Nana Biography

It isn’t that when we’re in the family we’re off in the corner, or something he’s part of the group and he’s terribly funny and we all – but deep down inside, he’s complicated, and others aren’t.

He’s real close to Leonard, isn’t he? 

Oh 15 months difference. 

How was it to have two kids so close together? 

Oh, that was right with me. 

How did you manage? Did you have a lot of help?

No, it was during the war. I had Sam in the hospital up in San Francisco, and as I remember, they didn’t have any nurses, practically. No, I was a very active, capable girl, I could iron his shirts, I could fix dinner, take the kids – the first one didn’t walk when the second one was born, practically. I mean, Leonard had just started. I mean, he was a slob, he just sat there, he was 15 months before he ever stood up.it’s true! And I had to carry him around, and we lived on a steep hill, and I had to carry him up the steps, and I was just about to have a baby, everybody wondered.  Everybody wondered. But, you know, it was all normal to me, having babies, and doing all that. I didn’t mind it. And living during the war was a little different than any other time. It really was.

More interesting, you mean?

Yes, and we had a perfect spot, fenced in yard, with a balcony.

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