Guest guest Posted July 17, 2001 Report Share Posted July 17, 2001 Beautiful and a story for me also. Thanks to Greg for asking. :-) --- Viorica Weissman <viorica wrote: > > > Hi Viorica, > > > > Beautiful name! > > Thank you , Greg. > Let me tell you a story. > All my life I knew that my name was a small blue > flower that grew in the fields. > I was always curious to know what flower it was > as I never found my name as a usual noun in a > dictionary. > [it's Romanian ] > Then I thought maybe it was some sort of an > unknown flower, > I mean not so much known by people as > rose,violet..so on > that are also used as first names. > I gave up somehow being troubled by what kind of > flower > my name meant. > > Meantime I left Romania - in 1988 - > and I live in Jerusalem since then. > The day before yesterday I had to see a doctor; > I sit down before him , he writes down my name in > a file , > and says [in Hebrew all the conversation ] , > how many Israelians know what your name means ? > I took it as a joke , and said , > "well , only those who know me !" > he asked :do you know what it means ? > I : well , I know it's a flower but I don't know > what flower. > he: I used to pick that kind of flowers a lot when > > I was a child . > I: so you know what flower is ? > What flower is it ????? What ??? > > He takes a pen and a piece of paper and > draws a little flower and writes near it : > FORGET ME NOT. > > I was so happy and excited ; > after leaving Romania in '88 somebody else > who left Romania too in '73 tells me in 2001 > in Jerusalem what my name means !! > > I am still glad about that , > > yours, > forget-me-not > > > > > > > > > > > ===== Cognosce Te Ipsum Get personalized email addresses from Mail http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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