Patti

“In Nanaville there is always in the back of my mind the understanding that I am building a memory out of spare parts and that, someday, that memory will be all that’s left of me.”
― Anna Quindlen, Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting

“It's a complicated relationship, being a good grandparent, because it hinges on a series of other relationships... Because being a grandparent is determined by the relationship your child has with you, partly determined by the one a son or daughter has with his or her spouse, partly determined by the relationship you have with the person your child has chosen to have a child with.”
― Anna Quindlen, Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting

“There are really only two commandments of Nanaville: love the grandchildren, and hold your tongue.”
― Anna Quindlen, Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting

“. . . and when nanas die they leave grandchildren and perhaps a trace memory of being coddled, kissed, attended to, and loved, of being chased across the lawn or rocked in the middle of the night or taken seriously. In Nanaville there is always in the back of my mind the understanding that I am building a memory out of spare parts and that, someday, that memory will be all that's left of me.”
― Anna Quindlen, Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting