The Story of My Life 01-08

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Recorded Aug 27, 2011

The beginning of my life was simple and much like every other little life. I came, I saw, I conquered, as the first baby in the family always does. There was the usual amount of discussion as to a name for me. The first baby in the family was not to be lightly named, every one was emphatic about that. My father suggested the name of Mildred Campbell, an ancestor whom he highly esteemed, and he declined to take any further part in the discussion. My mother solved the problem by giving it as her wish that I should be called after her mother, whose maiden name was Helen Everett. But in the excitement of carrying me to church my father lost the name on the way, very naturally, since it was one in which he had declined to have a part. When the minister asked him for it, he just remembered that it had been decided to call me after my grandmother, and he gave her name as Helen Adams.

跟其他小生命一样，我生命的开始很简单。正如所有家庭里的第一个孩子，我来过，看过，征服过。为了给我起名，家里有过大量的讨论。第一个孩子的名字是不会轻易决定的，因为每个人都很在乎。我父亲提议一个他十分崇敬的祖先的名字，叫弥缀德。坎布尔，并宣布不再参与任何进一步的讨论。母亲最后拍板以她母亲的本名，海伦。艾维瑞特，命名。可是我父亲在激动之中把它忘在了抱我去教堂的路上 -- 这个很自然，因为这不是他所认可的名字。牧师问他的时候，他只记得决定的是我外婆的名字，于是他说海伦。亚当。