grandmother
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Cindy Allen, a 73-year-old retired preschool teacher in Amherst, N.H., became a grandmother to her first four grandchildren when she was in her 60s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Waving my white dinner napkin aloft, I thought of my grandmother: loud and proud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
I told him I was planning to be more like my spirited grandmother, who had never apologized for her age and lived to be 94.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
At a smashed out tram stop, 79-year-old grandmother Chantal Bellanger said she had been "worried - but then, I've been worried for a long time".
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
You know—anything besides the idea that even though my grandmother is gone, I’m still a disappointment to her legacy.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
“You don’t have mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts and uncles ... we needed help,” said Rudy, who moved to L.A. from New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Salterelli has seen cases where competing grandmothers both want to be guardians and a custody battle ensues.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Longevity prospered because these fit, caring and longer-lived grandmothers passed along their genes to more grandchildren.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
What began as a chance encounter on a flight to Las Vegas could soon be heading to the big screen, as a group of grandmothers and a pro-wrestler discuss a film based on their story.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
My grandmothers like to win at everything, including grandmothering.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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