Grandparents From Grandchildren

A grandmother pretends she

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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween. Erma Bombeck

My grandmother started walking

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My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the hell she is. Ellen DeGeneres

Beautiful old people are

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Beautiful old people are works of art. Eleanor Roosevelt

Beautiful young people are

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Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. Eleanor Roosevelt

The presence of a

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The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can become parents, and one day even have grandchildren of their own. So often we think of grandparents as belonging to the past; but in this important way, grandparents, for young … Read more

Uncles and aunts, and

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Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all. Fanny Fern

Few things are more

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Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. Doug Larson

The idea that no

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The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren. Doug Larson

The best baby-sitters, of

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The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida. Dave Barry