I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.
For the record, my mother is an astonishing and loving grandmother.
I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything.
A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.
Much is written about parenting - its joys and tribulations - and then about the transition into hot flushes, night sweats and (if we're lucky) a new life as a grandmother.
Becoming a grandmother is an extension of a woman's personality. It doesn't matter how many times you become one; the excitement is the same.
I loved my own Grandparents with all my heart. I learned important lessons from them about how to treat people, how to cook and how to work.....they showered us kids with love and left the parenting to Momma and Daddy. That's the beauty of being a grandparent - the hard work belongs to someone else. I guess I never really understood the depth of their love for me until I became a grandmother myself... it is unlike any other relationship.
I was the oldest model in South Africa - I grew up in South Africa, but I was born in Canada - and then when I moved back to Canada, to Toronto, at 42, I was a grandmother doing front covers. I was the oldest model in Canada.
I want to have my own kids, I want to raise them and just be a happy grandma.
I used to get a lot of people saying 'Oh, you are such a lucky granny.' But the fact of the matter is you can be a grandma at 35 these days.
Even now / I am not old. / I never think of it, and yet / I am a grandmother to eleven grandchildren.
I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.
'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.
Being a grandmother is a wonderful thing, so my advice is skip the children. Go straight to the grandchildren.
I love being a grandmother. That feeling you have for your own child - you don't ever think it will be replicated, and I did wonder if I would have to 'pretend' with my grandchildren. But my heart was taken on day one.
I've been blessed with three wonderful careers: motion pictures and television, wife, mother and grandmother... and diplomatic services for the United States government.
My mom never wanted to be a grandmom. She never wanted to be a mom, really.
Becoming a grandmother brought me back to the things I forgot to love. Nature. Playing. Seeing animals. A new way of looking. A rejuvenation. A cycle of life - things come back to you. The details.
This is where I break one last taboo: I'm incredibly glad I'm not a granny.
Grandmotherhood initiated me into a world of play, where all things became fresh, alive, and honest again through my grandchildren's eyes. Mostly, it retaught me love.
Being a grandmother is probably the most important thing to me. I have two really rambunctious little ones, and I love spending time with them.
The word's out: I'm a woman, and I'm going to have trouble backing off on that. I am what I am. I'll go out and talk to people about what's happening to their families, and when I do that, I'm a mother. I'm a grandmother.
Becoming a grandmother has felt like being a mother.
For me politics is an extension of my role as a mother and a grandmother.
I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.
