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Family
The (surname) Clan
Families are forever.
Families are tied together with heart strings.
Families Bloom With Love
A family is a gift that lasts forever
A Family is a little world created by love
The (surname) family stays busy
Family ties are precious threads, no matter where we roam, They draw us close to those we love,     and pull our hearts toward home.
A gift of a family
God Bless our Home
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
Home is where the heart is
Home is where the mortgage is
Home Sweet Home
Live well, laugh often, love much
The love of a family makes life beautiful.
Love one another
Mother and child
Our family is a circle of love.
Our home is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy.
Security
Summer at the (surname) House
A Visit Inside Our Home
Welcome to our Funny Farm
We are Family
We are a happy family!

Other words for "Family:"  Clan, Descendants, Dynasty, House, Folk, Kin, Kindred, Kith & Kin, Lineage, Tribe, Troupe

The Family Quilt
Our family quilt was started
generations in the past.
Designed with love,
its pattern's rich
in values that will last.
Each person sews another square
of memories that endure,
While challenges add strength
that makes our family life secure.
And stitching it together
threads of closeness,
warmth, and caring
Make it cozy and more comforting
with every year of sharing.

Our Family is a circle of
    strength and love
With every birth and every
    union, the circle grows.
Every crisis faced together
    makes the circle stronger.
Every joy shared adds more
    love.

Cousins
Herd of cow-sins (Use cow paper or cow spots as a background for pics of cousins)
Kissing Cousins
Dozens of Cousins

Father
All My Father's
Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a daddy!
Dad - a son's first hero, a daughter's first love
A daddy is a man who has photos in his wallet where his money used to be.
A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.
A father is neither an anchor to hold us back , Nor a sail to take us there, But a guiding light whose love shows us the way (sea shore theme)
Father's Day fun with the sons
A father's love warms the hearts of his/her children forever.
Fun with Dad
A happy childhood is one of the best gifts that parents have it in their power to bestow.
Hop on Pop, We like to hop, We like to hop on Pop!
I am man, hear me snore
I'm as lucky as can be, for the world's best dad belongs to me.
Just me and my pa
No "lion" . . . we think our Dad is GRRRREAT!

Other words for "Father:"  Dad, Daddy, Dada, Papa, Pops, Pop, Poppy, Padre

And I would want to lead just right,
And know that I was true;
So, walk a little slower, Daddy,
for I must follow you."

Give Him a Day
What shall you give to one small boy?
A glamorous game, a tinseled toy?
A Boy Scout knife, a puzzle pack?
A train that runs on some cruising track?
A picture book, a real live pet?
No, there's plenty of time for such things yet
Give him a day for his very own.
Just one small boy and his Dad alone.
A walk in the wood, a romp in the park;
A fishing trip from dawn to dark.
Give him the gift that only you can.
The companionship of his "old man."
Games are outgrown and toys decay,
But he'll never forget
If you give him a day!

My Dad
By Hazel Fletcher Young
I love someone dearly.
He's kind as can be;
He makes me so happy;
He's my dad, you see.
He takes me out fishing;
We play ball and swim;
He knows about everything;
I'm so proud of him.
And as I get bigger,
I just want to grow
To be like my daddy,
'Cause I love him so.

Fathers have grown in many ways -
Children in only a few.
And yet it is often hard to tell
Just who is teaching who.

What is a Father?
(Author unknown)
A father is a person who is forced to endure childbirth without an anesthetic.  He growls when he feels good and laughs very loud when he is scared half-to-death.  A father never feels entirely worthy of the worship in a child's eyes.  He is never quite the hero his daughter thinks . . .  Never quite the man his son believes him to be.  And this worries him sometimes. (So he works too hard to try to smooth the rough places in the road of those of his own who will follow him.)  A father is a person who goes to war sometimes . . . and would run the other way except that war is part of his only important job in his life, (which is making the world better for his child than it has been for him.)  Fathers grow older faster than people, because they, in other wars, have to stand at the train station and wave goodbye to the uniform that climbs on board.  And, while mothers cry where it shows, fathers stand and beam . . . outside . . . and die inside.  Fathers are men who give daughters away to other men, who aren't nearly good enough, so that they can have children that are smarter than anybody's.   Fathers fight dragons almost daily. They hurry away from the breakfast table, off to the arena which is sometimes called an office or a workshop. There, with callused hands, they tackle the dragon with three heads; Weariness, Works, and Monotony.  And they never quite win the fight, but they never give up.  Knights in shining armor; fathers in grease stained trousers:  There's little difference as they march away each workday.  I know Heaven is called the Christian's rest, but I have an idea that, after a long visit with everyone there, he won't just sit on a cloud and wait for the girl he's loved and the children she bore.  He'll be busy there too . . . repairing the stars, oiling the gates, improving the streets, smoothing the way.

