Quotes about Bonding

Cleo touched Sarah's head. "Cross your arms on the table and sleep awhile." Sarah did as she was told, wishing they could leave. Cleo obviously wasn't ready to leave. She seemed to be having a good time, and she kept staring at Merrick and smiling in a way Sarah had never seen her smile before.

Helen and I made it a point to take the whole family out and spend time traveling or camping together. Sometimes the kids thought of these trips as forced marches, but I think that time we spent together has had a lot to do with our close relationship as a family today. We have a lot of good memories of traveling all over the country, especially in this one fine old DeSoto station wagon.

Let your first interest be in your home. The baby you hold in your arms will grow quickly as the sunrise and the sunset of the rushing days.

The paternal hearth, the rallying-place of the affections.

Reading with children is an enormous gift to them. It's a great honor to invite children to read with adults.

The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!

When you have kids, all your plans, everything that you do is for them to have fun.

Breastfeeding is the very best diet I've been on.

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of unity. He is the bonding element. This bonding is a wonderful effect of faith in Christ. It is creative. It brings about a new kind of oneness not even known in the closest of earthly families.

To be in your children's memories tomorrow, You have to be in their lives today.

I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.

Kids don't come with owner's manuals. You have to figure each of them out, and by the time you do, they're gone.