#rent

I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults. ↗

Why do you think, A.J.," they say in unison, "that you find these boys so attractive?" I didn't say that this fiery chemical explosion leaps from somewhere inside me. Parents don't want to hear these things. I shrugged and said nothing. "Maybe you should try sitting on the intensity," Mom suggests, "just until your feelings catch up with reality." "We could chain you to the water heater," Dad offers, "until these little moments pass." You see what I'm up against. ↗

— Joan Bauer

#family-relationships #hormones #humor #parental-advice #parents

And I know I need to invite him over for dinner, because there's no question. This is serious. ↗

— Tamara Ireland Stone

#love #parents #dating

They should make earplugs for people who are grieving, so we don't have to hear the stupid things people say, but I'd look like a dork in them." -Corinna ↗

— Carole Geithner

#children-s-grief #death-of-a-loved-one #death-of-a-parent #grief #if-only

It is never late, you can start the movement now, the provisions have been made, the price has been paid and the gifts have been packaged. Are you willing to change? ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#dreams #fulfilling-purpose #inspiration #risk-it-be-different #success-self-improvement

Nightmares did come true. Because, after her second night of major loving with the man of her dreams, the absolute last person she ever wanted to see was her mother. Yet there she was, her small, hefty frame trundling up the stairs to Maira’s front door. She was so frozen with horror, she couldn’t move until she heard the doorbell ring. Don’t answer it. Maybe she’ll go away. Well, that was just stupid. ↗

— Alisha Rai

#parents #dreams

We were innocent once. How could it have gone so bad? ↗

— Kim Harrison

#rachel-morgan #trent #innocence

Some of the things I hated my parents for when I was younger are the same things I love my parents for now that I'm older. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#lessons #life #parents #younger #experience

Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior. ↗

— Gordon Neufeld

#experience

Marriage is what you make of it, and God has many versions of what that looks like based on what different souls need, in order to grow. ↗