Food
A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
A Sittin' and A Slurpin' and A Spittin' and A Thinkin' (watermelon)
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Apple of my eye
Back to the same old rind (watermelon)
Bite off more than you can chew
Bottomless Pit
Brain Freeze (popsicles)
Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.
Chocolate - it's not just for breakfast anymore.
Chow Time
Cooking Up a Storm!
Countless numbers of people have eaten in this kitchen and gone on to lead normal lives .
Cutie Pie (Arrange pictures to look like a pie)
Dinner will be ready when you hear the smoke alarm go off
Finger lickin' good
Food!
God bless my microwave
Guess what I made for dinner . . . Reservations!
Help keep the kitchen clean - eat out
Here's the dish
Here's the scoop! (ice cream)
Here's what's cookin'
Hugs and Kisses (Hershey kisses and lips)
I cook with wine; sometimes I even put it in the food
I love to hear those three little words - let's eat out.
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!
If God had meant us to be thin, He wouldn't have created chocolate
If we are what we eat, then I'm easy, fast, and cheap.
I've been on a diet for two weeks and so far all I've lost is fourteen days
The last time I cooked this, hardly anyone got sick.
Leftovers: food stored in the refrigerator until it's old enough to be thrown away.
Life is like a bowl of cherries
Life is like an ice cream cone . . . just when you think you've got it licked, it drips on you
Life is uncertain; eat dessert first
My family eats from the 3 basic food groups - frozen, canned, and take out
My next house will have no kitchen -just vending machines.
Mug shots (put photos behind mug die cuts)
Pig out
Scrumdillitelyumpschous!
Someone's in the kitchen with . . .
Summer Sweets (popcycles)
Sweet as Sugar
Sweet to eat, and full of goo
Sweet to eat and lots of fun, too . . .  Now tell me how to get rid of this goo.
Sweets for the sweet
The taste of summer
There's nothing wrong with me that a little ice cream won't fix.
Today’s menu:  two choices - take it or leave it
You're one in a melon

Popcorn
Popcorn is really neat,
Fun to make and fun to eat.
Popcorn is a pop-pop, ever poppin,
never stoppin, show stoppin,
zany kind of treat!

Spaghetti
On top of spaghetti,
    All covered with cheese
    I lost my poor meatball
    when somebody sneezed
It rolled off the table
    and onto the floor
    And then my poor meatball
    it rolled out the door.
Rolled into the garden
    and under a bush
    and then my poor meatball
    was nothing but mush
The mush was as tasty
    as tasty could be
    and early next summer
    grew into a tree
The tree was all covered
    with beautiful moss
    it grew lovely meatballs
    and tomato sauce
So if you eat spaghetti
    all covered with cheese
    hold on to your meatballs
    and don't ever sneeze.

