Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come.

Sex in the nineties is boring. The problem is that it has gone from an active act to a spectator sport. We watch people make love on television and in films. We call 900 numbers to hear what someone would do to us if they weren't sitting in a boiler room of other dirty talkers reading from a prepared script.

My son did not show signs of a money deficiency until he opened his small fist in the nursery and found it was empty.

Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it.

Never have more children than you have car windows.

A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn't charge more after midnight - or anything before midnight.

Given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it... live it...and never give it back. Stop sweating the small stuff. Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what. Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.