Tag Archives: Nana
My Son’s Funeral Dress
When Nana Grab Bags died on Memorial Day, we immediately started planning her Celebration of Life, mostly because it felt better to be actively doing something as opposed to sitting immobilized unable to do anything. And those were our only … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebration of Life, Funeral, Gender, gender creative, gender nonconforming, Nana, Nana Grab Bags, parenting, Target
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Rest In The Most Fabulous Peace, Nana
Two weeks and one day ago, I talked to my mom (C.J.’s Nana Grab Bags) on the phone a little before dinnertime. I called her to announce that C.J. had finally lost the first of his top two front teeth. That … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Family, Gender, gender creative, gender nonconforming, Gender Stereotypes, Nana, Nana Grab Bags, RIP
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My Son The Dressmaker
One of the things that I remember most about my maternal grandmother is that she loved to sew. And, she was damn good at it. Like, she could whip up a prom dress if you needed one at the last … Continue reading
Raising My Rainbow 