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...have a story about my Nana. Her name is Margaret, and I switched to calling her that as soon as I could pronounce it and she would let me. Margaret was home with my sister and I between when school let out and when my parents got home, helping to do some chores but mostly watching us play and bringing us goodies...
...bring up my Nana to talk about April, or rather, April as Gay Pride Month. Margaret probably would never associate herself with the concept--at least not before last year. One of her grandsons shared a house with another young man; that made sense to Margaret because he was an unmarried twenty-something, and it made sense that he wouldn't tell his grandmother anything more. But last summer, when the grandson and his partner decided to adopt a child, it was time someone spilled the beans...
There is a magical moment in the latter half of life when adults have a chance to reinvent themselves. They take on new names: Nana, Grandma, Bubbeh, Poppy, Grandpa, Zayde. They cast themselves in new roles: caregiver, mentor, pal, pamperer. They are filled with powerful new emotions that make them feel alive and vital. They become grandparents...
...Rhythms, the Foundation-sponsored performance festival that had elicited criticism from some campus leaders. Bar Foundation officials and make it students-only, they decided, so that everyone would feel free to speak about their concerns. But the Lowell House dinner meeting had an unexpected guest--Foundation Student Activities Coordinator Nana E. Coleman...
...Nana Coleman came and very much dominated the discussion and prevented it from being a productive discussion environment," says Fowler, who is also a Crimson executive...