The bottom line if you
The bottom line: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family’s positive moments and your ability to bounce back from the difficult ones. That act alone may increase the odds that your family will thrive for many generations to come.
– Bruce Feiler
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- In each family a story is playing itself out, and each family’s story embodies its hope and despair. – Auguste Napier
- Kwanzaa is essentially a family holiday, whether it be the nuclear family, the extended family, or the communal family. – Jessica B. Harris
- We have three generations at home, including my father-in-law. I keep a very low profile, and a lot of things I do are very much with the family in mind. I have actually made films with the family around me. – Mira Nair
- My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they’re all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago. – Ziggy Marley
- When you come from a big family, you see that, growing up, you’re learning how to share. Your sisters have got your back; you’re not alone in this – ‘We all support you!’ Your family provides that; it gives you a sense of safety, and it’s a very grounding feeling. – Gisele Bundchen
- My parents were European immigrants. They came to the States with $1,500, two suitcases, and me, and they managed to build a business, a family, and a future for their family. They didn’t have any of the resources of people who have lived here for two or three generations. – Stana Katic
- It’s very strange that most people don’t care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. – Douglas Coupland
- Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services – some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention. – Malcolm Fraser
- Our favorite teams bring people together, keep family members close, bond people from different generations. Some of the happiest moments of my life involve something that happened with one of my teams. Some of the best relationships I ever had were with Boston athletes that I never even met. – Bill Simmons
- The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family. – Mario Batali