One of the songs I listen to during my workout is “I’m in Love with a Girl” by Gavin DeGraw. It’s catchy and cute, but there’s a lyric in there that’s got me thinking a few times.
Take the pain
of protecting your name
From the crutch to the cane
to the high wire
A while back, I got in contact with a friend I hadn’t spoken to in several years. He started school at UIUC and we were talking about it. He mentioned how he had heard my name several times and that people knew me. This surprised me, as I most of the people that had gone to high school with me would have already graduated college.
Then a little later, my mom mentioned how people she ran into, or patients she had, also know who I was…my sister’s as well. The name of Charland has been spread far and wide, but always with good things to say.
Now giving someone “your word” used to mean something. It used to mean you’d follow through with your promises. And being “as good as your word” was how you were judged as a person.
Well, that doesn’t really exist anymore, sadly. But I think your name still means something. I’m very proud of the fact that when people talk to my mom or to other people that it is something good. I’m happy that I bring some pride to my family name.
Haha, maybe I really should go into politics 
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