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note to self: i’ll be there for you, always

written june 6, 2021. Photo by Kristine Cinate on Unsplash I have always looked for myself in other people. I think the idea was that they would somehow hold the pieces of me that I felt were missing. That maybe, if I wrapped my identity up in theirs enough, we would somehow make a whole person. It's not healthy to live like this, but I did it anyway — burning through relationships and searching for something I couldn't quite name. It was never enough, not to be myself, but it was never enough to latch my identity to other people, either. I got close, several times — I thought I had reached the pinnacle of self discovery. I thought I had completed myself. But in the end, relying on other people to help build yourself is never a viable way to do things. It's only recently that I've started to become comfortable with the idea of being enough, as I am, on my own. Several years ago, in this same position, I would have searched for another person to attach my identity onto,

Alternate "Grandma" names

Hey I just have to ask a question: One of my distant relatives is going to be a grandmother for the first time. She doesn't want to be called Grandma, and they asked us to think of names for the grand baby to call her. Here are the names we already suggested:
Nana
Aunt Betsy

Have any ideas? Post a comment.
b4n,
Kylie

Comments:

Jillian
on October 19th, 2006
Nanny or Nanna?

Sami
on October 15th, 2006
I call my granma nana but down here most people call them memaw.

krisjacob
on October 14th, 2006
My grandMum's are Grammie and Gramma. Not much help is there? She'll get use to what ever it is. My sis is the same way. And you have untill the babe can talk to decide!

tigerbee
on October 14th, 2006
I don`t pretend to know but how about “grandma”in another language ?

Kathleen
on October 14th, 2006
Nanny

Granny

Grammy

Grams

Omi

Oma

Mimi

Mima

Honey

Bubby

Bubelah

there are so many names, good luck helping her pick one!

Kathleen

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