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Commentary: Robin writes by Robin Garrison Leach - What s in a name? Whatever mom wants to be
Robin Garrison Leach
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When you have more than one child, it becomes difficult to remember their names. Oh, you know who’s who. And it is easy to pick them out in a crowd of other kids: “mine … mine … not mine … looks like mine … etc.”
But you have to admit that there are times when their identities blend; times when you yell a name and find yourself sputtering a series of vowels and consonants that no one would ever write on a birth certificate.
That babbling woman is just calling her kids
Robin Garrison Leach
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When you have more than one child, it becomes difficult to remember their names.
Oh, you know who’s who. And it is easy to pick them out in a crowd of other kids: “mine…mine…not mine…looks like mine…etc”.
But you have to admit that there are times when their identities blend. Times when you yell a name and find yourself sputtering a series of vowels and consonants that no one would ever write on a birth certificate.
My four brothers and I caused Mom to yell out gibberish on many occasions, much to our delight: