Banana I am and always will be
as decided by you and decided by me.
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Are you just about to become a grandmother? Who will you be? Many women delightedly anticipating new grandchildren simply do not see themselves in the traditional names long associated with the exciting new role. Do you struggle to “name” yourself for your upcoming role as grandmother, as so many others do? Enjoy one author’s funny, sing-song approach to the “Name a Grandmother” challenge!
“This is my story and how I came to be
Banana for grandbabies, 1, 2 and 3.
You should know I always planned to be “Grandmother,”
thinking it such an elegant name like no other.
But then I realized I am not yet elegant,
which made it for me, just not relevant!
Banana is clearly the name for me,
Someone who is not at all ordinary.”
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When meeting their new grandchildren, new grandparents may wonder, “What is the name for me?” Do you struggle with naming yourself for your new role as grandmother? This is one grandmother’s funny, sing-song approach to the “name a grandmother” challenge.
When she was a new grandmother, she did not know what her grandchildren would call her. She considered, discussed, and then she decided. “Call me anything but Nana—even Banana will do!” And so, she became Banana to her grandchildren. She always planned to be Grandmother—an elegant title. But then she realized she needed a name that was more fitting for who she was. And so Banana she is and always will be.
This children’s poem offers a glimpse at an unusual and humorous response to the problem grandparents face of choosing the name their grandchildren will use for them.
About the Author
Kaye Bennett Dotson is an associate professor emerita in library science at East Carolina University. Her recognition of the significance of play in teaching, learning, parenting, and grandparenting inspired this work. She is the author of The Value of Games: Putting Play Back into Practice for Children and Developing Library Leaders: The Impact of the Library Science Internship. With her new book, she advocates for keeping play in the lives of grandparents as well. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, Mitchell.