Quotes About Support

Sisters-the ones we share last names with and the ones we choose-are the lining of every woman's soul.

Family does not mean people with the same last name or the same DNA. It means people who care about you, who you trust, who you care about--people you can count on.

No matter how together we are, no matter how many friends or kids or partners or dogs or goats we have, there are always moments where we not only feel alone, but lonely.

Immeasurable space. Closeness. The shortest distance between two women.

when someone believes in you before you deserve it, it transforms you.

I've often found myself in circumstances that were too big for me. But I've never faced anything in life that was too big for my family.

I learned from my grandfather that when someone believes in you before you deserve it, it transforms you.

Remember, God made us different because we needed suitable helpers. The more we understand and appreciate how we are different, the better we can draw on and receive the help that we need from one another.

Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted" (Galatians 6:1).

Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be nurtured and loved. But at the same time, they need to feel like men.

the question isn't whether we're going to have to do hard, awful things, because we are. We all are. The question is whether we have to do them alone.

We now know that doing good to others, having a network of strong and supportive relationships, and having a sense that one's life is worthwhile are the three greatest determinants of happiness.

When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad.

It's just that sometimes you love a kid just because they need it. Not because they deserve it, not because you really like them…just because they need love.

God must've had single women in mind when he invented dogs

Tell me you'll be okay without me." "I won't be." She said nothing, and Josh was quiet a long moment, the only sound the rhythm of the ocean waves against the shore. "I will be," he said, his voice rough. "I'll be grateful for ever day that I got to be your husband.

Liam's face grew serious. "I'll take good care of you, Cordelia. I promise.

To get a hug from your dad makes you feel safer than just about anything in the world, and in his arms, you don't have to be brave or strong or selfless. You're daddy's little girl again, and just knowing he's there makes everything a little better, even if it doesn't really change anything.

My blood pressure surges. Folks, unless you've walked the walk, never tell a widow it's time she moved on.

Hey, buddy." If

Oh, let's see. Judy came to see me at work today," Ainsley said. "To beg me not to give up on Eric just yet. She thinks he's got PTSD." I thought he had asshole-itis, personally.

I'd known friends who went through this, the grim tracking of the ovulation cycle, the way making love becomes insemination, as romantic as a turkey baster. One of my college friends, in fact, had said she preferred the turkey baster. "I don't have to pretend that way,

All I can say is...she's been a good friend. And in her own special way, she's a ball of insecurities, but so aren't we all, right?

Funny, how easy that could be. When you found the right person, there was no hiding of flaws...there was just trying to do better. There was the comfort of admitting your weaknesses and trying to get past them. The knowledge that no one needed you to be on all the time, always fun, upbeat, attentive... He only needed you to be yourself. The security in knowing someone loved simply being with you.