They named their son one thing for the express purpose of calling him something else. Why not just name him that, I asked. They didn't seem to understand. His name was one thing, but they wanted to call him another. Right, I said, so if you want to call him that, why is that not his name? A name is just a name, they explained to me, but what you call him is how you show your love. How you make him yours. And I said why don't they make him theirs by his name, give him a name that they will want to say. They said I didn't understand. They said I would when I had a son of my own. That one name wouldn't be enough for him. That I'd give him a hundred if I could. And that I understood. Or at least, I hope I will.
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