How to learn to cherish family 32 Articles

by Tom Woerner

Reunion Reunion brings perspectives Family reunions are strange events in the American experience. A mixture of those with the same blood, but different lifestyles come together and what results in any bodies gues...read more

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by Mia Dawson

How to cherish family? Live without them for awhile. Walk alone, be so independent that no one can penetrate your shields. Move away, quit calling, Spend Holidays alone, and try not to remember your moments in childhood t...read more

by Jane Nelson

It was a bright, clear Saturday morning-the warmest spring day so far and my husband and I decided to take a walk. We live in rural Washington so walks involve a lot of sky and open fields and dirt roads. We soon came up...read more

by Shannon McMahon

We have all had that feeling. The one we get when we imagine our lives without the ones we love. We think about how we'd react upon hearing of the sudden loss of a spouse or losing a child. We get a pit inside us, our h...read more

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by Candy Jules

When you're challenged with a family that doesn't always function the way you want them to, maybe you need to learn to accept them for who they are. They may not be what you would like, but we don't always get what we want...read more

by Jill Nessel

Living Your Legacy How many times have you heard a grandparent say, "When I was your age"? Often this statement is met with rolling eyes, a heavy sigh, and the fear that Grandpa is going to launch into a drawn-out acco...read more

by Martha Sutton

Are there some easy ways for seniors to see grandchildren and great-grandchildren more often? Is there some way or perhaps a magic formula that would allow us to join younger family members in at least some everyday, more...read more

by Douglas Black

Family is a union we all enter from birth, bonds that weave the tapestry of our very lives. The depiction of family has been a collage of Hollywood drama, and what the media shows us on the six-o-clock news. So what is a r...read more

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by anniebw

I for one must say that I am proud to be from my family. I know that we are not perfect...but even with the arguments and the tears...we love so deeply. And giving..I guess I learned that at an early age. Mama always said ...read more

by Sonali Chulki

Being born under the earthy sign of scorpio, I always feel strongly about any and all the relationships in my life. All through my life, I have been struggling to have a good and healthy relationship with my mother! Is it ...read more

by Stephanie Russell

You always hear stories from people saying, I didn't feel liked I belonged in my family. I felt like an outcast. Everyone liked football and I liked the xfactor! Or I was the middle child I always felt forgotten or talk...read more

by Pat Richards

How to learn to cherish family Life teaches us in unexpected ways and I was taught to cherish my family through the unusual medium of researching my family's history. To begin with, research was an academic exercise; 2...read more

by Tami Roxanne Barker Norman

I feel that all people should cherish the family they have in there lives, and I know I most deffinently go above and beyond to cherish my own family. I am proud of my own family roots, and I am proud of the family I've ha...read more

by Amy Maclachlan

The nicest memory I have. I'm little, sitting in the backseat of a car. It's leather, black leather. I'm on a booster seat, eating a McDonalds Apple Pie. I can still smell the pastry and apples mixed, along wit...read more

by Eva Prabhakar

Nothing is permanent. I've been grappling with this phrase for some time now. We may choose anything that comes to our mind, and we will be presented with the possibility of its fleeting existence. Some may argue that even...read more

by K.A. Lange

When I grew up I was, and still am very close with my family. Me and my mom spent a lot of time out side together. We went for walks down the back road and planted flowers in the flower beds. Dad helped me build a great...read more

by Donna Germany

Reading the journal entries on his web site brings tears to my eyes. The story reveals months of enduring horrible memories. The bleakness of what the doctors were telling us made us hold to the Master's hand with every ...read more

by Haley Russell

My grandmother used to do a lot of canning. She made her own jellies, jams and apple butter. And they were the best jellies, jams, and apple butter you could imagine! I suspect it got on my mom's nerves because I was so sp...read more

by Cindy Breninger

Sometimes it is so easy to forget what's important. Sometimes it just takes a small reminder that we should stop, take a break, and enjoy life; even if it is just for a minute or two, or ten. Tonight, for example, I wa...read more

by Laurel Deming

My husband and I got married in April of 1999. My parents and I were not on speaking terms since 1992, we had a family argument that got way out of control and never reached any type of reconciliation. Everything was don...read more