My Name

Greetings! Cooper Thurlow here. You notice I didn't include the “J” there at the beginning. That's because that J is precisely what I want to talk about. When I was growing up, heck for most of my life, people have called me either “Cooper” or “Coop.” Mostly “Cooper” because it's more respectful. My parents called my by my proper first name, but I never cared for it. Maybe I was just a big Gary Cooper fan. Maybe my parents were, too, for giving me that name. From time to time, though, people would see me sign my name, when I do use the J. I guess this would be at a bank or a making a sale or something. Anyway, they'd ask me “Hey there Cooper, what's that J stand for?” Well I'll tell you. It stands for “James.”

And that's my thought of the day.