Quotes about grandpa (16 Quotes)




    I just grew up around it. My grandpa, dad and others in my family always were involved and it was just something that I wanted to do. I will do it all my life or until I get too old to participate anymore.

    Our church takes four mission trips each year. They're all designed for families. Anyone can go with us. My wife, Laura, and I are going, and we always try to take at least one grandchild with us. I'm trying to build a legacy, a heritage for my grandchildren. I want them to know that their grandpa enjoyed helping others, and I encourage everyone to teach their children and grandchildren the same.

    One of my goals was to bridge the gap between students and athletes. My dad has been really involved with the ACS I have a couple cancer survivors in my family, and I lost my grandpa to leukemia. I thought starting the relays would be a really bring a cool thing to do and bring students together.



    Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us.


    She and I did a record together called Flesh Blood a few years ago. She's been in and out of the business professionally. Right now she's concentrating on being a mother - three years ago she made me a proud grandpa, so that's been taking up a lot of her time.

    Does Grandpa love to baby-sit his grandchildren Are you kidding By day he is too busy taking hormone shots at the doctor's or chip shots on the golf course. At night he and Grandma are too busy doing the cha-cha.

    Dog racing and the Henry family go way back. It's in my blood ... I've been in it all my life. I wish grandpa was still here. I know he's smiling down on us.

    A lot of children, grandchildren, really have no idea what these soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines did during that time period. To them, that's grandpa. To find out what these men actually endured is amazing.


    Whatever happened to that old-fashioned Grandpa If he still survives, he must be hiding in the small towns. You sure don't see him very often in the big city. The big-city Grandpa has gone big time. . . . He is the life of every party . . .

    He called me grandpa. He was my grandson and everything. I'd been taking care of him for five months. Well, during that five months, him being here alone, I'd let his friends come over on the weekends.

    I used to envy kids who had an old-fashioned Grandpa. Not any more. I've got a new ambition. Now I just want to become a modern-type Grandpa myself-and really start living.



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