What’s in a Name? And Why I Kept My Ex’s

Lori Lynn
4 min readJan 2, 2021

My Name is Part of My Identity

Photo by Valerie Blanchett on Unsplash

Our name is a part of our identity. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, an identity is “a distinguishing character or personality of an individual”. It designates who we are. It is how people recognize us. For women especially, when we are called into a marriage, there are many opinions on if or how they may change their name to reflect the unity of said…

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Lori Lynn

Maker of magic, writer of words…sometimes it means something