My grandparents were classic Indian grandparents. My grandmother would put so much powder on her face that it was like a Kabuki play and she'd come d….

He's an American, qualified to play for Wales because he has a Welsh grandmother, who was on the bench against Switzerland..

we are just as apt to meet the grandmothers as the wolves when we go traveling..

My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door..

My grandmother always acted in other people's interests, whether they wanted her to or not. If they'd had an Olympics in martyrdom my grandmother wou….

When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window..

My grandmother took me to a lot of theater. I was exposed to performance quite a bit - everything from Broadway to off-Broadway and dance and music a….

The moment in which the narrator, reaching for his boots, becomes vividly and lastingly aware of the finality of his grandmother's death is another s….

Each new generation builds on the work of the previous one, gaining new perspective. New verbs are introduced. We Google strange and dangerous places….

When she left for a third time and returned with a giant box, I started to get irate. "What is this?" I demanded, taking it from her. It felt like it….

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party..

My grandmother was from Guelph, Ont. I grew up playing ice hockey, I'm a massive fan. A great-uncle who was in the early days of the NHL played for t….

The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren..

Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance of his widowed….

My mom told me I could have sheets, towels, and a few pillows, but I wanted leopard drapes, carpeting, and a comforter, too. I think maybe my obsessi….

My grandmother used to embarrass me more, when she would pick me up from school wearing a big fuzzy hat. I didn't like that..

My grandmother was utterly convinced I'd wind up as the Archbishop of Canterbury. And, to be honest, I've never entirely ruled it out..

I've got a lot of experience with anorexia - my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered….

I think I'm aware of entering my late 30s versus being in my late 20s, when the web was coming out as this new thing. It reminds me of how people use….

I can no more disown (Jeremiah Wright) than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother - a woman who ….

My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that life is not about what happens to you but about what ….