What's in a Name?

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Shakespear asked the quetion.. What's in a name. A rose by any other name may smell just as sweet, but it's funny how different the outcome when a name is associated with a person. One of the wonders of sites like Facebook is how they bring the people from our past back into our lives. People who haven't been an active part of people's lives for decades are brought back together, even if they are miles, nations or even oceans apart. Some of the names that have appeared in "friend requests" belong to people I haven't seen since 1st or 2nd grade. (to put that in perspective, I'm talking the late 60s). No matter how many "Mary's", "Bill's", "Jenna's" (or any other first name) I've known, when they appear as a freind request along side there last name, memories of them come flooding back. In some cases, the last name isn't even needed to trigger the response. Watching TV, listening to the radio, or driving down the street, a name will pop out of nowhere and BOOM, the flood of memories breaks down the dam of history and welcomes the old friend back to mind.. if only for a few minutes. A name is just a sound our parents hung on us at birth.. but once that name and the face are combined with a few memories (good or bad), there is no changing the smell of that rose... even when the name is Rose. ;~)