"A family is a bunch of people, or not so many, who love each other" - seven-year-old Liza who lives with her two moms, Stacey and Amy.

They told me babies should not be held: It would spoil them and make them cry, I wished to do what is best for them, And the years went swiftly by. Now empty are my yearning arms; No more than thrill sublime. If I had my babies back again, I'd hold them all the time!

Who is right is a path leading nowhere. family therapist Virginia Satir

To get the full value from a joy you must have someone to divide it with. Mark Twain

Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach. Arnold Glasow

Role modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing life's scripts to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be acted out for the rest of the children's lives. Stephen R. Covey

"It is not the configuration of the family that matters so much as the quality of the relationships between its members.

Children need your presence more than your presents. Jesse Jackson

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. Kahlil Gibran

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. GARRISON KEILLOR

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much. JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS

Who we become together will always be different than who are are alone. Our range of creative expression increases as we join with others. Relationships create new capacity. Margaret Wheatley & Myron Kellner-Rogers, authors of "A Simpler Way"-

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt