Grandparents Day

Yeah, I totally forgot about Grandparents' Day. I did nothing for any of Rebecca's grandparents (neither did Ramy!). Oops.

But let there be no doubt that we appreciate grandparents. I fondly remember how there was nothing in the world that I could do wrong, in the eyes of my Granny. When I got a spiral perm (oh, the 80s), she thought it was sweet. Anything I did came with, "Bless her little heart." I almost expect to hear those same words out of my mother's mouth when she talks about Rebecca. Heaven knows that Rebecca adores her Grammy. Grammy can be worked into almost any conversation. On Friday night, Rebecca was quite sleepy coming home from dinner and yet she wanted to talk. She told me something or other about Grammy, and then she said, "Grammy at her house. In Tiss-see. She wear her nightgown." Not sure where that came from, but it's sweet to see that Rebecca has a clear picture in her mind of who and where Grammy is.

Grandmothers are moms with lots of frosting. ~Author Unknown

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies. ~Rudolph Giuliani

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric. ~Pam Brown

It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace. ~Christopher Morley

Grandmothers are just antique little girls. ~Author Unknown

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb

A child needs a grandparent, anybody's grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world. ~Charles and Ann Morse

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being. ~Margaret Mead

If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb

Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love. ~Author Unknown

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. ~Alex Haley