Many of us have some pretty unique user names (though there are some who use variations of their real name.) What's the story behind your user name?
I'll start off with mine. When I was a teenager, my parents started keeping foster kids. One of them was an 18-month-old baby boy named Stoney. We all loved Stoney very much and my parents planned to adopt him. I helped take care of him and loved my little brother.
Everyone else in the family called me "Sissy", but little Stoney couldn't say Sissy. It always came out "Shashi" instead. Soon, everyone started calling me "Shashi" too. It's a nickname that stuck for years.
When Stoney was about three years old, my grandfather had a stroke. My mom called his caseworker to see if we could get someone to watch Stoney while we traveled out of state. The caseworker got angry (she was an alcoholic) and took Stoney away from us permanently. We never saw him again, and we don't know what happened to him after he left us.
In honor of him, I always use Shashi as my user name on the computer. It helps remind me of little Stoney, my sweet baby brother, who would be almost 39 years old now.
I also later found out that in India, Shashi also means moonlight. I like that.
So, what's the story behind your user name?
I'll start off with mine. When I was a teenager, my parents started keeping foster kids. One of them was an 18-month-old baby boy named Stoney. We all loved Stoney very much and my parents planned to adopt him. I helped take care of him and loved my little brother.
Everyone else in the family called me "Sissy", but little Stoney couldn't say Sissy. It always came out "Shashi" instead. Soon, everyone started calling me "Shashi" too. It's a nickname that stuck for years.
When Stoney was about three years old, my grandfather had a stroke. My mom called his caseworker to see if we could get someone to watch Stoney while we traveled out of state. The caseworker got angry (she was an alcoholic) and took Stoney away from us permanently. We never saw him again, and we don't know what happened to him after he left us.
In honor of him, I always use Shashi as my user name on the computer. It helps remind me of little Stoney, my sweet baby brother, who would be almost 39 years old now.
I also later found out that in India, Shashi also means moonlight. I like that.
So, what's the story behind your user name?
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