The family. "The basic building block of society," they call it. We are born into families, cared for by family until we can begin to take care of ourselves. We share the same roof, the same table, even the same faith. Nothing unusual there. It is expected...despite the differences of individual personalities, interests and abilities that are gathered into the family unit, it is a unit. The basic building block of society.

The joy I have in living with my wife and children I would not have were it not for the institution of the family, and now that David is off in college, these weekends when he is home are all the more precious. I shared wonderful times with my parents, my sisters and brother as we grew up, times that would have been missed except for the family. Everyone of you could re…