Chapter One
To start from the beginning, there's Joanne, the one that's always been with me from the start. I never really thought to ask my parents where they got it from, I just always assumed it was the name of one of my great-aunts or something. Then I have Kitten, that's what my dad started calling me around the time when I turned three, he says it's because I would curl up in a ball like a little innocent kitten whenever I would sleep. I had a few given to me throughout high school, but those I would rather not discuss right now. Pookie is the one name that everybody knows about. Maureen began calling me Pookie about a month into our relationship, and since then I've noticed that each new level we reach in our relationship we get a new name from each other. It's amazing that we've gotten this far. If you would have asked me two years ago if I would have ever pictured myself at this name with Maureen I would have laughed in your face. Boy was I wrong. And boy was my life about to change.