Saturday, April 28, 2007

GRANDMOTHERS...This one is for you Grammie....

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

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

One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandparent~~~Joy Hargrove

A garden of love grows in a Grandmother's heart~~~Author Unkown

A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend~~~Author Unkown

The history of our grandparents is remembered not with rose petals but in the laughter and tears of their children and their children's children. It is into us that the lives of grandparents have gone. It is in us that their history becomes a future~~~Charles and Ann Morse



What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I'd like to say that grandparents are God's gifts to children And if they can but see, hear and feel what these people have to give, they can mature at a fast rate~~~Bill Cosby

"You're more trouble than the children are" is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive~~~Gene Perret

Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Grandmothers have only so many horsey rides in them~~~Gene Perret

Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete~~~Marcy DeMaree

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation~~~Lois Wyse

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

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

If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it~~~Hannah Whithall Smith

Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old~~~Mary H. Waldrip

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your Grandmother~~~~Proverb

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

2 comments:

Teresa said...

I can't wait for grandchildren. Spoil them and send them home. What fun!

L. said...

Good morning, Clara... I thoroughly enjoyed your Grandma quotes....!!!! They were wonderful...and so true. Thanks for a great and uplifting post today. I am jotting a few of them down to use on my pottery for Mother's Day. Thanks!

Only 25 more days and I will be heading to MN to hold my grandbaby in my arms....ahhhh : )

Have a lovely day!
xoxo
Grammie