“Alec didn’t recognize the woman, but he recognized that tone of voice. He knew how it was to lay claim to what you loved, a§ the more insistently because people doubted the love that belonged to you. Alec wasn’t sure what to say, so he did one of his favorite things. He produced his phone and found a rea§y good picture, walked up to the dais, and showed it to them both. “›is is my son, Max.”
“Pendant que certains et certaines parmi nous ont peur de l impact que des chansons pourraient avoir sur nos enfants, d autres parents sont terrifiés à l idée que ceux et celles qui sont censés protéger leurs enfants pourrait leur faire du mal.”
“I’ve been trying to make you happy for six years now, hoping somehow that would make me happy too, but I don’t think it’s working. You’re not really happy with me because I’m not happy with you because I’m not happy with me.”
“We want desperately to believe that every mother falls in love with her baby at first sight and that the complexity of relationships, so evident elsewhere as part of the human condition, is totally absent from the connection between mother and child.”
“Love, respect and appreciate your parents as it is the one gift they truly cherish and desire.”
“I TRASHED MY PARENTS HOUSE TO LOOK LIKE I HAD HAD A PARTY WHY THEY WERE OUT OF TOWN… … MY MOM WOULD THINK I HAD FRIENDS:”
“To protect the child, the court can issue temporary orders placing the child in shelter care-LEARN HOW THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM WORKS, Author, V J SMITH, BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK BOOKS”
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“Far too many military families are not taking advantage of these opportunities that if acted upon could change their lives-G.I.SCHOLARSHIP DIRECTORY, Author, V J SMITH BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK BOOK”
“Maybe that s what happens, you go places and do things that are beyond your parents capacity to imagine or understand, and that s how you start thinking of them as quaint and peripheral.”
“The relationships we share with our families are important, and they are the first compass by which we orientate ourselves in this world.”
“They were really nauseating at times, the way they were still so in love with each other.”
“Even if all I did was stay away... it s still the best thing I ever did in my life.”
“Parents exist in children, Grandmother said to bolster my confidence. Your mother will always exist in you. She will give you strength wherever you go.”
“Just say I love u Mom Every day. i think this is more powerful than your skill.”
“Mario s time running out music starts playing in every parent s head once their kid crosses 30 unwed.”
“I didn t father two wonderful healthy daughters in order to miss my show because I m getting more naan from the kitchen, Laura. Stop pretending to be sexist, Dad. No one s falling for it. We know you re just lazy.”