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“I’m reading, and lo and behold, there it is: my passport. Being used as a bookmark. “I found it!” I yell out. “See? I told you that glass trick would work.”
― Things I Wish I Told My Mother
― Things I Wish I Told My Mother
“There are really only two commandments of Nanaville: love the grandchildren, and hold your tongue.”
― Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting
― Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting
“In Nanaville there is always in the back of my mind the understanding that I am building a memory out of spare parts and that, someday, that memory will be all that’s left of me.”
― Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting
― Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting
“Because I’m learning that being a grandmother is not about the things you have to do. It’s about the things you want to do. The fact is that motherhood is mainly about requirements.”
― Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting
― Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting
“She goes into the bathroom and gets one of the clean glasses, rips off the sanitized paper top, and puts the glass upside down on the desk. “What’s that for?” I ask. “It’s an old Jewish superstition. If you lose something, put”
― Things I Wish I Told My Mother
― Things I Wish I Told My Mother
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