Nana Biography

Would you say that was a source of …?

I think he was a little bit – you know, he accepted me. After all, he married a woman who had a child, and I think he accepted me, and was prepared to be nice to me, and he was, until his son was born. And then, there was somebody he could really cling to, but I just didn’t really ever feel that he liked me. Although my mother kept assuring me, he was very proud of me, and he probably was. I don’t think he was ashamed of me as a stepdaughter, because I had certain assets that he…

That must’ve been sometimes a little sad, I guess.

But I mean, there wasn’t a lot of hugging and kissing in my family, that’s true. And, the hugging and kissing came outsiders, friendships.

But, oh, I don’t know, Thanksgiving or Christmas or something like that, would there be uncles and aunts…?

My stepfather had a brother, and I was very close to this uncle and aunt, and we traded Sunday lunches every Sunday, every other Sunday was Sunday lunch.

They lived in the same …

They lived in the same area, and they went back-and-forth. And then, all of the Harbison his name was Harbison, all of them were nice to me. They welcomed me into the family and I felt that. But there wasn’t this was nice and warm and we’re all sitting around, sure.

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