I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich. ~Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, “Identity Crisis,” M*A*S*H
It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~Johann Schiller
The family is a haven in a heartless world. ~Attributed to Christopher Lasch
Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we’ve put it in an impossible situation. ~Margaret Mead
Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts. ~Author Unknown
The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. ~Joyce Brothers
In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. ~Margaret Laurence
You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. ~Jane Howard
Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go by any rules. They’re not like aches or wounds; they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal because there’s not enough material. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted. ~Paul Pearshall
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. ~Thomas Jefferson
And thank you for a house full of people I love. Amen. ~Terri Guillemets
The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. ~Dodie Smith
The great gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you. ~Kendall Hailey, The Day I Became an Autodidact
In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
Family is just accident…. They don’t mean to get on your nerves. They don’t even mean to be your family, they just are. ~Marsha Norman
The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family. ~Lee Iacocca
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Family 1977 Oil painting by Morton Traylor
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blood brother connections cousin dna family grandparents parents sister unit
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Amaaaazing rave fav!
THANK YOU CAROL…;)
Tammera, you are gold, as this ART, and wordings if terrific, all my love always
THANK YOU DEAR NORMA…:)
lovely work
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COULD NOT BE BETTAH
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I like the powerful flow in this image and the vibrant colors. The sense of family comes through wonderfully with the struggle the bond and the essence of one.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTFUL COMMENT AND ENJOYMENT…:)
THANX AGAIN LUKE…:)
January 9,2013 Congratulations!!

Feature!!~~
Thanx ever so kindly Ann!