[Darlene]

WHAT IS A FAMILY?


A place of warmth when the world is cold... a place of safety when the world is hostile... a place of light when the world is dark, this is a family.


A family is the most important unit of all mankind. It is the core around which great nations are built... it is the foundation of any great society. A family is many things.


A family is love around the dinner table... devotion sitting in church together... friendship laughing under the same roof.


A family is mother singing in the kitchen... father whistling around the house... children playing in the yard.


A family is a light on the front porch on a dark night... a family is happy songs around a piano... a family is even a group sitting and watching a good TV show together.. with aunts and uncles and cousins.


A family is a cheering section when a victory is won... a family is a place for beginning again when a cause is lost. A family is a very private organization-only bonafide members are allowed in.


As Rudyard Kipling once wrote about families: "All of us are we... and everyone else is they..."


A family shares things... like dreams and hopes and possessions and memories and smiles and frowns and gladness.


A family is a place of respect and understanding... a place where love and faith dwells... a place where all members can enjoy the dignity of their own personalities.


It is a shelter from the storm... a friendly port when the waves of life become too wild. A family is a clan held together with the glue of love and the cement of mutual respect.


No person is ever alone-who is the member of a family.


A family is the smile of a mother...the hearty laugh of a father...the giggle of daughters...the boiserous shouts of brothers.


A family is a group of human beings who care about each other... and feel comfortable with each other... and who will stand up for each other.


A family is all of these things but most of all, a family is a group of human beings working together to build something beautiful and lasting. A family is a colony of heaven-right here on earth.


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