An older piece I discovered this week. In a beautiful letter, this father explains his daughter’s name to her, and the deliberate choices that went into it.

From Weekly Filet #383, in February 2022.

A father’s letter to an infant daughter: ‘I wanted my last name to be a burden’

macleans.ca

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