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What’s in a Name?

January 30, 2017 by Penny 11 Comments

When I got married, I made the decision to keep my last name. I don’t know that I was railing against tradition so much as I was electing to keep something that had always been mine. Over the past four years, I’ve given many explanations as to why I kept my name. The red tape, the … [Read more…]

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