Nana Biography

How was that?

That was OK. It was great, because all the work was done. And, we weren’t there very long, because he kept wondering why the navy didn’t call him. I had an uncle who was a bigwig in Washington. Dan called him up, and asked him “could you find out why this application hasn’t been processed? “ And uncle Frank called someone and in about 10 minutes he called and said, “you’re in. “So we moved to San Francisco, got an apartment on the twisty hill, and he went in the naval intelligence, stationed to the office on market Street, and walked to work, we had this marvelous apartment with a view, and I immediately became pregnant again. There were only about 15 months difference, I think.

How did you feel about that at the time?

We never planned the kids, particularly, I don’t know, I can’t remember whether we, I was terribly excited about the first baby. It happened, and I just just went through it, I don’t know. It was terribly exciting. The second baby, I was excited too. Sam was born during the war, and it was a traumatic experience in the hospital.

What was traumatic about it?

Sam was born during the war, so there was little or no care at the hospital. I was in a room with a girl who almost died after the birth, and I had to get up and help her. The Christian science never bothered me. I am a very healthy person, I went right along with it, as far as they were concerned, I never took my kids to a doctor. They had never seen a doctor until I was divorced. Leonard was 10 years old when he had his first physical.

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