My Nana Has Passed

Nana, me and Mom during Thanksgiving in 2005 (Uncle Westin an Cousin Ethan are in the background)

My Nana passed away recently.  Last Tuesday.  My Mom called me, catching me out at dinner with Carrie.  She sounded upset, but she had also seen this coming for years.  I guess you never know how you’re going to feel until it actually happens.

Nana was 99 years old and was matriarch of a large, diverse and wonderful family.  I never got to know my Nana very well.  I grew up in Virginia (for the most part) and was kind of a summer grandchild to her.  But I was always impressed by how she carried herself.  She had a deeply ingrained dignity that you were careful not to offend.  And you could see bits and pieces of her in her grandchildren, especially my cousins Matt, Ethan and Ben.

Carrie and I will be flying to Boston on 10/31 to attend her service.  I wish she was meeting people under better circumstances, but that’s life sometimes.