A happy family is but an earlier heaven.  —George Bernard Shaw

 

Ah THE FAMILY,  what comes to mind when you think of the family in general, or yours in particular.  So many things with mine who are all far away and rarely in touch.

 

Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.—Cary Grant

 

Love them, hate them, we can never ever completely leave them though they may be miles away or long gone…the members are as much of our bodies and mines as our bones and our thoughts.

 

There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.—Jerry Seinfeld

 

“Family’ is a single word, with many different meanings. People have many ways of defining a family and what being a part of a family means to them. Families differ in terms of economic, cultural, social, and many other facets, but what every family has in common is that the people who call it a family are making clear that those people are important in some way to the person calling them his family. ” http://family.lovetoknow.com/about-family-values/meaning-family

 

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss… That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.—Brad Pitt

 

Roman families would include everyone within a household under the authoritarian role of the father, the pater familias; this included grown children and the slaves of the household.  Children born outside of marriage, from common and legal concubinage, could not inherit the father’s property or name; instead, they belonged within the social group and family of their mothers.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_family “

 

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

 

The term “Family of Origin” refers to the family that you grew up in – your parents and siblings. It may also include a grandparent, other relative, or divorced parents who lived with you during part of your childhood. These people strongly influence who we become.   http://www.foryourmarriage.org/dating-engaged/marriage-readiness/family-of-origin/

 

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” ― George Burns

 

COMMERCIAL SIGN–STORE—CLICK ABOVE–BRINGS YOU THIS REUNION WITH THE FAMILY

 

 OK I KNOW YOU DON’T HAVE THIS ONE BUT INTERESTING

1943 Olivia de Havilland Suit from ‘PRINCESS O’ROURKE’  $1,500.

 

POTTERY COCHITI PUEBLO POTTERY (1900’s) $8,500  

 

 

HOME: YOUMUT ASMALYK RUG (1870) $5,000

 

“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching — they are your family. ” ― Jim Butcher

 

1. Having 1 child makes you a parent but having 2 makes you a referee

 

2. Marriage is a relationship in which 1 person is always right and the other person is always husband.

 

3. You can’t buy love but you pay heavily for it.

 

4. Wife and husband always compromise, husband admits that he’s wrong and wife  agrees with him. 5. Our language is called mother tongue because the father never gets a chance to speak! http://www.nairaland.com/985800/5-funny-facts-life ~

 

Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space. ~ Evan Esar