Baby Hank gets his name from my grandfather Dreher. Dr. Henry Dreher is a WWII vet, spent his career serving others as a internist, and is the owner of the fairy tale home in Salina, KS where I created many childhood memories. We recently celebrated his 90th birthday. He is very well-read, pursues intellect, has triumphed in some personal struggles, and is open-minded about religion and politics. He also always let me take home all the quarters in his change dish each time we visited him and taught me how to play poker.
The middle name is David and his dad's middle name (David is actually John David, Jr.) and my dad's first name. We also liked the idea of sticking with the author theme...Thomas is T.S. Lisenby as in T.S. Elliot and Hank is Henry David as in Henry David Thoreau. I'm planning to frame a quote from both authors in the room they will share one day.
2 comments:
What a beautiful "name" history you've given to little Henry! That is really special!
Good to know the story behind all the names. You are very thoughtful and I'm sure Henry David will live up to his name!
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