therese

i like the sound of the name therese. it's simple. very lady-like and timeless.

i was reading it off from a magazine with my father listening, when i paused and said the name out loud again. therese. i liked the sound of it and mentioned to my father that he could have named me therese instead of the one i have now. he said, "i would have, except that your mother wanted something else for you."

"so you really would have chosen the name therese, too?"

"yes. ask your mother what your name should have been."

i did. she said my father would have given me the name therese.

hmm..

it actually means the one who reaps according to wikipedia. quite interesting, actually.

come to think of it, my father and i would have chosen the same name for me. out of a hundred million different names in the world. we couldn't have only agreed to one name. we both chose it.