Phelps Family Quotes

Never presume to know a person based on the one dimensional window of the internet. A soul can’t be defined by critics, enemies or broken ties with family or friends. Neither can it be explained by posts or blogs that lack facial expressions, tone or insight into the person’s personality and intent. Until people “get that”, we will forever be a society that thinks Beautiful Mind was a spy movie and every stranger is really a friend on Facebook.

As the years pass by, we’ll glance at faded photographs recalling memories shared with special friends and family, never wanting it to end. Memories are the only thing left within the end.” Judy

When you give of yourself to any wounded warrior and their family, you will find that your own heart will begin to heal in a place that you didn't even know was in need.

For every wounded warrior, there is a myltitude of family, friends, and communities who are forever changed.

To nurture a healthier way of connecting in romantic relationships, consider how your current or future relationship might be better if you had a more secure style of attachment. As you think about this, however, it’s important for you to know that you do not need to be the model of secure attachment to find happiness. But whatever style works for you, it will probably need to be closer to a secure one on the attachment-related anxiety and attachment-related avoidance dimensions. Fortunately, as I’ve mentioned, you can develop this more secure style as an adult. This process is what psychologists call “earned security.” There are two basic pathways, and they intertwine. First, you must look to the outside world. You need to begin by developing a relationship with at least one emotionally available attachment figure. If not a partner, then you can start with someone else, such as a family member, friend, clergyperson, or therapist. It could even be God. Remember, attachment figures are those you feel you can turn to in times of distress and who are supportive of your attempts to expand your personal horizons. The more you experience feeling accepted and protected, the more you will believe that you are worthy of love and that capable others can be available to truly love and comfort you—giving you some “earned security.” The second approach to developing “earned security” is to directly nurture a part of yourself that makes you more aware of your experiences and to respond to those experiences in a more accepting and compassionate way.

I’d never seen our father cry. Not one tear. Yet, while we sat, as families do, in the front row, inside the same funeral home where we’d said good-bye to Diane eight years earlier, I looked on as my dad, his shoulders bouncing up and down, cried. It was as though he’d held back the tears all his life, each one reserved for this day he undoubtedly knew—as far back as Mark’s teenage years—he’d bear witness to.