“What did you call them before they had a name — or while you were choosing one?”

Why this question

Nicknames, bump names, the name that stuck and the ones that didn't.

Capturing it in voice

• ·Say the date and their age out loud at the start. In ten years that one detail will do half the work.
• ·If a sibling wanders in mid-recording, keep going. The interruption is the memory.
• ·Answer it yourself first, then ask them the same question and keep both. Two voices, one moment.

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