Would that my mother had named me Persephone, or Xandra or Zingou!

It's a tough thing to have a name so common that half my emails belong to some other Mary Bishop. There are even hundreds of Mary Bishops in Connecticut alone. If you were to ever Google Mary Bishop you would come up with scads of religious sites - Mary Bishop is actually a pretty holy name.

I would prefer the name: Hades Diabla to Mary Bishop, but I am stuck with it in all its mundane banality. It's hard to be beige.

Some of the Mary Bishops I am not:

Mother of 8 children/homeschooler
14 year old in love with Shawn
Soap opera star
Flower club president
Attorney at Law
87 year old ex teacher
Lonely housewife seeking afternoon delight
Engaged caterer
Yale student
Lounge singer
Dog breeder
Death penalty advocate

I could go on an on...just a quick look at this week's emails is enough to remind me of how easy it is for me or my email to be confused with all those other Mary Bishops out there...some honoring the name and some dishonoring it.

I hear tell there is even a "Mary Bishop Award" and if so, I give the award to me for my graciousness and good nature in dealing with how many me's there are in this world.