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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
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
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
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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
“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
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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
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
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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.
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.
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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
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
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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
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
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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.
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.
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“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.”
“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.
●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
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
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 . . .
“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 . . .
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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
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
