A family spirit is not always synonymous with family life. Bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh makes for brothers, sisters and relatives, who may be as distant as strangers in a foreign land.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Family transcends the flesh. You don't love someone because they look like you, you love their spirit; it's the soul connection.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
In one way or another, everybody has this experience in their lives... the moment when you have to define your relationship to family and how your family's made you who you are, whether you've spent your life running from your family or deeply connected to your family.
To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
Families need a spiritual bond with one another and with God. God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.
I'm not entirely sure why I write about family, but I do know that it hasn't stopped interesting me. You meet and leave other people at different stages of your evolution, whereas family is made up of people who are constant links in your life, who know you over the course of time and have your complete curriculum vitae in their heads.
Being an American is a state of mind, and to be in a family is to feel the power of belonging, the power of your roots. Family is a tree, the strength of a tree, the roots, the leaves, the past and the present, the future, the fruits, the seeds.
The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions and activities. A life is beautiful and ideal or the reverse, only when we have taken into our consideration the social as well as the family relationship.
I think we are defined as human beings through our families, no matter what kind of family - through our relationships with parents, brothers and sisters.
A family is a group of people who are committed to loving and supporting one another. It's just that simple.