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Luna
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When I hear my (legal) name, all I remember is my broken, young self alone in the school halls...bullied and taunted relentlessly.
My legal name...
People often mispronounce it; I remember how I would feel my stomach sink when hearing it over the intercom...how the speakers would ruin it and make it sound uglier than it was.
Recently, I had someone (a colleague of 46 years old) burst out laughing when he heard my name. Combine my first and last name - and hilarity ensues.
I don't believe that a name defines who we are - it is a label that we use to identify one another.
But I don't want to be identified any more under my legal name.
It's almost like...I want to close that chapter of my life.
I don't want to identify any more with that broken, young self in school.
I want to almost...take on another identity.
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When I hear my (legal) name, all I remember is my broken, young self alone in the school halls...bullied and taunted relentlessly.
My legal name...
People often mispronounce it; I remember how I would feel my stomach sink when hearing it over the intercom...how the speakers would ruin it and make it sound uglier than it was.
Recently, I had someone (a colleague of 46 years old) burst out laughing when he heard my name. Combine my first and last name - and hilarity ensues.
I don't believe that a name defines who we are - it is a label that we use to identify one another.
But I don't want to be identified any more under my legal name.
It's almost like...I want to close that chapter of my life.
I don't want to identify any more with that broken, young self in school.
I want to almost...take on another identity.