Terrific story, Israel and nice surprise ending. Wondering out of curiosity if anyone ever tried to lay a nick name on you, like Izzy or something similar? I'm glad you wear your name with the pride it and you deserve. When I was a kid, I wanted to change my name to a name that I preferred rather then the one given to me by someone else. There's a lot in a name, especially when it has meaning beyond the name. It's why I wanted to name myself "Creek Boy" although that didn't happen. Our names are part of our identity. Different cultures have different ways of naming and I was drawn to the Native American names. Indigenous people who lived closer to the earth identified much more with the natural world and I admire that.
Terrific story, Israel and nice surprise ending. Wondering out of curiosity if anyone ever tried to lay a nick name on you, like Izzy or something similar? I'm glad you wear your name with the pride it and you deserve. When I was a kid, I wanted to change my name to a name that I preferred rather then the one given to me by someone else. There's a lot in a name, especially when it has meaning beyond the name. It's why I wanted to name myself "Creek Boy" although that didn't happen. Our names are part of our identity. Different cultures have different ways of naming and I was drawn to the Native American names. Indigenous people who lived closer to the earth identified much more with the natural world and I admire that.