“ Having a birthday around the holidays was never easy and, with every successive year, it felt more and more as if celebrating my birthday got thrown into the December holiday mix as an afterthought. Chelsea Manning
“ The worst defeat of all is to surrender without having been defeated. And it is Christmas that obliterates both. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ After that I went home and Sally put what was left of me to bed; next day, being a Christian family, we saluted the happy morn with the Hell and Hades of a row because I wouldn't get up and go to earl… Dion Fortune
“ Inch by inch it's all a cinch, by the yard it's hard. Go for it -- no matter how slow or long the process seems at first. Mardi Ballou
“ If a father does not altogether embrace a life of uncompromised sacrifice as the core of all principles by which he nurtures his children, he is a father by birth only and no power on earth can ever o… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own. Brooke Burke
