When I was a kid, I wanted my name to be Veronica. No reason, really, other than I thought it was a cool name and I was a fan of Archie comics (I still read them from time to time, as a matter of fact).

I think most little girls have a “fantasy name”. When I had Miranda, a friend said, “Oh, that was the name I wanted as a kid!” and I know of one girl who wanted to be Tracey, and another who wanted to be Tiffany.

I don’t think boys do this. No boy (or man) I’ve ever talked to about it had any idea what I was talking about, but I’ll bet that at least half of the female persons reading this blog entry will understand.

My current fantasy name, by the way, is Bathsheba. You know, the babe who ended up married to a king because she took a bath? (It’s in the Bible, look it up, it’s a heck of a story!) Yeah, Bathsheba… I’d be a great Bathsheba. Better than a Veronica, anyway.

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