Now it makes sense

Suddenly I realized why so many women keep their maiden name!!

And it doesn't have anything to do with feminism, or reinforcing the matriarchal lineage. It's so you don't have to re-learn how to do your signature.

Now, my mom has the most precise signature I've ever seen. And I've always wanted to emulate how the shapes of her letters never alter. And as I grew up, I always practiced how to make my letters certain ways. I went through an ALL CAP phase. Changed the shape of my e, a, f time and time again until I got it just right. Now, my handwriting has been consistent for years. It's just the way I want it. Until now.

Let me explain. My signature has become more and more refined over the past few years. It started with the whole leah selwyn-baker. Then got shortened to just leah baker. Then got to just lsbaker. A few connected figure-8's with a big loopy R at the end. And that signature has marked thousands and thousands of dollars worth of checks. It's priceless!

All of that changes in a few more months. I go from a nice B, to a challenging Z. and forget about the 'linsk' combo right in the middle. Of course, Zeke doesn't understand what the challenge is... but he's been 'linsk'-ing for his whole life. Not a fair comparison. We've written across many paper table clothes trying to resolve it. I haven't figured it out yet. I just can't get from the i to the n to the s.

But I'm going to have to figure out something before we get to signing all of those legal documents!!! I'm going to have to start practicing.