#life

When you're and only child in a family with an only parent, you look at other, bigger families with envy. Mary Alice had a family with a station wagon, a split-level house, and a pool. But then I looked up and saw Mary Alice's toes, as she stood at the edged of the diving board. Her second toe lay on top of her big toe on each foot. I had never seen such a thing. I wondered if Mary Alice's toes would ever prevent her from doing the things she wanted to do in life. "Look, y'all!" she said, forming her perfect body into a perfect swan's dive. I decided then that any time I got frustrated with my overall situation in life, mad or jealous of knee socks or a pink canopy bed in a pink room, I'd take a deep breath and think about Mary Alice's toes. At least I didn't have Mary Alice's toes. ↗

— Margaret McMullan

#envy #jealous #life #mad #family

I don't think I am any different from other people. I have the same dreams. I want a family. I want a house. A car. Why shouldn't I want that? Everybody does. And when I have it, I want it all to work. ↗

— Erlend Loe

#dreams

I live completely without regret. Sure there are plenty of things that someone could second guess, but I see the path of life like driving down the road without a map. The thing is, some dark alleys open up in majestic places, and some bright and shiny highways to the top end in cliffs to the bottom. You never know until you get there. What I know for sure is that if many years ago I actually had a map to the path of life, the destination that I would have chosen is right here, with this family, in this place, and with these smiles. That makes anything that could have been regretful, the best decision in the world. ↗

— Michael A. Wood Jr.

#life #meaning #regret #family

Since the family is the fundamental unit of society, the disintegration of the family inevitably and inexorably is leading to the disintegration of society itself. ↗

— Joseph A. Cirrincione

#life #p #family

The real safety net of life is community, family and nature. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#life-and-living #safety-net #family

There is no worse parent than an unhappy parent! ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#divorce-coaching #divorce-frustration #divorce-relationship #family-counselling #family-therapy

I like marriage, family life and I wish to get married again. But opting out of an unhappy marriage was a duty toward myself & my future. ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#divorce-book #divorce-coaching #divorce-counselling #divorce-guide #divorce-quotes

...it is love, imperfect and unordered, that keeps them apart, even as it holds them somehow together... ↗

— Judith Guest

#grief #hope #inspirational #life #love

I know that whatever you decide, you’ll be happy, Summer, and that is the only thing I could ever wish. Whatever happens in the rest of this summer, whatever happens the rest of your life, it’s important that you are happy, and stay that way. – Aunt Sookie ↗

— Kailin Gow

#family #happiness #kailin-gow #life #loving-summer

A man should never call himself a provider when he lives off the charity of others ↗

— Charles L. Kahey Jr.

#life-and-living #men #people #family