By Dr James Dobson
Some years ago a nine year old girl wrote a wonderful essay called "What is a Grandmother?" and whenever I read it, it reminds me all over again just how perceptive children can be.
This is what the child said:
'A grandmother is a lady who has no children of her own." That's an interesting definition.
"She likes other people's little girls and boys. Grandmothers don't have to do anything except to be there. They're old, so they shouldn't play hard or run. It is enough that they drive us to the market where the pretend horse is and they have lots of coins ready. Or if they take us for walks, they should slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars. And they should never say 'hurry up.' Grandmothers don't talk baby-talk like visitors do because it's hard to understand. When they read to us they don't skip or mind if it's the same old story over again. Everybody should try to have a grandmother; especially if you don't have television, because they are the only prownups who have time."
How's that for sheer wisdowm from the pen of a child? Not only has this young author given us a marvelous picture of a loving grqandmother, but she tells us in a few short words what children are really looking for...an adult who fully recognises the finer things of life.
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