What's In a Name?

Autumn Rose Wood
Yep, that is me
Gotta thank my husband
He is such a sweetie!

I have had three last names
But that one I like best
It invokes magic and beauty
And natural lullabied rest

My mother, Aunts and Grandmother
All strong women
Picked my unchangeable first and middle 
They all taught me so many things, my favorites are love of poetry and lemons

The sweet and the sour.
Shakespeare is sometimes wrong
A name
Can offer us a mountain to climb
A reason to strive
And memories to wrap around us like a blanket during the storm.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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March 12, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Autumn - I thank you for your comments but there is no reason to ever feel humble around me I'm just a tired old man hon - I loved your poem and rather Cherish your name for it is beautiful - I really agree with the ending for at the end of it all that truly is all we have - God Bless you Hon, MJ
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