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  • What, Me Write?

    When I was young, MAD magazine was popular with young teens for its wacky sense of humor. Part of its cleverness was that it almost always had Alfred E. Neuman on the cover, mimicking someone and asking something like, “What, me worry?” Fortunately, in order to write for us at Grandly you do not need…

  • “Happy Holidays” is a greeting that is meant to be generic, not specific. It includes celebrations as diverse as Thanksgiving, Sukkot, Christmas, New Year’s Day, and many forms of Harvest Festival. Some holidays are secular holidays (New Year’s), some are religious (Christmas, Chanukah) and some are mixed (Thanksgiving). For those of us living in the…

  • My Christmas List

    By Pili Abouchaar I love directing Grandly’s mission and working with grandparents. Today, however, I am writing to you simply as a mother of two young children. Christmas is approaching and this is a very important time of the year to be strategic, especially in gift-giving. I was asked recently, “What was your favorite gift…