“I know the type of demons they have to fight and I am going to help them, because it's the only way I can keep them from getting to my family. I have to clean up my friends because they are around my boys. It's upsetting.” KnowsWayI CanHelpingFightingSportsBoysTypeMy FriendsMy FamilyCleanUpsetDemonMy Boys Author:Michael Irvin
“At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet. I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.” PeopleHeartHomeKidsUsedMotherNightFatherHurtTalkingBoysFireMy HeartQuietHundredMy FamilyTablesCalmDinnerSupposed To BePleasantNeighborhoodStomachLaughedHomeworkDinner TableClamorScarvesFireplacesCaleb Author:Veronica Roth
“I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.” KindBoysGrewGrew UpMy FamilyBlindFolksHeavyStoresTraditionalCaliforniaDietsCornerstonesFolk MusicAmerican Music Author:Ben Harper
“I love dogs. I grew up with dogs in my family from the time that I was a little boy; we always had German Shepherds and Labradors. I get on very well with dogs, they trust me.” WellsLittlesBoysDogGrewGrew UpMy FamilyTrust MeLittle BoysShepherdsDog LoveLabradorsGerman Shepherds Author:Paul Walker
“It was messed up, because in 1947 my family moved to Seattle and I had to get up at 5:00 o'clock in the morning to catch the ferry back to Bremerton every morning because I was Boys Club president.” PresidentBoysMorningMy FamilyMovedClubsGet UpClockEvery MorningSeattleMessed UpFerry Author:Quincy Jones
“I stopped going to mass, and boy, it was painful for me, and it was certainly painful for my family, but I just couldn't ratify their behavior and their decisions anymore by showing up on Sundays.” DecisionBoysBehaviorMassMy FamilyPainfulSundayShowing Up Author:Anna Quindlen