Friends
Adventures are more fun with two.
As sunshine turns a flowers head toward heaven, so your friendship lifts my spirit.
Backdoor friends are best.
The beary best of friends
The best antiques to collect are old friends.
Best Buddies
Best friends are forever friends
The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.  (Abraham Lincoln)
Blessings come in many ways . . . the nicest come as friends
A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, A friend loves the man              himself.
Count your age by friends; not years.  Count your life by smiles; not tears.
Double Trouble
Even though we're far apart. You're always in my heart.
A friend is both a treasure and a comfort.
A friend is like a bowl of jelly beans . . .  good to the bottom of the bowl.
A friend is someone who chooses you - out of a whole world of people.
A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future,and accepts you today.
A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back.
A friend is a present you give yourself.
A friend is a rare book, of which only one copy is made.
A friend is a second self
A friend is someone who knows all about you but likes you anyway.
A friend is someone who knows our faults, yet find our virtues too.
A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
A friend to me . . . you'll always be
Friend, Confidant, Crony
Friends are the best collectibles!
Friends are flowers in the garden of life.
Friends are flowers that never fade.
Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookie of life.
Friends are forever.
Friends are a gift that heaven sends
Friends are like heirlooms . . . always to be treasured.
Friends are our chosen family
Friends are a special hug from God!
Friends are the treasure of life.
Friends . . .  The essence of life.
Friends fill your life with joy, your soul with sunshine, and your heart with love.
Friends forever right from the start - caring and sharing from the heart!
Friends give their best and the best comes back to them.
Friends listen with the heart.
Friends make the earth a garden.
Friends make happiness happen.
Friends pick you up when the world lets you down.
Friends see heart to heart.
Friends share the joy and divide the sorrow!
Friends we will always BEE!
Friendship is like a bank account you can't continue to draw on it without making deposits!
Friendship is a flower that blossoms in the heart.
Friendship is a gift with strings attached . . .  Heartstrings!
Friendship is a marriage of the souls.
Friendship is a sheltering tree.
A friendship grows when you plant a seed
Friendship keeps our hearts in touch
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.--Kahlil Gibran
Friendship is the thread that ties all hearts together.
Friendship warms the heart.
Friendship, like old quilts, stand the test of time!
Gather Friends Like Flowers
Give and take are the twin pillars of friendship. Friendship requires compromise without feeling              compromised.
A good book is like an old friend
A good friend is like a wonderful book.  The inside is even better than the cover!
A good friend is like a warm quilt wrapped around the heart
A good friend is never forgotten, but held together within the heart.
Good friends are angels on earth.
Good friends know how to be invisible
Good friends make good times even better
Hangin' Out together
Happy is the heart that holds a friend
Happy is the house that shelters a friend
The harmony between friends is sweeter than any choir.
A heart for an old friend . . . a hand for the new
If friends were flowers, I'd pick you.
In cookies of life, good friends are the chocolate chips.
In friends, we find our second selves.
In this world of ordinary people - I'm glad that I've got you!  If you want a friend - be a friend!
It's so Much Better With Two (Pooh)
I've had many friends with whom I've shared my time, but very few with whom I've shared my          heart . . .
The journey to a friend’s house is never long.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Letters are a visit when friends are apart
Love always finds a home in the heart of a friend.
Life is a patchwork of friends
Love is a friendship set to music
Make new friends but keep the old.  One is silver and the other is gold.
Many joys may come and go but friendship is forever!
New friends are silver but old are gold!
Of all the gems on this earth friends are the most precious!
Old friends are the best antiques
One of the greatest pleasures of friendship is doing something nice for someone who never finds out who did it.
Peas in a Pod
Pick your friends - but not to pieces
Real friends are those who, when you make a fool of yourself, don't think you've done a permanent job.
A real friend helps us think our best thoughts, and be our best selves.
Right next door, or miles apart, friends are always close at heart.
The road to a friend's house is never long.
Sew glad we're friends!
A sister is a special kind of friend
Sister by chance, friends by choice
Social Butterflies
Some people come into our lives and quickly go.  Some stay for awhile leaving footprints on our hearts . . . and we are forever changed.
Sometimes a library of words can't say what a hug from a friend can.  The touch of a good friend can be healing.
Special friends become our chosen family.
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.  - Louisa May Alcott
A sunshiny day with a good friend
Thankful is the heart who has a true friend
There is no gift so precious as a true friend
There's enough warmth in a friends hug to warm up the coldest day
There's warmth and joy that never ends between the hearts of special friends.
Those who bring sunshine into the life of others cannot keep it from themselves.
Thoughts of you always make me smile
Time may pass and we may part - but true friends stay close at heart!
Tis better by far at the rainbow's end, to find not gold but the heart of a friend.
To be a friend it helps to bend
To get a friend, be a friend... but don't appear desparate
To have a good friend is one of the greatest delights in life.
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings.
Two peas in a pod
We give thanks for friends like ewe
What brings joy to the heart is not so much the friend's gift, but the friend's love.
When friends meet, hearts warm.
When I count my blessings I could you twice
When you're too busy for friends . . . you're too busy!
Wherever you may be, it is your friends who make your world.
Without true friends, the world is a wilderness.  (Bacon)
You are cut from a pattern I love
You and me . . . buds forever!
Your friendship lifts my heart!
You're one in a million
You've got a friend

