Category Archives: Grandparents

Where the Lunch Meets the Road

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Susan H. Greenberg

I’m not much of a do-gooder. I don’t readily trust organizations that ask me for money. (Thanks, Father Ritter and Greg Mortenson.) I am as resistant to fad charities as I am to fad books and diets, which is why … Continue reading →

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Proud and Out in Budapest and Prague

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Susan H. Greenberg

My mother loves cake. Any kind of cake: chocolate, apple, layer, carrot, cream-filled, caramel-glazed, you name it. This is one of the many things I learned–or remembered–on the 10-day trip I recently took through Central Europe with my mother and … Continue reading →

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Good Enough for Grandma

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Susan H. Greenberg

Now I understand why my mother always brushed my bangs out of my eyes before we visited my grandmother. There’s something about seeing your parents that makes you turn a critical eye on your own child-rearing, and nothing says “bad … Continue reading →

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