How Not to F*ck Up Your Face

How Not to F*ck Up Your Face

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How Not to F*ck Up Your Face
How Not to F*ck Up Your Face
What’s In a Name?

What’s In a Name?

short post for a long weekend

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Valerie Monroe
May 29, 2023
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This bonus post—which has nothing to do with your face or anyone’s—comes to you thanks to my accidental muse, L, who is soon to become a Granny (not a Grammie). She was just told her future grandson’s name, which reminded me of a short essay about naming my son I wrote years ago for a great magazine called 7 Days.

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