What's In a Name Fv

As a child I began hearing about a little town in the next county with an interesting name—the same as my surname. I gave that fact no more thought until I began teaching in that town years later. A few years later, my daughter and I moved there. One day I was talking with the town’s historian, who had written books and articles about the town. To my surprise, I learned her maiden name and mine were the same. I shared a little classroom story with her: “I have told my kids they’d better respect me because I’m a direct descendant of the founder of this town!” Then I laughed. She said, “You are, and so am I.” She provided me with proof! I also bought her book and have done enough research of my own to feel somewhat of a connection to this man, founder of the town I have now happily lived in for three decades. March 2, 2019, entered in Kim Rodrigues's What's in a Name Contest