It's special, grandparents and grandchldren. So much simpler. Is it always so, I wonder? I think perhaps it is. While one's child takes a part of one's heart to use and misuse as they please, a grandchild is different. Gone are the bonds of guilt and responsibility that burden the maternal relationship. The way to love is free.
I think about my father and how sad it was that he never had grandchildren.
We actually have a small family. It's just my father and I and my grandmother, who lives in Tokyo. I cherish my friendships.
When I was a really young child, I felt like I could see fairies. I was convinced there were fairies in my grandmother's garden.
I can't tell you how many letters I get from grandmothers who say, 'It's the only thing I can talk to my 15-year-old grandson about.' The Lakers are more than just a basketball team to this city. They're part of this community.
My 91-year-old great-grandma would get out of her chair and whip me if I start acting like I'm some star or something like that.
I grew up with my grandparents around. I think that's important for a child. If for no other reason than to hear stories about their parents when they were children.
When I was 19 and dropped out of college for several months, I lived for some time with my grandmother.
I went to school in the afternoon and worked in the morning. Sometimes I went out into the fields with my granddad.
A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one.
We can observe the Fourth Commandment by loving visits to our aging grandparents
My great-grandmother lived to be 100 years old, so I got to know her. She always sent us birthday cards that had $2 bills inside - we kept them for good luck.
My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.
My children love my mother, and I tell my children, that is not the same woman I grew up with...That is an old woman trying to get into heaven now.
I love my daughter, but there's a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
I go back to Africa every year. I have a home there. You know, my grandfather lives back there in Cameroon.
I want to make an album my grandma and my fans are going to like. I want to make my grandma understand a drop and make club fans understand a song.
I grew up sitting beside my grandmother playing the piano and singing.
My grandfather carried me around on his shoulders at 85.
When I was nine, my great grandfather, a landscape painter, taught me to mix colors. With his strong hand surrounding my small one, he guided the brush until a calla lily appeared as if by magic on a page of textured watercolor paper.
Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.
Nothing beats that sloppy kiss of a six-month-old grandchild.
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
It's great fun that my grandkids get to see the costumes in 'Alice in Wonderland' or a doll with grandma's dress, but then they also let me know they're bummed I didn't do any of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.
I had the privilege of having two sets of loving grandparents.
