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This is my son, Anders Raphael.
You Say: Hi, Interesting name.
You Think: I've liked Anders ever since I read "White Oleander". It's nice for someone with Scandi. descent.

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This is my daughter, Rachel Celeste.
You Say: I have an aunt named Rachel.
You Think: It's an okay name, but I have a hard time seeing it on anyone but my 50-something year old aunt.

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This is my daugther, Katharine Helen, whom I call Kit.
You Say: I adore the name Katharine.
You Think: I love this spelling too. Katharine Helen doesn't have the best flow, but I like Helen. It's a nice old fashioned name. Kit is a nice nickname, I prefer Kate by a long shot, but atleast it isn't Kitty or Kathy.

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This is my son, Leo Allan
You say: Hi Leo!
You Think: Leo is pretty cute, but it seems so incomplete. I can't think of anything I like it as a nn for though. Allan I know is after your father, and I think honoring is nice.

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C*a*R*o*L*i*N*e

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"Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers, that the mind can never break off from the journey."
Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides