“Never have children, only grandchildren” – Gore Vidal

This quote gave me a chuckle this morning. Ain’t it the truth? After just having our six year old grandson stay with us for the last four days, I agree whole heartedly with the wisdom of Gore Vidal.

Having fun and a great time is the common mission when my husband and I are with the grandkids. We don’t have to be the bad guy. We did our time as parents and that sentence is finished with…ha ha. Now the icing on the cake...

“ He who doesn’t have legs cannot teach one how to walk.” – Unknown

 The other day I had an interesting experience. I witnessed a conversation in which someone who has never been a parent was giving instructions to a seasoned parent on how to parent their teenager. The only reason that I was not completely irked was because I was more amused. It was one of those situations in life where you say “ I would have been really mad if it wasn’t just so awfully funny !”

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