Of all the people I thought it unlikely I would ever write about, Marian Robinson would rank pretty high.
Mrs. Robinson is the "first grandma," brought to Washington by her daughter in order to continuinglooking after her grandaughters at the White House. The widow of Frasier Robinson (to the left in this picture, taken when their daughter Michelle was a baby), it seemed like a nice, small story, a curious sidelight.
I'm wondering if we shouldn't make it a little more.
First because, as The New York Times reports, Mrs. Robinson is having a good time. She has gone out to the theater, she has seen the Washington scene, and she has taken to it as it has taken to her.
Second because Mrs. Robinson is an excellent role model. A former sprinter, she and her husband raised two lovely children, she nursed her husband through his long-term (losing) battle with MS, and she seems to be an excellent grandmother, a good person. The perfect image for our aging society.
So I was thinking...
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