The following was written by a seven-year-old. It is simply entitled, “What is a Grandma?”

A grandmother is a lady who has no little children of her own. She like’s other people’s. A grandfather is a man grandmother.

Grandmothers don’t have to do anything except be there. They are old, so they shouldn’t play hard or run. It is enough if they drive us to the shopping centre and have a lot of quarters ready. When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars. They never say, “Hurry up!” Usually, grandmothers are fat, but not too fat to tie your shoes.  They wear glasses and funny underwear. They can sometimes take their teeth out. Grandmothers don’t have to be smart, they only have to answer questions like, “Why isn’t God married?” and “How come dogs chase cats?” When they read to us, they don’t skip lines or mind if we ask for the same story over again.