“Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'" Rose chuckled. "But usually,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
It's nice that you spend a day with your mother,' she said. "Children should do it more often. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to be ordinary," I mumbled. My mother looked up. "What ordinary, Charley?" "You know. Someone you forget." From the… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“There was a pier filled with thousands of people, men and women, fathers and mothers and children--so many children--children from the past… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
What is it?” “A prayer.” “For a child?” She nodded. “For me?” Another nod. “On a tree?” “Trees spend all day looking… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’ve… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
The story of my recent life.' I like that phrase. It makes more sense than 'the story of my life', because we… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,where her mother was… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I never hear anything about education. Education - I guess it's just not sexy enough. And everybody claims to love their children… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He found himself thinking about his childhood. "Why do you drink so much, Maestro?" "This is not a music question." "Are you… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
We all know how to be a child. It's inside all of us. For me, it's just remembering how to enjoy it. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Parents rarely let got of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Now that child reminds me of something our sages taught. When a baby comes into the world, it's hands are clenched, right?… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
It's like going back to being a child again. Someone to bathe you. Someone to lift you. Someone to wipe you. We… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“You really loved her?' 'I would have given my life.' 'Would you have taken it?' 'No, child,' he said. 'That is not… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
What is it about childhood that never lets you go, even when you're so wrecked it's hard to believe you ever were… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Giving to other people makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look like in the mirror. When I… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“If the only thing wrong with Moses is that he's not yours; if the only thing wrong with Jesus is that he's not yours;… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'" Rose chuckled. "But usually, they're just… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“I had also developed my own culture. Work. Over the years, I had taken labor as my companion and had moved everything else to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
