Wherever I was, in the house, in the garden, out on the fields, her face always appeared so clearly to me. It took me a long time to get used to the reality that my grandmother had passed away. It’s such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother – that’s why the world calls her grandmother. – Marcy DeMareeĪ grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween. Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete. You have to start each day again-you can’t repeat what you did. My grandmother always used to say, “If you know your past and you know where you have to go, why do you rehearse?” I always remember this and it’s true.
Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandmothers hold their grandchildren in a special place in their heart. When a man’s mother holds his child in her gladdenarms he is aware of the roundness of life’s cycle of the mystic harmony of life’s ways. It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace. – ProverbĪ grandma’s name is little less in love than is the doting title of a mother. You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I’d have had them first. Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. – Catherine PulsiferĪ grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend – Unknown Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all. Perfect love sometimes does not come till the first grandchild. If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while….but our hearts forever. – Phyllis TherouxĪ grandmother is a mother who has a second chance.
We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me. Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies. When a child is born, so are grandmothers. Grandmothers always have time to talk and make you feel special. Make sure you remain that Southern gentleman that I’ve taught you to be.” – Jamie Foxx My Grandmother would say, “Make sure you look good. She remembers all of your accomplishments and forgets all of your mistakes. A grandma is warm hugs and sweet memories.