Susan’s antidote to life’s fast pace has inspired similar friendly gatherings over the years—some of them fund-raisers. This one is particularly meaningful. It’s the first annual tea party for Isabelle, her 4-year-old friends, and their mothers, including Susan’s own daughter, Lynn Zises, mother of Isabelle. (The number of guests each year will increase with Isabelle’s age; five 5-year-olds next year, and so on.) The idea came from Susan’s friend in Virginia, who had enjoyed a similar party. “I thought, what wonderful Southern hospitality. Then I thought, why can’t it be wonderful Northern hospitality, too?”

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