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Subject: Fw: WHAT IS A GRAND PARENT (this is priceless)
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>WHAT IS A GRANDPARENT?
>(taken from papers written by a class of 8-year-olds)
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>Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of her own. They like other people's.
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>A grandfather is a man &a grandmother is a lady!
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>Grandparents don't have to do anything except be there when we come to see them. They are so old they shouldn't play hard or run. It is good if they drive us to the shops and give us money.
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>When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars.
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>They show us and talk to us about the color of the flowers and also why we shouldn't step on 'cracks.'
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>They don't say, 'Hurry up.'
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>Usually grandmothers are fat but not too fat to tie your shoes.
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>They wear glasses and funny underwear.
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>They can take their teeth and gums out.
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>Grandparents don't have to be smart.
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>They have to answer questions like 'why isn't God married?' and 'How come dogs chase cats?'.
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>When they read to us, they don't skip. They don't mind if we ask for the same story over again.
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>Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don't have television because they are the only grown ups who like to spend time with us.
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>They know we should have snack-time before bedtime and they say prayers with us every time and kiss us even when we've acted bad.
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>A 6 YEAR OLD WAS ASKED WHERE HIS GRANDMA LIVED. ''OH,'' HE SAID, ''SHE LIVES AT THE AIRPORT AND WHEN WE WANT HER WE JUST GO GET HER. THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE HAVING HER VISIT, WE TAKE HER BACK TO THE AIRPORT.''
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>GRAND PA IS THE SMARTEST MAN ON EARTH! HE TEACHES ME GOOD THINGS BUT I DON'T GET TO SEE HIM ENOUGH TO GET AS SMART AS HIM!
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>It's funny when they bend over, you hear gas leaks and they blame their dog.'
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>Send this to other grandparents It will make their day.

Oh, there is my chuckle for the day! Thanks for sharing that!
Karen

How true!! My 10 year old has spent the last 4 nights with my mother and doesn't want to come home. It's a win-win situation right now, cuz there's less fighting between her and Rachel and Kyle (because of the age difference), and since my mother has been so sick lately, she's making a wonderful recovery having the company.

Yesterday they made homemade spaghetti and loaves of banana bread. They are working a jigsaw puzzle together. And Jane is getting the experience of what life was like growing up in the 30's and 40's. (I still like to listen to those stories, even though I can fill in the blanks when she forgets some of the details.

We are very blessed. My mother lives two blocks away, and my father died when I was 18, and we adopted my neighbor who is 82 who would actually be the same age as my father, so he is the surrogate grandfather and spoils my kids rotten.

Sarah

Thanks Ms Jay! I'm going to copy this and send it to my mother. She'll love it!
Lee