About Nana
Welcome to Nana’s Corner. Poppy and I are parents to three grown children (two daughters and 1 son) and grandparents to 4 grandchildren whose ages are 10 (Kaitlin), 6 (Emily), 3 (Luke), and 1 (Dylan). Our grandsons are cousins who share the same birthday and their mothers’ birthdays are just two days apart! Poppy and I have been married 40 years which is amazing since we had dated only three weeks when I was proposed to. We live in a small town in New Jersey where we both grew up - near the beach, horse farms, spacious parks just about an hour’s drive from New York City.
I am a high school special education teacher who is looking forward to retiring in a couple of years so I can spend more time with our grandchildren and doing other fun things like blogging, writing poems, photography, reading, going to the beach, traveling, and spending more time with my friends and Poppy – who are all retired.
My goal is to publish original and favorite poems that children submit to Nana’s Corner. If you have a favorite poem, send it to me so you can share it with others. If you have written a poem, send that to me to be shared, too! The poems can be funny, serious, happy, sad, seasonal – including holidays – and about birthdays, or any topic you want to write a poem about, as long as they are appropriate for children to enjoy.
Use the contact form on my Home page under the tab “Contact Nana” to write to me. I look forward to hearing from you…soon, I hope!
Hi nana i love poems. i wrote one the other day. my grandma is growing weaker and weaker bye the day. will you please find something to give me and my faimly a little hope. im only 12 and im looking at coffins for my nana. its really sad. i dont want to lose her like i did my grandfather he got old timers and died at 64. please it would be the world if you find something. P.S i dont use my email.
love Rene
Hi Nana,
I love your blog. It ‘s so warm and friendly. I used to write poems and will try to come up with one, or ask one of the grandkids to write one for me.
I live in St. Louis and have been a long distance grandma for 15 years. I finally decided to do something about it and started a blog on that subject. I even ended up writing a book for the Amazon Kindle called “Love Across the Miles: How to Stay Close to Long Distance Grandkids.” It’s crammed with 15 years of experience at forming bonds and connecting with my four little ones in Belgium and two in Oregon.
I’m looking forward to retirement and moving close to at least one set of grands. You are very lucky to have yours close to you. If you know any long distance grandparents who need some help with getting to know their grandkids, I hope you’ll send them to my blog.
Best wishes,
Kayann