I have had to empty two family homes during the last few years - first, the house that had been my grandmother's since 1923, and then my own country home, which we had lived in for over twenty years.
My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family.
I still went to church regularly every Sunday; that is we all went there together. I reverenced the family pew where we had assembled for so many years; and apart from that reason I hold it dear because it is associated in my memory with my mother.
I always feel like I want to write a song when I'm really upset. And when I'm in an argument with my family, I go straight to the piano and just kind of take it out on the piano and get all emotional.
When I was younger I was really shy, but I'd always be singing, driving my family crazy. Apparently I was even singing when I was in the cot. That probably didn't sound too good!
Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, what works and what is nurturing.
There is nothing new about these Republican attacks on our family planning decisions. In fact, from the moment they came into power, Republicans in the House of Representatives have been waging a war on women's health.
Coming from a large family makes you feel protected - you have friends and allies.
I had a family, I had children, I got married. My ambition changed.
I have a good support system of friends and family.
My family is well, and that's what's important.
Each time a high-wage job is lost, a family is turned upside down. And that affects the communities where they live.
I didn't fit the typical profile of a trader. I was an English major working on a novel at night. Most everyone else was a maths or economics major; most everyone else had relatives or family in banking.
When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.
My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.
Women are supposed to want to settle down and have a family. That's not for me.
I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss...
I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.
I talk to Simon, I write to him. I never used to write a diary. But now I'm writing a diary to him. I think it's not just me, but lots of others, family and friends, can still feel him around.
I'm very much in the trenches, and I don't live in the lap of luxury. I come from a working-class military family. We watch the news and read the paper and vote, so there's always something to be upset about. I always have a certain amount of angst i...
I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.
