I love being a grandma.  My friend who is now a great-grandmother sent me these quotes in an e-mail.  I couldn't resist including them in my Commonplace blog.

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give  me a million dollars' worth of pleasure. ~Gene  Perret

Grandmothers are just "antique" little girls.  ~Author Unknown

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb

Never have children, only grandchildren. ~Gore Vidal

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

Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies. ~Author Unknown

Grandmas hold our tiny 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 two or three hours with them, I believe it, too. ~Gene Perret

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

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 baby-sitters, 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

Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple.  Grandmas 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.  ~Alex Haley

A grandparent is old on the outside but young on the inside. ~Author Unknown

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

Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother. ~G. Norman Collie

Grandparents are similar to a piece of string - handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren. ~Author Unknown