My mother would have been so crazy about my grandchildren. She was a fabulous grandmother, and she would have been absolutely crazed as a great-grandmother. I miss that part of her.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
After my parents passed away - in 2000 and 2003 - I felt I could take the time to think about the past and imagine what it would have been like to be my grandmother.
Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheimer's with my words, my apology, hoping that in his heart he heard me and understood.
One of the things I would have loved to have had was a family that worked better together, although I love my mother and father to bits.
When grandpa was ill and could've died, I would have swapped all my record sales so he could get well. He is the reason I am a singer. He was my best friend growing up.
I think about my father and how sad it was that he never had grandchildren.
When I was a kid, I would come home from school, and my mom would buy the industrial-size Famous Amos cookies or Chips Ahoy when I was lucky. And I would sit in front of the TV set with a glass of milk... and I would dump cookies in there, smash them with my spoon, and eat cookies and milk with a spoon watching 'The Dukes of Hazzard.'
For the record, my mother is an astonishing and loving grandmother.
I had the privilege of having two sets of loving grandparents.
My mother was a great bringer-up of children. My memories are of a sense of security and comfort.
I would have gone home to my mother, but I'm not that crazy about my mother.