Always a Soccer MomBy Laura Claverie When our son was in middle school, he fell madly in love with soccer. It was a relatively new sport in New Orleans (yes, this was in prehistoric times). Few schools offered soccer, and there ...
Hip Grannie – The Eyes Have ItJanuary 1, 2022 By Laura Claverie In an earlier Hip Grannie, I wrote about our granddaughter Amelia’s love of fashion. Laurie Claverie Even as a four year old, she could walk into my closet and pull t...
Hip Grannie – Growing PainsNovember 1, 2021 Right now, Papa and I are in a state of total bemusement, that interesting state of wonder and disbelief. We are watching our grandchildren, Rylan, 14, and Amelia, 12, grow physically (and p...
Hip Grannie: FashionistaSeptember 1, 2021 For most of her nearly 12 years, our granddaughter Amelia has been a fashionista. Even as a toddler, she wore her onesies and baby hats with a certain style and panache. As young as age thre...
Hip Grannie – GraduationMay 1, 2021 And just like that...he’s in high school! It seems like yesterday when I was asked to write my first Hip Grannie column for Nola Family magazine. Our first grandchild was on the way, and I was t...
Hip Grannie: Teaching Your Children ResilienceNovember 1, 2020 Teaching your children resilience and to be grateful and strong I am the first to admit it: I think my grandchildren and most kids in this city are amazing. But I’ve never thought it more th...
Hip Grannie: Quarantine Blues, Part IISeptember 3, 2020 When I wrote my last "Hip Grannie," it was Day 23 of our citywide quarantine - but it seemed like Day 365. I naively thought that this quarantine would last a couple more weeks and t...
Hip Grannie: Quarantine Blues May 7, 2020 As I sit here staring at a blank screen on Day 23 (which seems like Day 365) of our city-wide quarantine, I am at a loss for words. Rylan and Amelia during a recent doorstep drop-off. T...
Hip Grannie: Welcome to the Teen LoungeFebruary 18, 2020 From toddlers to teens, children have a knack for growing up too fast. Years ago, my Aunt Kathy transformed a rarely used small room in her Winnetka, Illinois, home into what was called, “Th...
Hip Grannie: The Porcupine YearsNovember 18, 2019 Grandparents are cool — until the grandkids become teenagers. Just before our first grandchild, Rylan, was born, a veteran grandmother friend of mine told me, “Spend as much time as you can ...
