So it often falls to us

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For grandchildren:

If nothing is going well, call

your grandmother.

~ Anonymous

Everyone needs to have access

both to grandparents and

grandchildren in order to be

a full human being.

~ Margaret Mead

When grandparents enter the

door, discipline flies out the

window.

~ Ogden Nash

A child needs a grandparent,

anybody’s grandparent, to grow

a little more securely into an

unfamiliar world. 

~ Charles and Ann Moore

Grandparents are the best kind

of grownups.

~ Unknown

For grandparents:

An hour with your grandchildren

can make you feel young again.

Anything longer than that, and

you start to age quickly.

~ Gene Perret

You make all your mistakes with

your own children so by the time

your grandchildren arrive, you

know how to get it right. Plus,

once you turn 50, you kind of

stop giving a shit what others

think.

~ Liz Fenton

A mother becomes a true grandmother

the day she stops noticing the terrible

things her children do because she

is so enchanted with the wonderful

things her grandchildren do.

~ Lois Wyse

The very old and the very young have

something in common that makes it

right that they should be left alone

together. Dawn and sunset see stars

shining in a blue sky; but morning

and midday and afternoon do not,

poor things.

~ Elizabeth Goudge

Grandchildren are God’s way of

compensating us for growing old.

~ Mary H. Waldrip