#ily

She considered, maybe for the first time, how lucky she was to be able to pick up the phone and call her mother whenever she needed bad advice. ↗

— Brady Udall

#family

Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#family #family

The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time. They are kneeling with hands clasped that we might act with restraint, that we might leave room for the life that is destined to come. To protect what is wild is to protect what is gentle. Perhaps the wilderness we fear is the pause between our own heartbeats, the silent space that says we live only by grace. Wilderness lives by this same grace. Wild mercy is in our hands. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#family

Now the snow's coming down, and im watching it fall. Watching the people around, baby please come home. Pretty lights on a tree, and im watching you shine. You should be here with me! Baby please come home ↗

— Josh Ramsay of Marianas Trench

#christmas #family #love #sad #together

I believe in fate because Spencer is in my life. He's saved me more times than he knows, just by being there. ↗

— Ella Fox

#family

If you have supportive family and friends combined with a strong will; there is no limit to what you can achieve. ↗

— S.J. Hailey

#family

You must learn to end the wars in your world by ending them in your minds. ↗

— Barbara Marciniak

#family

One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#family #isolation #murder #family

Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. ↗

— Pope John XXIII

#family

My grandpa passed a few days ago. But I’m not sad. He was only driving 20 miles an hour, so I’m sure I’ll catch up to him.
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— Jarod Kintz

#grandfather #grandpa #family