Other names for "Friend:"  Amigo, Birds of a feather, Buddy, Chum, Comrade, Confidant, Crony, Pal

Friends
A friend is someone who listens,
A friend is someone who cares.
A friend is someone who understands,
A friend is someone who shares.
It's nice to have a special friend
To tell all your secrets to.
It's nice to know that someone you like,
Is someone who really likes you.
A friend is someone you call on the phone
To talk about nothing at all.
A friend is someone who cheers you up.
And makes you feel ten feet tall.
Everyone would like to have
A special friend it's true
But if you want a special friend,
You need to be one, too.

Miracle of Friendship
(Author Unknown)
There's a miracle called friendship
That dwells within the heart
And you don't know how it happens
Or when it got its start.
But the happiness it brings you
Always gives a special lift,
And you realize that friendship
Is God's precious gift.

It's the Thought that Counts
By Clay Harrison
Often in times of trouble
we don't know what to say,
So we choose to say nothing,
and sometimes run away.
When friends are really hurting,
we don't know what to do,
So we offer weak excuses
or say we're hurting too.
It really doesn't matter
what kind of gift we bring;
We only need to be there
if we don't bring a thing.
It truly is amazing
what a hug can do,
When heartache numbs the senses,
and friends depend on you.
There's comfort just in knowing
that you are not alone,
When tears are overflowing,
and hearts are cold as stone.
It's the loving prayers of others
that balance our accounts,
For when we measure love,
it's still the thought that counts.

I hold in my hands
    a box of gold,
    With a secret inside
    that has never been told.
The box is priceless
    but as I see,
    The treasure inside
    is far more precious to me.
Today I share  
    this treasure with thee,
    It's the treasure of friendship
    You've given to me!

Where Are My Friends?
I'm walking up and down the street
    Hoping that by chance I'll meet
    Someone who will want to play
    On this warm and sunny day.
It seems that no one is around,
    One single friend cannot be found.
    I guess I'll have to go back home,
    Where I will sit and be alone.
    But as I reach my house I see
    My friends have come to play with me!
Gathered at my own front door
    Are five or six or even more.
    My friends have all come out to play
    On this warm and sunny day.

There are friends who pass like ships in the night,
   Who meet for a moment then sail out of sight,
    With never a backwards glance of regret,
    Friends we know briefly, then quickly forget.
Then there are friends that sail together,
    Through quiet waters and stormy weather.
    Helping each other through joy and strife,
    These are the friends who bring meaning to life.

Gardening
All things grow better with love
All things grow with love
Bloom where you are planted.
Blossoming
A bouquet of flowers from our family garden
Bright as flowers, be thy life's hours.
Every Birdy Welcome
"Everything's coming up roses"
Families Bloom With Love
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
The garden is a mirror of the heart
Gardeners know the best dirt.
Gardening angel
If friends were flowers, I'd pick you.
If those who plant kindness, harvest love . . .  Your garden must be overflowing
Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow
Kind hearts are the GARDEN.  Kind thoughts are the ROOT.  Kind words are the BLOSSOMS.  Kind deeds are the FRUIT.
Life began in a garden.
Look what's sprouting up!
Love in bloom
Loving hearts bloom
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?
May all your weeds be wildflowers.
Nothing is so beautiful as spring.
Our Little Gardener
Plant a little love, watch a miracle grow.
Plant kindness gather love
Round and round the garden
Scatter seeds of happiness
Seedin' and Weedin'
She who plants a garden plants happiness.
Something wonderful has sprouted (flower pot with flowers sprouting out, pictures inside the flowers.)
Spring is Nature's way of saying "let's party !" (confetti, party hats)
This place is for the birds (birds, birdhouses)
Those who plant kindness harvest love.
Tiptoe through the tulips
Wishing you a bouquet of beautiful memories to remember.

