Call Me By My Name

I never liked labels. Early on, our mother taught us to call people by their names, a principle she learned through her personal experience with teasing and through someone she loved.

During her childhood, people teased her about her “skinny legs.” After sharing her experience with her father, he shared his story of being teased about the size of his head. She never forgot what it felt like to be teased or her father's lingering…