I’ve been Lauri for as long as I can remember. Well, except for when mom was mad at me. Then I became LAURA SUZANNE SHEATS!

She even called me that on my wedding day. After I had a new last name. 😉

I went to the eye doctor yesterday. I filled out the form with my given name because that’s how my insurance company has me listed. But over to the right it asked: Preferred Name.

I wrote Lauri.

When they called me? They called me Laura. Not just the first girl but the one who helped me pick out my new glasses, too, who’s name coincidentally was Laura.

Well, I am Lauri. Please don’t call me Laura unless you’re mad at me. That’s how I know. 😉

I am Lauri Rottmayer (excerpted from an interview with Alan Weinkrantz.) 🙂