Grandparents/Age
After fifty it's patch, patch, patch
After forty it's a matter of maintenance
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.  (Jeanne Moreau)
At my age happy hour is naptime
Don't worry about a little gray hare
Forty isn't old if you're a tree
God couldn't be everywhere, so he created grandmothers.
God gave us loving grandchildren as a reward for all our random acts of kindness
Grandchildren are loving reminders of what we're really here for.
Grandchildren don't make a woman feel old; it's being married to a grandfather that bothers her.
Grandpa's Delight
Grandma's Little Heartthrob(s)
A granddaughter/grandson is a gift from above . . . one to cherish, one to love.
Grandkids keep hearts young.
A grandma fills the world with love
Grandmas are earth angels.
Grandmas are antique little girls.
Grandmas are just ancient little girls.
Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love.
Grandmas are special.
Grandma's home is her grandchildren's second home, a sort of security blanket they can escape to when the world is unfriendly.
Grandma's my name, spoilin's my game.
A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead of the television.
Grandmothers are voices of the past and role models of the present.  Grandmothers open the doors to the future.   (Helen Ketchum )
A grandpa is a special friend
Grandparents are God’s way of compensating us for growing old
Grandparents may be oldies . . . but they're goodies!
Grandpas are great.
The greatest triumph of a man is to raise a child who experiences exuberance in life as well as triumphs of his
own.  (Betty Schroeder)
The handwriting on the wall means the grandchildren found the crayons.
I wouldn't call you old . . . I'd call you chronologically challenged!
If I had known grandchildren were this much fun I would have had them first!
I'm at the Age When The Gray-Haired Person I Help Across The Street Is My Spouse
In order not to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.  (Don Marquis)
It takes about ten years to get used to how old you are.
The joy of grandchildren is measured in the heart.
Just when a mother thinks her work is done she becomes a grandmother.
Kindness is becoming at any age.
Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy
Over the hill?  I don't remember any hill.
Parent-child relationships are complex.  Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple.
Perfection is in the eyes of those who wear blinders, and nobody wears blinders better than a doting grandmother.
The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years, but the one with the richest experiences.  (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
Retirement:  twice as much time, half as much money.
Retirement is a full-time job
There would be fewer spoiled children if you could spank Grandmas.
There's no place like home . . . except Grandma's.
They are safe and kind, and wiser than the child's mother.  (Florence King)
Through Grandma’s/Grandpa’s eyes
Two proud grandparents live here.  (A proud grandma/grandpa lives here)
Was there ever a grandparent bushed after a day of minding noisy youngsters who hasn't felt the Lord knew what He was doing when He gave little children to young people?  (Joe E. Wells)
We mourn the passing of your youth
What's so simple even a small child can manipulate it?  Why, a grandmother, of course!
When a child is born, so is a grandma/grandpa
When Mom says no . . . Call 1-800-Grandma
Who's spoilin' who?!
Wow! Are grandchildren great!  Spoil them rotten - give them back - and laugh and laugh.  Revenge is sweet!  (Aris Painter)
You are young at any age if you are still planning for tomarrow

WHEN I'M A LITTLE OLD LADY
(Author unknown)
I'll live with my children and bring them great joy.
To repay all I've had from each girl and boy
I shall draw on the walls and scuff up the floor;
Run in and out without closing the door.
I'll hide frogs in the pantry, socks under my bed.
Whenever they scold me, I'll just hang my head.
I'll run and I'll romp, always fritter away
The time to be spent doing chores every day.
I'll pester my children when they're on the phone.
As long as they're busy, won't leave them alone.
Hide candy in closets, rocks in a drawer
And never pick up my clothes from the floor.
Dash off to the movies and not wash a dish.
I'll plead for allowance whenever I wish.
I'll stuff up the plumbing and deluge the floor.
As soon as they've mopped it, I'll flood it some more.
When they correct me, I'll lie down and cry.
Kicking and screaming -- not a tear in my eye.
I'll take all their pencils and flashlights, and then
When they buy new ones, I'll take them again.
I'll spill glasses of milk to complete every meal,
Eat my banana and just drop the peel.
Put toys on the table, spill jam on the floor,
I'll break lots of dishes as though I were four.
What fun I shall have, what joy it will be.
To live with my children . . . Like they lived with me.

