In a Nutshell - 24: Pearls of Parenting Wisdom and Humor

• Does family remember family? There is something that pulls families apart and brings them back together. Something in the DNA that makes us recognize each other. (Helene Morrow)
• Other things may change us, but we start and end with family. (Anthony Brandt)
• Family can nurture us in all phases of our lives: as babies, children, young adults, crones. There are reasons we were born to our own particular families. We have lessons to learn, gifts to give and to receive. (Saralee Sky)
• The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. (Anonymous)
• In Birth, women are given a rare gift. It is an opportunity to experience growth and an encounter with themselves and Spirit that is life transforming. (Marcie Macari)
• Grandmothers are just "antique" little girls. (Author Unknown)
• For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair. (Anne Morrow Lindbergh)
• My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too. (Gene Perret)
• A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway place. A traveler on a plane sees the farmhouse and dreams of home. (Carl Burns)