They ask me sometimes: is Marie your real name?
I always smile
Because names are funny things aren’t they? A simple word that can mean so much. They can be given, taken, forbidden, copied and so much more. They can feel like you, feel like home, no matter if it’s truly your name or one you go by, it’s you.
Marie fits me well, but never completely. She’s not exactly the staring role but the names in the cast list. Is she written in ink on the official pages of my life? Let’s just say she’s tucked in where it counts quiet, but never forgettable.
So is Marie my real name?
That depends on what you mean by real.
I’ll let you wonder, some truths are a little more beautiful when they stay a little untold.
Will my “real” name ever be known on my website. I don’t know. But one day you may live to see it shine.