If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your read more

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.

My family begins with me, your family ends with you.

My family begins with me, your family ends with you.

I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, read more

I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common read more

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't read more

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, read more

Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smokewreaths
Rise from the hearthstones of our native hamlets
Cyrano Act 5.

In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.

In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.

You don\'t have to give birth to someone to have a family.

You don\'t have to give birth to someone to have a family.

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of read more

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.