Daily writing prompt
What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?
I’m going to depart from this prompt and cover both my first and middle names, because the origin of my first name is hilarious.
I was named Lauren after my Uncle Larry. My reprobrate Uncle Larry. My Uncle Larry who would start drinking at 8 AM. The one who collected rents with a gun strapped to his thigh. THAT Uncle Larry. I’m not sure what kind of message this sent to me; I turned out to be a good girl despite that unusual namesake.
My middle name is Jean, named after my father John. That probably was a bit better of a namesake; my dad was everything Uncle Larry was not. Hard-working, responsible, for the most part calm.
Not a very exciting story, I know. But that’s the story.
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