Chaplain’s Spot

Chaplain’s 2020 Spot

 ‘FAMILY’

Families can be challenging, inspiring, heartbreaking, fun. I am having more fun now in my family, than I had as a child. Everyone’s experience is different. Our families may look very different from other families, but that’s okay. 

We spent many more hours with our families over past months. At times, I am sure it was enjoyable, or maybe frustrating. However, we are back to school now, and spending more time with other children and the staff.

Here are a few fun or inspiring quotes about families. I wonder which ones you agree with, and which ones you like the best.

1] I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house. Anthony Anderson

2] Families are like fudge – mostly sweet, with a few nuts. Les Dawson

3] A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. Ogden Nash

4] Children really can brighten up a house, because they never turn the lights off. Ralph Bus

5] Not everything you fight about is worth fighting about. Aaron Anderson

6] Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. Thomas Merton

7] It’s not about what I can get, it’s what I can give. Marie Forleo

8] Family is not an important thing. It’s everything. Michael J. Fox

9] Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter. Brad Henry

10] Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home. Anthony Liccione

11] When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. Mark Twain

12] There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more… secure. Jim Butcher

13] At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, a parent. Barbara Bush

14] If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money. Abigail Van Buren

15] To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. Barbara Bush

16] Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Alan Silverwood – Chaplain - Pastoral care for our community [Mon Tue Thurs]. [alan.silverwood@education.vic.gov.au] Supporting the School community in emotional, social, spiritual and practical wellbeing. The Chaplaincy program is funded through Federal Government & Community support including; CCCVaT, Great Ryrie Primary School Council and local private and community donations. Start typing your article in here