passing in 1959, he penned some 11,000 poems that were syndicated in 300 newspapers and collected into more than twenty books. Mr. Guest is reputed to have had a new poem published in a newspaper every day for more than thirty years. He became known as ‘The People’s Poet,’ writing poems that were of a sentimental and optimistic nature. Edgar Albert ‘Eddie’ Guest passed on at 77 years of age on 5 August 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.

Family Heirloom

5/20/2018

Family Heirloom

For every picture you take a moment in time is remembered
A family’s heritage is its personal journey through history
Memories will fade making the written word priceless
In every family someone must take time to preserve its past
Looking at the past can strengthen who you are today
Yesterday is gone, but the memories are cherished through photos and journals.
Hours of enjoyment are held within the pages of the family scrapbook,
Everyone has pictures . . . everyone has a story to tell . . .
It’s not the jewels or china we would risk our lives for in a fire
Rich is the family who knows who they are . . . and where they came from
Learning to properly preserve photographs is not difficult
Old photographs lack the joy they could have when not preserved and labeled
Ordinary moments become special when captured on film
May we not put off any longer the task of preserving our heritage.

by Jeannine Richardson

Dad Held the Rope

5/16/2018

Dad Held the Rope

A party of English botanists spent their vacation in the Swiss Alps collecting specimens of rare flowers. They started out one morning from a small village and after a several hours’ climb came to a precipice overlooking a green valley dotted with a peculiar flower, which, examined through field glasses, proved to be of unusual value. From the cliff on which the party was standing, to the valley was a sheer drop of several hundred feet. To descend would be impossible, and to reach the valley from another approach would mean a waste of several hours.

During the latter part of their climb, a small boy had attached himself to the party and had watched with interest the maneuvers of the botanists. After discussing the situation for several minutes, one of the party turned to the boy and said, “Young fellow, if you will let us tie a rope around your waist and lower you over this cliff so that you can dig up one of those plants for us, and let us pull you back up, without harming the plant, we will give you five pounds.”

The boy looked dazed for an instant, then ran off, apparently frightened at the prospect of being lowered over the cliff by a rope. But within a short time he returned, bringing with him an old man, bent and gray, with hands gnarled and calloused by hard labor. Upon reaching the party of botanists, the boy turned to the man who had made the offer and said:

“Sir, this is my dad. I’ll go down in the valley if you’ll let my dad hold the rope.”

by David O. McKay

David Oman McKay was born on 8 September 1873 in Huntsville, Utah Territory (now Utah state), United States of America. He was an educator and a Christian religious leader. He served as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from 1951 until his passing. David Oman McKay passed on at 96 years of age on 18 January 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.

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