Yes. My name is m a r n a: Howard Baker vs Katy Perry

Friday, June 27, 2014

Howard Baker vs Katy Perry

While it's cool that Katy Perry visited Dollywood in our backdoor in East Tennessee, it saddens me that more people know about or are more interested in that than about Howard Baker's death today.

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JoyceJune 27, 2014 at 7:48 PM
Superficial world we live in.
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Marna BethJune 27, 2014 at 10:47 PM
Yes. For sure. Though I thought it neat and interesting that Katy Perry was at Dollywood I knew who Howard Baker was and he died a great man. Katy will just be Katy. I like some her music but not fond of her as a person.
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Yes. My name is m a r n a. Not Myrna, Marta, Marva, Merna, Myra, Murna, and so on. (Although many call me Marnie and I like that one.) As an extremely shy child I hated my name. The first day of the school year was torture for me as most of the teachers could never pronounce my name. By high school, much to my secret delight, my classmates began correcting the teacher the first time it was flubbed up, often spelling it out during that first roll call. I think they had figured out I was too shy to do so. Overly attached to my mother I missed a lot of school until 9th grade, where I was scared of the Vice Principle and no longer complained of stomach aches. In the third grade my mother told me once the teacher asked if my middle name was "Stephanie". My mother said, "No". Seems I had started writing Stephanie on my schoolwork. My teacher continued to let me do so, which only last a few days. It's a miracle I have a master's degree after all my problems with school phobia. My mother is now in Heaven, no doubt, looking down on me in amazement. One of her biggest fears was I would not attend college. Here's to you momma. So sorry I grieved you so many mornings before school and so many afternoons with phone calls of "stomach aches". <><

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