What’s the story behind your nickname?
She donned a fake pair of glasses with an attached nose with an attached mustache and went into her comical routine. Her young childhood voice did its best imitation of a deep male voice. It was so cute and so memorable.
“Hi, my name is Papaw, but you can call me Doug.”
She was the first of (if I counted correctly) twenty grandchildren and six (as of this date) great grandchildren and a few friends of grandchildren who call me or have called me Papaw. MacKenzie, the impersonator mentioned above gave me the “nickname.”
I’ve been called many other names by family, colleagues, friends, and frienemies – some not so endearing. The only other name that means so much is “Dad.”
So…
Hi, my name is Doug, but a few special people can call me Papaw.
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Douglas Knight
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