The Beauty of Being a Grandparent

“I loved my own Grandparents with all my heart. I learned important lessons from them about how to treat people, how to cook and how to work…..they showered us kids with love and left the parenting to Momma and Daddy. That’s the beauty of being a grandparent – the hard work belongs to someone else. I guess I never really understood the depth of their love for me until I became a grandmother myself… it is unlike any other relationship.”

~ Paula Deen,
Celebrity Chef & Cooking Show Host, Restaurateur, Author & Daytime Emmy Award (2007)

A Lifetime of Financial Well-Being

“Financial Literacy is the ability to use knowledge and skill to manage financial resources effectively for a lifetime of financial well-being.”

~ Marina John
Family Lifestyle Content Creator – Mommy Snippets

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Financial Literacy is Life-Saving

“I want kids to understand the importance of savings and investing. It’s crucial that people understand the importance of financial literacy, because it’s actually life-saving.”

~ Mellody Hobson,
President of Ariel Investments

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A Wonderful Dad

“I had a wonderful father, and I couldn’t bear that television virtually ignored Black fathers.”

~ Esther Rolle
Actress & Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special (1979)

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America Will Always Remember

Header image (top of blog) is of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens (left) and Ensign Frances Wills (right) closing a suitcase after graduating from the Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School (WR) at Northampton, Massachusetts, circa December 1944. They were the Navy’s first African American WAVES officers and graduated with the Northampton school’s final class.
Description courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command.  Image courtesy of Official U.S. Navy photograph now in the collections of the National Archives. Catalog#: 80-G-297441 . Post image (below) courtesy of Pixabay.com

“Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude.  America will never forget their sacrifices.”

~ Harry S. Truman,
Politician, 33rd President of the United States (1945–53),
United States Senator (1935–45) & Vice President (1945)

When Mom Listened to Our Stories

“My mother grew up with each of her children – whatever your age, that’s the age she’d be when she listened to your stories. She never belittled our problems. It made for something permanent and reliable.”

~ Esther Rolle
Actress & Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special (1979)

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Teach the Children to imagine the Best

“Israeli children should be taught to look to the future, not live in the past. I would rather teach them to imagine than to remember.”

~ Shimon Peres,
a.k.a Szymon Perski
President of Israel (2007-2014)
‘Israel’s First Social Media President’
Prime Minister of Israel (11.4.95 – 6.18.96) and (9.13.84 – 10.20.86)
Polyglot, Songwriter, Poet, Author
Founder, Peres Center for Peace (1996) a.k.a. Peres Center for Peace and Innovation (2016)
Co-Founder of Kibbutz Alumot, Legion of Honor Commander (1957)

Hope for My Children

“My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.”

~ Andrew Young
Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (1982–1990), United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1977–1979), U.S. House of Representatives (1973–77), Founder – Andrew J. Young Foundation (2003), Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman & Author

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Born Geniuses

“All kids are born geniuses but are crushed by society.”

~ Michio Kaku
Theoretical Physicist, Author, Public Speaker, Futurist, Co-Founder – String Field Theory

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What Parents Have Taught Them to Do

“Is is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make the successful human beings.”

~ Ann Landers a.k.a. Esther Pauline “Eppie” Lederer,
Advice Columnist

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The Life We Can Make for Our Children

“Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.”

~ Sitting Bull
Hunkpapa Lakota Leader

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Listening Parents

“Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can; that includes tough love.”

~ Christie Brinkley
a.k.a Christie Lee Hudson,
Super-Model, Actress, Artist,Author & Entrepreneur

Seeing All of Nature

“We feel we have to put concrete on every inch of land. It disturbs the ecology, and it takes away the experience of a child going out into the woods and seeing all of nature.”

~ Esther Rolle
Actress & Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special (1979)

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The Role of a Domestic

“I’m glad to take on the role of a domestic because many of your Black leaders, your educators, your professionals came from domestic parents who made sacrifices to see that their children didn’t go through what they did.”

~ Esther Rolle
Actress & Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special (1979)

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Fathers & Their Children

“I told them [the producers] I couldn’t compound the lie that Black fathers don’t care about their children. I was proud of the family life I was able to introduce to television.”

~ Esther Rolle
Actress & Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special (1979)

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Little Eyes are Watching

““Watch what you say and do because little eyes are watching you.””

~ Reba McEntire,
Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Record Producer, Grand Ole Opry (1986),
Grammy Awards (3X), & Country Music Hall of Fame (2011)

Heavenly Dad, Earthly Dad

“I believe the heart of the Heavenly Father is reflected in the heart of the earthly father.”

~ Nathan Lorick

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Dad’s Guidance & Protection

“When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.”

~ Linda Poindexter

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The Quality of a Father

“The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family.”

~ Reed Markham

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A Father’s Words

“A father’s words are like a thermostat that sets the temperature in the house.”

~ Paul Lewis

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Who Taught Me to Value Myself?

“It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.”

~ Dawn French

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The ‘All About Me’ Attitude

“To be a father requires patience, love and giving up the ‘all about me’ attitude.”

~ Catherine Pulsifer

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He Believed in Me

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: He believed in me.”

~ Jim Valvano

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Living in Gratitude

“My dad taught me that good health is all about living in gratitude.”

~ Mariska Magdolna Hargitay,
Joyful Heart Foundation – Founder & President, Actress, Miss Beverly Hills USA (1982),
Emmy Award (2006), Golden Globe Award (2005), Gracie Allen Award (2004, 2009, 2014),
Muse Award (2012), Prism Award (2007), Star on the Walk of Fame (2013)

 

Ordinary Men Turned Extraordinary by Love

“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love
into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song.”

~ Pam Brown

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