Mabel

Many of you have asked about the nickname that Laura has for me. I thought I would give a little bit of history of this nickname.

Laura started calling me Mabel pretty much out of the blue last April when we were in Florida. While we were in Key West we were walking across Duval street and I stumbled with my steps. I didn't fall down, but it was pretty close. Instead of helping me, I turn around and Laura is laughing at me. Then all of a sudden she started saying, "We have a Mabel down in the middle of Duval Street". Rest of the trip she called me Mabel. At first I think it kind of irriated me because I was trying to figure out where this nickname came from.

When we returned home she continued to call me Mabel. And then she started calling me Mabel around other people. Everyone seemed to get a kick out of it.

Then in June when we went down to the lake with big sis and her family I realized how often Laura was calling me Mabel. We had rented a Kayak and I was just paddling around and ended up going out pretty far. Suddenly I hear Laura and our 8 year old nephew laughing. Once I got back they told me why they were laughing. When nephew realized I was way out there he said to Laura, "will you look at what Mabel is doing". So now not only was Laura calling me Mabel, but now our nephew was calling me that as well.

Ever since that incident the name Mabel has grown on me. Laura rarely calls me Caroline anymore, unless she is really upset at me. I would never tell her this to her face, but I actually like her calling me Mabel now.

Here is a bit of trivia: If you watched the show Mad About You you know Paul and Jamie named their daughter Mabel. Do you remember what the letters stood for?