Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on.
I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.
For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.
My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.
The economy grows when families can spend money on personal priorities rather than priorities imposed by the federal government.
This year, we are going to take our government out of the hands of corporate special interests and put it back into the hands of Ohio families - where it belongs.
Even families with health insurance are quite vulnerable to a severe economic reversal if someone gets sick.
Prolonged unemployment is a tragedy of broken lives, broken families, foreclosed homes, and life without health insurance.
Around-the-clock support is crucial for children receiving palliative care. They and their families often need help every hour of every day, both in hospices and at home.
I know it starts at home, but all families are not staying together.
I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being and that of your family and your country.
Adults are tempted to produce and perform Christmas for their kids and their families, and they arrive at Christmas Day weary and disillusioned.
I love presents, But since I've gotten older, I haven't really wanted anything. Christmas is about family.
During the holiday season, Christmas specifically, it can be hard to be away from family and friends.
My dad had an aunt at the turn of the century who died from diabetes, but she was the closest affected relative in my family.
My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories.
My dad's a scientist, and my mom's a teacher, so I didn't grow up in a family that was into the entertainment world at all.
My mom's family is Russian Jewish, and my dad's Puerto Rico Catholic, so it's kind of a weird mix.
I've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.
