Family More Important Than Friends Novels & Stories

Yvette said, raising her brows. "Family isn’t just about marriage, Miss Martinez. You could find it not just in men. Or in women. You could find it through your friends, or the people that are... dear to you. It’s the warmth, the comfort, and the compassion they had given you that gave you shelter... that made you find some pieces of yourself. And when you lose them, it’s like you lose half of yourself, or you just become indifferent. That’s the effect of a family." Yvette was so mindblown that she could barely talk.

It just means I’m choosing to prioritize something else. Family.

They'll understand when they grow up, Oscar laughs, but what they should know from now on is that none of those couples is more or less important than the other; they're all families, even if they're different from ours. "So why do other kids say those things?" Alec complains. Because they're idiots, Raymond said. Oscar turns to look at him, frowning at how he talks about them in front of the kids, but Raymond just shrugs. So you all love Mom? Alec asks. We all love your mother, the four of us are a family, I explain. They both nod in understanding. And why? Alec asks. When we met your mother, we didn't get along well at first, Oscar begins, but we fell in love later, all three of us fell in

I sigh and get back on my seat . "Congratulations son." Dad said smiling. "What are you still doing? Change and let's go celebrate". Mom said so excitedly. I laugh and motion them to leave. We eat out as a family. My friends already has their own lives to take care of and they just send a congratulatory messages and gifts. I missed the old us and our bonding before. "That's a deep sigh." "I just miss my friends mom". Mom pat my shoulder. "That's life. It doesn't stay the same".

As I stood in the space that had been dedicated, marked, and furnished as the living room in Adrian and I's new house, with a happy thrill running through my body as I watched my family and friends converged in a place to celebrate both myself and my husband moving into a new home, I once again realized, with a deep rooted conviction in my heart, that having riches and affluence was great and all, but having family and friends that I could call my own was much more of an achievement. I also realized, as I sat on one of the brand new couches on the living room and watched them all interact with one another, that when one had a family and also friends, he or she would thereby have people to ca

Greater than reforming the system. Being her mother was my most important role. And I’d never forget that. No matter what else happened. No matter where destiny led us. Family came first. Always. Forever. That was my truth. My anchor. My purpose. Everything else was just details. Important details. Meaningful details. But still just details compared to this. Compared to love. To family. To the simple joy of ice cream with my daughter. That was real. That was what mattered. And that would always be enough.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

"I do not believe that. I believe family is for life. As for my friends, I would have forgiven them if they had apologized to my wife. You cannot expect me to be grateful to them, to meet them again, to talk to them, when I know that they hold so much hostility toward my wife. At the end of the day, I have to come back home and face my wife and face my children. I do not want my children to see their parents fight over my friends." I tried to explain to my mother that marriage is not just two people living together or walking down the aisle and saying I accept you. It is more than that. It is a responsibility. I cannot force my friends and my relationships on Madeline when none of them has d

Russell’s POV. The importance of family is grossly under emphadized even though they get on your nerves sometimes and you want nothing more than to walk them out of your house sometimes and warn them never to come back again. But in moments of joy, in moments when one is celebrating, you want nothing more than to be surrounded with the people whom you love and care for.

“You knew, Grandpa…” “You’re hiding such an important matter from your family. What do you think family is for? Remember that we’re blood-kins, and we’ll always support you, I mean it all. Sure, I’d care heavily about the Jordan Group in the past, but all I want now as I grow older is for everyone to be healthy and safe.” Senior Jordan’s voice sounded aged and peaceful.

I guess in a way he did own the school. My father's biggest lesson in life was that family is the most important thing to protect in this world. Not family of blood but of the people you chose to be close with. Finding a woman to love was just the beginning. How you loved her and the family you raised was the most precious gift of god. The people we chose to surround ourselves with and allow to become part of our family would make life worth living. Alley became my family and in turn she became a part of who I was. I couldn't lose her. Since the first day she went missing I felt my grandfather's rage, the same rage Ace held. I wanted to kill all them and had no care for any of the people aro