Mother and Grandma
By Crystal Bowman
My mother feeds me tuna fish
    With broccoli on the side.
    But Grandma gives me candy
    When my mouth is open wide.
    My mother slices apples
    And oranges for dessert.
    My grandma brings me doughnuts
    If she finds out I am hurt.
My mother makes me drink my milk
    Most every single night.
    But Grandma gives me ice cream bars
    When I do something right
    My mother cooks up rice and beans
    That have an awful taste.
    So I say, "See ya later,
    I'm going to Grandma's place!"

Photo Album for Grandparents
Grandma & Grandpa,
this book is for you,
though it may be quite puzzling
as the pictures are few.

But every few months
if you don't make a fuss,
we'll send you more pages
with pictures of us!

Retirement
Retired but not tired

Retirement
By Bee Ewing
To have on your side at last.
Look forward in faith to the future,
Accept with peace the past.

Time for travel, fun and adventure,
To discover new dimensions in yourself.
It is time to do what pleases you,
Take a dusty dream off the shelf.

Halloween
Boo from the crew
Bootiful
Come as you aren't
Cutest little pumpkin in the patch
Fright Night
Happy Halloween . . . whatever you are!
Hocus Pocus
I do believe in ghosts, I do, I do, I do
Mom's little pumpkins
On the Cutting Edge (carving pumpkins)
Pumpkin Patch
Silly as a Scarecrow
Trick or Treat!  Give me something good to eat.  Give me candy.  Give me cake.  Give me                    something sweet to take!

Heritage
And away she goes!
Bits of yesterday
Branching out from generation to generation (tree)
Deep Rooted Heritage (tree)
Faces from the Past
Family faces are magic mirrors
Generation Gap
Generation to Generation
I think of heaven as a garden where I shall find again those dear ones who have made my world
". . . a life recorded is twice precious - first the experience itself, and then the memory of it full and sweet when we read about it later."  (Elaine Cannon)
The light at the end of the tunnel is a muzzle flash
Looking at people who belong to us
Memories
The most treasured heirlooms are the sweet memories of our family.
Once upon a lifetime
Once Upon A Time . . .
Piecing together a family heritage (quilt)
Roaring twenties
Those Were the Days
The Way we Were

See also "Family Ties" poem in the Family section

The Best is Underground
(Author Unknown)
I climbed my Family tree and found,
it was not worth the climb,
and so I scampered down, convinced,
it was a waste of time.
Some branches of my tree, I found,
were rotten to the core,
and all the tree was full of sap,
and hung with nuts galore.
I used to brag on my Kinfolk,
    before I made my climb,
but truth compels me now to tell,
of those not worth a dime.
I beg my friends who boast aloud,
of their ancestors great,
to climb their family tree and learn,
of those who weren't so straignht.
I learned what family trees are like and then,
I scrambled down.
They're like a "Tater Vine,"
because the best is underground.

The Family Tree
By Jim Wolf
One tree outlives the mighty oak
    Because it's made of special folk,
    Through generations changing form,
    Providing shelter from life's storm.
Our parents' parents and before,
    Who may have lived on distant shores,
    They root our lives in memories;
    We're nourished by their histories.
A sturdy trunk that lends support
    And gives us care of every sort -
    The fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts,
    Who nurture us like tender plants.
The children, branching toward the sky,
    Have brand new dreams and deeds to try.
    And babies, buds that seem so small,
    Will flower so the tree grows tall.

Heirloom
By Amy Grant
Up in the attic, Down on my knees
    Lifetimes of boxes, Timeless to me.
Letters and photographs, Yellowed in years
    Some bringing laughter, Some bringing tears
Time never changes the memories,
    the faces of loved ones who bring to me
    all that I come for,
    and all that I live for,
    and all that I'm going to be
My precious album is more than an heirloom to me.

Memories
(By Grace E. Easley)
Memories are heartbeats,
    Sounding through the years,
    Echoes never falling,
    Of our smiles and tears.
Moments that are captured,
    Sometimes unaware,
    Pictures in an album,
    Or a lock of hair.
Images that linger
    Deep within the mind,
    Bits of verse we cherished
    Once upon a time.
Through the musty hallways
    Of the days we knew,
    Ever comes the vision,
    Beautiful and true.
Memories are roses
    Blooming evermore,
    Full of fragrant sweetness,
    Never known before.
Life must have a reason,
    Goals for which to strive,
    Memories are lights that burn
    . . . To keep the heart alive.

