{"id":19,"date":"2010-11-22T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/2010\/11\/superhero-grandma-caught-on-camera.html"},"modified":"2010-11-22T14:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T14:43:00","slug":"superhero-grandma-caught-on-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/goodnews\/2010\/11\/superhero-grandma-caught-on-camera.html","title":{"rendered":"Superhero Grandma Caught on Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/Mamikaq15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mamikaq15.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/assets_c\/2010\/11\/Mamikaq15-thumb-200x182-19520.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"182\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div>Frederika Goldberger is your normal, everyday 91 year-old grandmother&#8211;except for the times when she flies to the supermarket, lifts cars to save her dog, or reads her thousands of fan letters. &nbsp;Last year, she was suffering&#8211;like many women her age&#8211;from depression caused by loneliness. &nbsp;Her grandson, French photographer Sasha Goldberger, thought that taking pictures of her dressed up as a superhero would cheer her up. &nbsp;It did. &nbsp;And now Frederika is a web-sensation. &nbsp;Millions of people have viewed the photos of her dressed up as 1940&#8217;s superhero performing improbable superhero feats. &nbsp;The witty photos have given her a new outlook on life. &nbsp;In fact, her depression is gone, and now she has time to read her fanmail which consists of adoring comments like:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/Mamika11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mamika11.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/210\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/11\/Mamika11-thumb-200x147-19522.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"147\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;line-height: 18px\">&#8220;You&#8217;re the grandmother that I have dreamed of, would you adopt me?&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;line-height: 18px\">&#8221; You made my day, I hope to be like you at your age.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;line-height: 18px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 18px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mymodernmet.com\/profiles\/blogs\/grandmas-superhero-therapy-18\">View the original photographs here.<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 18px\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 18px\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frederika Goldberger is your normal, everyday 91 year-old grandmother&#8211;except for the times when she flies to the supermarket, lifts cars to save her dog, or reads her thousands of fan letters. &nbsp;Last year, she was suffering&#8211;like many women her age&#8211;from depression caused by loneliness. &nbsp;Her grandson, French photographer Sasha Goldberger, thought that taking pictures of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[48,46,47],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-real-life-hero","tag-super-grandma","tag-super-grandmother"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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