Pet Names
Lucy’s name comes from the main character of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, who has aged much more gracefully than the rather clumsy stories she inhabits. There may be other literary predicates to her existence, but none spring to mind. The authors of both Anne of Green Gables and the Green Knowe books were both named Lucy, but to be honest I’m not sure they were a part of it. The latter is a definite possibility, though.
Our only reservation in naming her was that someone might think she was named after Lucille Ball. No, no, never.
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Pet names bother me. Unless they’re extremely noncommittal ones, which I think are just silly and probably wouldn’t say. But anything more specific just perturbs me. It seems to say, “this, this, is how I characterize you, and by extension our relationship.” How shallow.
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And how soapbox-esque of me.