Some thoughts on grandparenting from several folks more creative and witty than I. ( Thanks to my sister-in-law Susan for these.)
What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change and they give me a million dollars worth of pleasure - Gene Perret
Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild - Welsh proverb
A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead of the television- author unknown
Never have children; only grandchildren - Gore Vidal
Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric - Pam Brown
Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because grandfathers have only so many horse-back-rides in them - Gene Perret
When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window - Ogden Nash
Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete - Marcy DeMaree
Grandmas hold our tiny little hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever - author unknown
If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first - Lois Wyse
My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world; and after 2 or 3 hours with them, I believe it too. - Gene Perret
Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old. - Mary H Waldrip
An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that and you start to age quickly.- Gene Perret
The best babysitters, 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
I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have, if only for self defense - Gene Perret
Grandparents 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 -
One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather - Joy Hargrove
It's amazing how grandparents seem so young once you become one - author unknown
Grandparents are like a piece of string - handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren - author unknown
Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother - G. Norman Collie
