Month: November 2013

A couple of posts back I quoted another Alex Haley saying and today it is time for this little gem!
“Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.”
What a load of tosh!
More likely to be a great shepherds pie, vegetarian risotto and other champion delights for the grandkids, while their parents swan around the Pacific on a cruise ship for ten days.

While Mum and Dad were away on holidays, Megan and the grandfolks would take Jessica to specialist calisthenics classes for her solo performance training. And last weekend while we were sprinkling that ‘stardust’ over the Melbourne grandkids, Jess boldly trod the boards, wowing everyone with her solo act.

Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now.
They can hold the baby and I can go out.
Matthew Broderick

Hugs can do great amounts of good – especially for children.
Princess Diana

Adults are obsolete children.
Dr. Seuss

Children are our most valuable natural resource.
Herbert Hoover

The soul is healed by being with children.
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
Victor Hugo

A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
Victor Hugo

My songs are like my children – I expect them to support me when I’m old.
Dolly Parton

Grand photography by Jasmin Laurance