No one…who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly reaslise what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents. – Suzanne La Follette
If God were a woman, She would have installed one of those turkey thermometers in our belly buttons. When we were done, the thermometer pops up, the doctors reaches for the zipper conveniently located beneath our bikini lines and out comes a smiling, fully diapered baby. – Candice Bergen
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.”― Rachel Carson
Her child was like a load that held her down, and yet like a hand that pulled her to her feet. – Edith Wharton
Real Life of an MSW 
Some fine quotations here. As you know, our Ellie is growing up at the moment with her great grandparents and scampers across to Great Granny’s knee as soon as she comes down in the morning
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Thank you. Yes, I am aware from your posting and Ellie is a blessed little girl to grow up within a multigenerational household many of them have so much to offer and give.❤
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Oh the one about grandmothers…….Society don’t realize the importance of them anymore! A stable in the family!
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Grandmothers and Big mamas are often the matriarch of the family. I still believe they exist. Unfortunately many of them are now under the age of 50….
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