The Name Story
A name with no story is just a sound. A name with a story is an heirloom. Fill this in while the details are still sharp — on screen, or print it and write it by hand.
1.The name we chose, and how it's meant to be said.
2.Who you're named after — their full name, and what we called them.
3.How they were related to us, and how we knew them.
4.What they were like when they walked into a room.
5.The thing they always said. Write it the way they said it.
6.One story about them we never want you to lose.
7.What we hope you inherit from them.
8.What they would have thought of you.
9.The day we decided on your name — where we were, who was there.
10.The question about them we hope you will ask us one day.
Written down is good. In their own voice is better — the way they actually said it, not your summary of it.
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