None
By Helen Steiner Rice
May memory open the heart's door wide
And make you a child at your mother's side
And may you feel her love around you
As happy memories surround you!

Notes on a Family Album
By Mary F. Heisey
I sit before some photographs
of people I don't know.
Mom said, "They are your relatives,"
But that was long ago.
She used to get the album out
And put me on her knee:
Then pointing, with a story line
Tell family history.
The captions used were all her own,
Each time developed new.
We never thought to write them down
Before her life was through.
I see some family features now;
I have begun to care.
Since Mom is gone, I cannot ask,
"Whose picture is that there?"
If you have the photos in a book
Without a caption, too.
Go get a pen and label them,
or you may wonder, "Who?"

This Book
By Narda Poe
This book is like a comforter,
A quilt with many parts,
A keeper of our memories,
A place to warm our hearts.
The fabric is life's events,
Those things we want to keep,
Those programs, stubs and photographs,
placed here - not in a heap!
The scraps all stitched together,   
        held fast with love and care,
Create a family legacy,
gift for all to share.

To the Past, Present & the Future,
I Dedicate this Book:
By Ruth Mae Fox
To the Past, because I came out of it,
To the Present, because I live in it,
To the Future, because my children shall inherit it.

Memories fill this book . . .
of places we have known,
moments we have cherished,
People we have loved
These are personal riches,
Treasures from our hearts.

"We do not spend our money on a lot of material possessions - we spend money to create memories for our children and others we love.  Those are the only things one can take away.  When health is gone or someone dies . . . or it's a hard year at school, the memories are still there . . . to open the windows of a child's mind . . . to make him or her laugh and feel warm and strong inside where it counts."   (Ann Kiernel Anderson)

Love
A kiss to build a dream on
Ain't love just the berries!
All things grow with love
Be mine
Be My Cupid
Color the world with love
Even when it's cold outside, our memories keep us warm!
A hug a day keeps the meanies away
A hug delights and warms and charms . . . that must be why God gave us arms.
A hug is a roundabout way of expressing affection.
Hugs and kisses
I got you babe
I Just Called to Say "I Love You"
If your heart is full of love, then you always have something to give.
I'm "Goofy" for you!
I'm head over heels for you
A kiss to build a dream on
Loads of love
Love can build a bridge
Love comforts like sunshine after rain.
Love for all time and eternity
Love in bloom
Love doesn't make the world go 'round.  Love makes the ride worthwhile.
Love is a gift we can give every day.
Love is everlasting
Love is friendship set to music.  (Pollock)
Love is the secret ingredient in the recipe of life.
Love is a work of the heart
Love notes
Love puts a twinkle in your eye and a smile in your heart
Love will find a way
A Mother's Love
My eyes adore you
My heart is a bargain today.  Will you take it?  (W.C. Fields)
No door is too difficult for the key of love to open
Our love goes forward on the wings of a dove.
The power of love
SWAK
Sealed with a kiss
There's no gift more magical than the joy of being loved.
Those were the days
Thoughts of you always make me smile
Time that is not spent loving is wasted.
Touched by Love
True love is a gift on which no return is demanded.
True love is like ghosts, one which everyone talks about, but few have seen.
Two hearts shall become one
The very best love stories have no endings.
The way we were
What A Wonderful World
When there is love in the home there is joy in the heart.
Where there is great love, there are great miracles.
Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sing!
You are my sunshine!
You Light Up My Life
You make my heart leap
You've captured my heart.

Love bears all things,
    Believes all things,
    Hopes all things,
    Endures all things,
    Love never fails.

Love does not consist of gazing
    at each other,
    but in looking outward
    in the same direction.

Mom and Dad, Your love for one another
    was the foundation of our home.
    Thank you for showing me
    how wonderful love can be.

To stand in the starlight,
    Just the two of us,
    My hand in your hand,
    To understand without words,
    To love you is my life.
    My happiness.