Family Sentimentalist Gifts

'The kids are grown and gone now, but they always keep in touch.'

'She's a very protectice mother!' - Lifeguard at Christening/Baptism.

'Oh, Arthur...You sweet, blind, mad, dear, silly fool....Don't you see it could never last?'

'I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still (would you believe?)')

"I don't know...sometimes I think I don't spend enough time with them. What kind of role model am I?"

"Come on, we've thought of 492 names surely we can get one more"

'It must be good chocolate for six bucks a box.'

"And so another trip comes to an end...with family brought closer together by a shared experience."

"I consider every member of our family to be like family."

Remember my mum? I took that photo a week before she died. There's one of me...that was a good haircut.

"When I was a puppy, I barked as a puppy, I understood as a puppy, I thought as a puppy. But when I became a dog, I put away puppy things except for my shabby, old, beat-up stuffy toy. I still freaking love this thing."

'Will I have to be a mum when I grow up?'

"There's no need to be em'bear'rassed about what you like!"

Have I told you lately that I love you

Attic of hopes and dreams...

"The house doesn't seem big because the kids are gone - it seems big because we've shrunk so much."

'A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, a CD player, a laptop computer, a cordless phone and thou.'

"I want a pony!"

"This next song is about my self-driving truck leaving me..."

'It's time you learned, son - in-laws and outlaws aren't necessarily opposites.'

The stone is semi-precious, so I got you two.

'Hey Dad, Mom's got a new hobby...still life painting...er, Dad?'

Woman talking romantically whilst man talks about measuring the scullery.

"You're six years old and I'm your mother! - I'm SUPPOSED to impose my moral standards on you!"

"Gracie, we're rich because we love one another...we have a safe home and we don't go to bed hungry at night."

"The family has spent all week crafting a beautiful service of words and pictures - far too sentimental to be of practical use."

'How many are just staying together for the kids? Ok, that's good, very good.'

"Don't worry - the Power of Dad still trumps the Power of Attorney."

'Enjoy it while you can, kid...one day you wake up and you're five!'

'Dad, are we rich?'

"No, I thought YOU put the picnic basket in the car."

Igloo Art.

'She won't go anywhere without her Teddy Bear...'

"Gosh, before you know it they'll be all grown up and making poor decisions that you can't comment on or ever make peace with!"

"I think I'm ready to go forth and multiply."