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Lisa, my daughter-in-law, arrived at six sharp, sweeping in without knocking, as was her custom. She\u2019d married my son, Michael, twelve years ago, and from day one, she had viewed me as an outdated relic, a quaint antique to be tolerated but never taken seriously.<\/p>\n

\u201cDorothy, you didn\u2019t need to go to all this trouble,\u201d she\u2019d said, her eyes scanning the table with an expression that suggested I had, in fact, gone to far too little trouble. \u201cWe could have just ordered takeout.\u201d<\/p>\n

My granddaughter, fifteen-year-old Katie, offered a mumbled, \u201cHey, Grandma,\u201d her eyes glued to the glowing screen of her phone, before slumping into her chair. I tried to remember the last time she had run to hug me. The bright, gap-toothed smile of her childhood had been replaced by a studied, teenage indifference, an attitude subtly encouraged by her mother\u2019s whispers about grandmothers who \u201ctried too hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lisa, my daughter-in-law, arrived at six sharp, sweeping in without knocking, as was her custom. She\u2019d married my son, Michael, twelve years ago, and from day one, she had viewed me as an outdated relic, a quaint antique to be tolerated but never taken seriously. \u201cDorothy, you didn\u2019t need to go to all this trouble,\u201d…<\/p>\n

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