My father moved through theys of we, singing each new leaf out of each tree, (and every child was sure that spring danced when she heard my father si… - Mitch Albom

This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.

Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over the centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them down.

Do not cry for losing blood. Not for something you love.