The Bubby
Club
By
Lisa Fisher The
only requirement to become a bubby is easy to remember, you must be a Jewish
grandmother. I live with my mother,
who is a bubby. I will tell you about
all of the neat things that
they
do. They check in by phone with each
other every day. When
a member has a birthday, she picks out her favorite restaurant. The bubbies celebrate her birthday by
having dinner there. The members that
attend (except the birthday girl) pay the bill and tip. Yesterday Helen turned 92 and the bubbies
ate dinner at the Tavern, which is in Bala Cynwyd. They
all share stories about the good and bad things their member’s family’s
experience. They advise each other on
how they have handled similar situations.
They celebrate the good times together and comfort each other when bad
things happen. My mother is not the
only bubby that has a family member who deals with mental health issues on a
daily basis. They
help each other with transportation i.e. my mother drives and owns a car or
one member’s nephew or sister will give one a ride so they see a movie, visit
together, or go to schul. When food
shopping if one sees a popular item on sale they will buy more than one and
share the wealth. |