My Sweet Books

Our grandchildren accept us for ourselves, without rebuke or effort to change us, as no one in our entire lives has ever done, not our parents

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent

The foundation that my parents and grandparents instilled in me is unyielding, especially the principle that teaches me to keep God first in all I

They say genes skip generations. Maybe that's why grandparents find their grandchildren so likeable

Soon I will be an old, white-haired lady, into whose lap someone places a baby, saying, "Smile, Grandma!" I, who myself so recently was photographed

My grandmother Rose was a tough woman, so tough she'd built the family home with her own hands while my grandpa worked as a tailor in the market

I want to be a sunshine grandma

When Grandma's last breath waltzed from that room, my heart opened wide like a parachute, and I realized she didn't die. She simply found a silence

Some grandmas took their grandchildren to parks, or bought them books and dolls, or shared their special stories. Her grandma shared her recipes

My grandmother, a dim, stern figure, named her children Lily and Violet, which I guess from seeing a picture of my mother's paved, ugly backyard

I have the idea that we grandmothers are meant to play the part of protective witches; we must watch over younger women, children, community and also

Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure

I thought grandmothers had to like you. It's a law or something

My Great Grandmother Morrison fixed a book-rest to her spinning wheel so that she could read while she was spinning, or so the story goes

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first

My grandmother's last act on earth was a call for forgiveness, love, and tolerance

Thise abilites

Some moments can only be cured with a big squishy grandma hug

I am grateful to those who are keepers of the groove

It's often said when a baby is born so is a grandparent

When Granny was headed for some far-off place, you could only be sure of one thing that it was a place everyone else was trying to get away from

If nothing is going well, call your grandmother

It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace

There is no greater achievement than being a grandfather who tells fairy tales to grandchildren