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Category: What’s in a Name?

hello my name is
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It’s my name, and I’m keepin’ it

by Jessie Cunningham August 21, 2012December 29, 2017

I was born Jessie Mary Ray, named for my father. I married and became Jessie Mary Hawkins. Went to work, and my new employer renamed me Jessie Ray Hawkins. I divorced and remarried, becoming Jessie Cunningham. After explaining that I was the mother of the Hawkins children at school one time too many, I became […]

bit o honey
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Bit o’ honey

by Karen Hawkins August 12, 2012December 29, 2017
hello my name is
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An Olympic connection

by Nelly Min August 12, 2012December 29, 2017
for the love of coffee
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For the love of Coffee

by Melanie Coffee August 5, 2012December 31, 2017

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