Today’s Daily Prompt ~ brought to you by the makers of ‘what were you thinking’ ~ is this – Explain why you chose your blog’s title and what it means to you.
Perhaps it would have been wiser to choose something a little more mainstream, but when I sat myself down to create a name for my blog, the first person that spoke as a distant voice in my head was my friend Sandra. She and I went to college together and although she was 10 years my senior, we became fast friends. After two years of sharing great laughs and torturing our classmates, she moved back to Halifax and I remained in Ontario.
We spent countless hours on the phone and practically wore our fingerprints off spending so much time on our keyboards. When I would ask her what she had been up to, she would always reply, “pontificating on polysyllabic profundities”. That silly statement that may not have been significant then took on new meaning when Sandra suddenly passed away in 2003 at the age of 43 after succumbing to the flesh-eating disease. There would be no more pontificating with her. The polysyllabic profundities were all I had left.
It made absolute sense when coming up with a name for this blog that I would somehow honor her for all of the support and encouragement she gave me in her too-short time on this earth. I’m sure she still reads over my shoulder and I do hear that all-too-clever advise in my head on occasion.
Here’s lookin’ at you, Kid!!
polysyllabic profundities 
that is beautiful – mine is so lame comparatively – a lovely way to remember someone who meant so much to you
Thanks….I’m sure she would have appreciated it. 🙂
and been honoured (hugs)
🙂
So sorry for the loss of your good friend, but what a wonderful tribute to her. I’m sure she’s with you always 🙂
She still has the last word a lot of the time!! 😉
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Sorry for your loss. I like your blog title. It was the first thing that drew me here.
Thank you….for both of those statements.
What a beautiful tribute to Sandra 😀
Thank you. 🙂
What a wonderful way to keep the memory of your friend close to you.
Thank you. It helps keep her close to me every day.
A great, meaningful origin story, best I’ve heard so far.
And a great way to remember and honor your friend.
Thank you. She would be happy to know I used that name. It was her favorite saying. 🙂