A Child Describes What Grandparents Are To Him

Yesterday I found this letter, originally written in Portuguese. about 25 years old, written by a child (I no longer remember the child’s age), and I was unable to resist publicizing it. It’s just delicious.

I will transcribe exactly as written.

“The grandmothers

A grandmother is a woman who doesn’t have children: that’s why she likes other people’s children.

The grandmothers have nothing to do, they just have to be there.

When they take us for a walk, they walk slowly and don’t step on leaves or caterpillars.

They never say hurry up. They are usually fat, but even so, they manage to tie our shoes.

They always know that we want another piece of cake or a bigger piece.

A real grandmother never hits a child: she gets angry but laughing.

Grandmothers wear glasses, and sometimes they even manage to remove their teeth.

When they read us stories they never skip bits and don’t mind telling the same story over and over again. Grandmothers are the only big people who always have time.

They are not weak as they say, although they die more often than we do.

Everyone should do their best to have a grandmother, especially if you don’t have a television.”