Arveragus has a friend. His name is Prosper. They will be able to commiserate over their odd names one day. But Prosper's other name is John. A nice, wholesome fallback for the day he might want to be (gasp!) normal. Arveragus' other name is Plunkett. So one day he'll be able to . . .have another weird name. He was supposed to be Arveragus Charles--after his Grandpere. But when he came John said "Plunkett!" That name is from my family--originally from St Oliver Plunkett. He was an Irish martyr. His head is in a box in Ireland (those crazy British be-headed him). Apparently, his beard is still growing! Anyway, in the post birth delirium (when one is expecting a 7 lb girl and gets a 9 1/2 lb boy, one tends to delirium) he got 2 weird names. Poor boy.
But hey--we all need some good stories for the therapist right?
They sure are sweet boys though.
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