Monday, August 29, 2022

WHAT'S IN A NAME

 


What’s in a name? That’s what Juliet wants to know when she sadly discovers the last name of her beloved Romeo.


And as a way of coping…of cushioning the pain…

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” She doth explain.


Like most people I’ve had a variety of names…which I have happily worn…

James is the name my parent gave me on the day that I was born.


But as I grew up James seemed too formal and one day…on a whim…I made the decision from that day forward that everyone would call me Jim.


Then I married and lo and behold…a father I became….

I was Jim to my wife and Daddy to my children…suddenly I had two names.


And when my daughter married and a mother she became…

I was Jim and Dad and PopPop…now I had three names.


My christened name James was biblical…it had dignity and grace…

but Jim and Dad and PopPop are the names that bring a smile to my face.


Three names I am now called that help to make my life complete.

It matters not which one I hear for they all sound as sweet.


Whatever I’m called my hope remains the same…

that you embrace the person I am…the one who stands behind the name.


So when I’m gone…when I’ve finally departed this world..this time..this place…

whatever name you remember me by…will bring a smile to your face.


Perhaps that should be our goal in life…our one ambition…our final aim…

I wonder if that’s what Juliet meant when she asked…What’s in a name?’

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