Nicknames

Hi. My name's Sara, but you can call me Sawa. Or Sa. Or Sara, Plain and Tall. Or Snowflake, Snowball, Sara Pure as Snow, Sairneau, Nanna, Ninkers, Chocolate Girl, or Sugar Cookie.

I have been called by each of those names at least once.

I was talking about nicknames today with a friend and thought about how I didn't used to like them. My family tried calling me Sadie when I was very young, and I screamed and screamed until they dropped it. I liked full names, and I liked people to call other people by their full names.

Things started to change, though, when my first niece was born. I started to make up a lot of different nicknames for her, and I actually used them on a regular basis. It was then, I guess, that I realized that nicknames are fun because they are created out of love. We give people nicknames when they're special to us. Sure, I suppose bullies and insecure tweens make nicknames, too, but even though they're usually negative, they're created because someone was different or special. Nicknames are for the people who stand out in our lives.

So now I use nicknames when someone really means a lot to me, and I love it when people use nicknames for me. What are my favorites? I suppose I like them all, but my top three are Sa, Sawa, and Sugar Cookie.

Do you like your nicknames? What's your favorite?


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