"I'm happy our grandson does not yet have sophisticated language or a working knowledge of personal finance, because if he took my hand and said, "Nana, can you sign your 401(k) over to me," I can imagine myself thinking, well, I don't really need a retirement fund, do I? 

- Anna Quindlen -Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting

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He comes to play for a few hours. He and Grandpa play with play dough, and walk the house looking for deer. He wants nothing much to do with me. Suddenly he seems so big, running though the house giggling, and hiding, having full conversations with Grandpa. Then the next minutes, he is crawling up onto my lap, wrapping his arms around my neck whispering, “Gramma, I love you. “

I take in every moment.