Product Description

"My family has been the bedrock of my life," says best-selling author Gregory Lang, "understanding, accepting, loving, helping, and teaching me at every step along my journey. It was from my family that I learned children come first and elders are to be respected, that I learned to give care and solace to those in need, to be thankful always and to give and receive affection often, to live up to my word and duty and to forgive, forget, have fun, and to never miss a chance to tell someone 'I love you.' It is my family that I think about when in moments of reflection I ask myself what am I worth, what I have done with my life, and what I am going to do tomorrow."

Building a happy, healthy family is a high priority for most of us these days. In Why We Are a Family Lang celebrates his family and all families with the traditions, togetherness, and lasting fellowship that strengthen everyone in them. He sees that love is what holds a family together and makes it strong by providing a reservoir of strength and comfort for every member to draw from.

Born into a large, loving family, Lang counts his blessings every day for the support and affection his extended family brings to his life. Because of the strong ties that bind his family together, he has no trouble outlining what it means to be a family. From "We help one another, but we don't keep score" to "We love to sit together and reminisce," his 100 reasons for why a family is a family will ring true for families of all kinds.

Recently remarried and the father of a newly created family, Lang once again knows the joy of a bustling household. His new "blended" family, like any other, provides its own challenges but offers its own rewards as the ties of acceptance, support, and love that bring them closer to one another also strengthen them as they go about their lives outside the home.

With photographs of families of varying sizes and backgrounds, Why We Are a Family affirms all that is good about one of the basic building blocks of our lives and of the world around us.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #563753 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-30
• Released on: 2005-09-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

Why We Are a Family, 100 reasons
I first saw the book at a Meijer store and purchased one for myself. I enjoyed it so much that I showed it to my daughter. She immediately wanted her own copy, so I had to buy one for each of my four children and one for my grandson and his fiancee. However, when I went back to purchase them, the store shelf was bare.
It is a beautiful book that echoes the way our family feels about each other and things that we do. I plan to write alongside each picture about our family traditions and put a picture of the family member it brings to mind. I highly recommend the book to families who are close, loving and make sure they know each others' business at all times.