In various surveys, nearly three-quarters of grandparents say that being a grandparent is the single most important and satisfying thing in their life. Most say being with their grandkids is more important to them than traveling or having financial security.

Then, wham! My first grandchild was born... I was jolted, blindsided by a wallop of loving more intense than anything I could remember or had ever imagined.

I am convinced there’s a gramma gene that disables the word “no.

Everybody knows if it’s on the Internet, some brilliant hacker can get at it.

I don’t know of anybody’s political bias at CBS News. We try very hard to get any opinion that we have out of our stories, and most of our stories are balanced.

I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima – and you know, is the price worth it?

Charlie didn’t want to give up meat and smoking. Now he’s gone.

Charlie didn't want to give up meat and smoking. Now he's gone.

You never know when the best day of your life is going to be.

I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima - and you know, is the price worth it?