Oct 12, 2020
6 min read
My Nana the Monk
Ordinary devotion
My bohemian Nana I loved so much it hurt. Virginia Louise Middleditch was born in 1904 in the sea village of Port Chalmers. Her father worked at the port where ships journeyed from far away places. He brought home exotic treasures like pineapple and Chinese silk.
Virginia fell pregnant, out of wedlock, to a rogue who got another woman pregnant too. The rotter said he’d marry the…
