Quotes About Family

She thought to herself, "This is now." She was glad that the cosy house, and Pa and Ma and the fire-light and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.

Down a long road through the woods a little boy trudged to school, with his big brother Royal and his two sisters, Eliza Jane and Alice. Royal was thirteen years old, Eliza Jane was twelve, and Alice was ten. Almanzo was the youngest of all, and this was his first going-to-school, because he was not quite nine years old.

Please, Pa, can I ask just one more question?" "May I," said Ma. Laura began again. "Pa, please, may I--" "What is it?" Pa asked. It was not polite for little girls to interrupt, but of course Pa could do it.

Pa promised that when they came to the West, Laura should see a papoose.

Then Pa looked at Ma and said, Nobody'd starve to death when you were around, Caroline. Well, no, Ma said. No, Charles, not if you were there to provide for us. Pa was pleased.

Oh, Charles!" Ma said. "What will we do?" Pa slumped down on a bench and said, "I don't know.

This is now." She was glad that the cosy house, and Pa and Ma and the fire-light and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.

Oh, Pa, let's go on west!" "Mercy, Laura!" Ma said. "Whatever—" She could not go on. "I know, little Half-Pint," said Pa, and his voice was very kind. "You and I want to fly like the birds.

She could not think what it would be to teach school twelve miles away from home, along among strangers. The less she thought of it the better, for she must go, and she must meet whatever happened as it came. Now Mary can have everting she needs, and she can come home this next summer, she said. Oh, Pa, do you think I - I can teach school? I do, Laura, said Pa. I am sure of it.

Grace sat up, too frightened to make a sound, and even Laura was horrified, for the stool lay in two pieces. Then Pa laughed. "Never mind, Grace," he said. "You only unscrewed it all the way. But," he said sternly, "you stay off this stool, after this.

Mid pleasures and places though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

Mid pleasures and palaces, though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

They heard the voices howling and shrieking in the wind, and the house creaking, and the snow swishing. "This will never do!" said Ma. "Let's play bean-porridge hot! Mary, you and Laura play it together, and, Carrie, you hold up your hands. We'll do it faster than Mary and Laura can!" So they all played bean-porridge hot, faster and faster until they could not say the rhymes, for laughing.

They didn't say anything. Perhaps Mary felt sweet and good inside, but Laura didn't. When she looked at Mary she wanted to slap her. So she dared not look at Mary again.

In the bitter cold weather Pa could not be sure of finding any wild game to shoot for meat. The

Ma didn't think puns were funny but couldn't help laughing at the naughty look Pa gave her when he made one.

Even Grace ran up and down the rows, screeching and waving her little sunbonnet.

No one in the world loved you quite the way a younger sibling did.

Aren't you going to answer it? Lopez asked. I'm afraid it's my mother, I said. She calls on Sundays? No, she calls whenever things are going badly.

Thinking that you can't protect the ones you love, you have to hope they're smart enough to save themselves.

The men of her family – Frederick, Monty – were lovable and weak. The women could see life for what it was and bear it.

Even if you don't have kids at home, morning time can be great for nurturing your relationship with your spouse, other family members, or your close friends. One of the most disturbing "statistics" I read while researching how people use their time was that dual-income couples could find only 12 minutes a day to talk with each other.

You have fewer than 1,000 Saturdays with each child in your care before they're grown up.

Fortunately, being mindful of family time—making a commitment to be there physically and mentally and enjoy life while doing so—makes memories possible. We control a lot less about our children's outcomes in life than we think. They are their own people. But one thing parents do shape is whether kids remember their childhoods as happy. Creating a happy home is a conscious choice, as is creating a happy marriage.